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  • Negotiations are still ongoing to reduce global oil production: Russia

    Date: 2017-09-22 16:12:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:51 - ID:7003989

    MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Friday that no decision have been taken on extending the agreement reached in Vienna to reduce global oil production. Novak explained that the Organization of the Petroleum ....

  • Death toll from hurricane Maria rises to 32

    Date: 2017-09-22 14:35:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:7003864

    WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - As Hurricane Maria continued to cross the Caribbean Friday, officials in Puerto Rico took stock of the deadly toll the historic storm left in its wake: nearly half of the storm’s total death toll of 32, the Los Angeles ....

  • Trump: 'Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on Facebook'

    Date: 2017-09-22 14:04:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:7003844

    WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump early Friday called reports of Kremlin-linked groups buying Facebook ads to sway the 2016 election part of a "Russia hoax," The Hill reported. "The Russia hoax continues, now it's ads on ....

  • AL chief meets Chinese FM to discuss relations

    Date: 2017-09-22 13:42:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:7003843

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit met Friday with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New York to discuss ways of boosting relations between the Arab countries and Beijing. The meeting was held on the ....

  • Death toll reaches 13 as hundreds rescued after Hurricane Maria pummels Puerto Rico

    Date: 2017-09-22 13:11:43 GMT - Puerto Rico - World - SN:40 - ID:7003757

    SAN JUAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Puerto Rico was on Friday battling dangerous flooding after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island, as the death toll there jumped to 13 and authorities rescued nearly 700 people from high waters, SBS reported. Puerto Rico ....

  • Mexico City earthquake death toll rises to 286

    Date: 2017-09-22 10:52:24 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:27 - ID:7003297

    MEXICO CITY, Sept 22 (MENA)- The death toll of the 7.1 magnitude earthquake that hit Mexico City on Tuesday reached 286. Head of Mexico's national civil defense agency Luis Felipe Puente posted a tweet saying that 94 are known dead in Mexico ....

  • S. Korea welcomes new US sanctions against N. Korea

    Date: 2017-09-22 08:31:39 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:7003274

    SEOUL, Sept 22 (MENA) - South Korea on Friday welcomed the United States' adoption of fresh sanctions on North Korea and vowed to pile further pressure on the communist country if it continues its provocations. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ....

  • Bangladesh pleads for UN assistance in Rohingya crisis

    Date: 2017-09-22 08:15:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:7003185

    New York, Sept 22 (MENA) - Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed on Friday urged the UN to send an international mission to Burma and to establish safe zones in it under the supervision of the UN to ensure Rohingya minority are able to ....

  • Tillerson: Terrorist groups seek reaching nuclear weapons

    Date: 2017-09-22 07:05:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:7003191

    NEW YORK, Sept 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Thursday that many terrorist groups seek reaching nuclear weapons to use them in killing more innocent people around the world. Addressing the UN Security council meeting on ....

  • Private jet goes off Istanbul runway, catches fire

    Date: 2017-09-21 21:26:43 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:67 - ID:7003092

    ANKARA, Sept 21 (MENA) - A small private jet with four people on board ran off a runway while landing at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport on Thursday and caught fire, Fox News reported. All four survived the accident, Turkey's ....

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