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  • Russian, Iranian top diplomats discuss nuclear deal, Middle East

    Date: 2017-12-18 12:20:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:7146565

    MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers Sergey Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif have reiterated in a telephone conversation their commitment to strict compliance with the agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program, the Russian ....

  • Russia: No evidence that Syria hides chemical weapons

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:57:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7146460

    MOSCOW, DEc 18 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Monday that there is no evidence that Damascus hides chemical weapons inside Syria. In a statement, the ministry noted that any doubt related to hiding chemical weapons in Syria should be ....

  • Kremlin: CIA Help in foiling attack in Russia 'exemplary model of cooperation'

    Date: 2017-12-18 11:26:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:7146409

    MOSCOW, Dec 18 (MENA) - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that certain contacts between the Russian and US special security services are carried out sporadically. Peskov told reporters the recent help of the US Central Intelligence Agency ....

  • Suspect arrested over death of British diplomat in Beirut

    Date: 2017-12-18 10:52:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:7146339

    LONDON, Dec 18 (MENA) - A suspect has been arrested over the death of a British diplomat in Beirut, a judicial source has told the Guardian. The body of Rebecca Dykes was reportedly found on the side of a motorway in the early hours of Saturday ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for attack on Kabul intelligence training center

    Date: 2017-12-18 10:12:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:7146257

    KABUL, Dec 18 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group on Monday claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul intelligence training center, Al Hurra TV reported quoting Afghan officials as saying. Armed militants stormed an intelligence agency training ....

  • Explosion and gunshots heard in Kabul city

    Date: 2017-12-18 08:46:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7146012

    KABUL, Dec 18 (MENA) - Gunshots followed by an explosion have been heard in the 5th police of Kabul city, Khaama Press reported. The type of the explosion and the exact location has not been ascertained so far. Preliminary reports indicate a ....

  • US forces apologize to school hit by falling helicopter window

    Date: 2017-12-18 06:52:11 GMT - Japan - World - SN:4 - ID:7145879

    TOKYO, Dec 18 (MENA) - US military officials apologized Monday to an elementary school in Okinawa over a helicopter window that fell into its grounds last week, with the resumption of flights by the same type of aircraft set to be announced later in ....

  • UN expected to adopt North Korea rights resolution this week

    Date: 2017-12-17 22:54:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:83 - ID:7145462

    SEOUL, Dec 17 (MENA) - The United Nations is expected to adopt a resolution condemning North Korea's human rights violations for the 13th consecutive year this week, diplomatic sources said Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported. The UN General ....

  • Russia was never 'militaristic', unlike European countries - Foreign Ministry

    Date: 2017-12-17 22:50:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:7145465

    MOSCOW, Dec 17 (MENA) - Russia has never been a "militaristic" country, unlike European states, TASS quoted spokeswoman for the country's Foreign Ministry's Maria Zakharova as saing in response to UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's comparing ....

  • Trump lawyer denies rumors of Mueller's impending firing

    Date: 2017-12-17 22:46:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7145468

    WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - A White House lawyer managing the US President Donald Trump's response to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation denied rumors that the US president was considering firing the special counsel, The Hill ....

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