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Latest ballistic missile launch by DPR Korea a 'dangerous escalation of the situation' – UN chief
Date: 2017-07-05 07:21:44 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:6881734
NEW YORK, July 5 (MENA) - Strongly commending Tuesday's launch of a ballistic missile of possible intercontinental range by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has underscored that the ....
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Canada most positive influence on world affairs - poll
Date: 2017-07-05 07:21:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:6881728
LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - A global poll showed that Canada is the most positive influence on world affairs, the BBC reported. The research polled 18,000 respondents across 25 nations. According to the survey, Canada was seen as setting the best ....
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Pentagon vows to protect US & allies after Pyongyang’s ‘escalatory ICBM test’
Date: 2017-07-05 07:20:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:6881733
WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - The Pentagon has vowed to defend the US and its allies against any possible North Korean threat after Washington confirmed Pyongyang’s claim that it has developed the technology to potentially deliver a nuclear warhead to ....
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Russia, China call for unbiased probe into use of chemical weapons in Syria
Date: 2017-07-04 21:57:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:6881475
MOSCOW, July 4 (MENA) - Russia and China call on all involved sides to support the efforts of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons and the United Nations in investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria, according to ....
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Russian military police may be deployed in Syria’s buffer zones
Date: 2017-07-04 19:56:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:6881440
MOSCOW, July 4 (MENA) - Russia’s chief negotiator at the Astana talks and Russian president’s envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentyev, said on Tuesday that Russia’s military police may be deployed in buffer security zones in Syria, TASS news agency ....
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Saudi, German leaders discuss regional developments
Date: 2017-07-04 18:24:35 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:73 - ID:6881433
RIYADH, July 4 (MENA) - Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud received on Tuesday a phone call from German Chancellor Angela Merkel. According to the Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the two leaders discussed bilateral relations and the latest ....
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Trump phones Merkel to pledge to make G-20 summit success
Date: 2017-07-04 11:00:08 GMT - Germany - World - SN:36 - ID:6880431
BERLIN, July 4 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump discussed with German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the phone the points of disagreement between the two sides, pledging to render the G-20 Summit, set for Hamburg on Friday and Saturday, successful, ....
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Daesh destroys schools, bars female students in restive Afghan district
Date: 2017-07-04 10:30:11 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:6880399
KABUL, July 4 (MENA) - Daesh militant group has destroyed more than a dozen schools in a restive district of northern Afghanistan, threatening students and insisting that teachers must amend their curriculum, provincial officials said, VOA ....
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S. Korea strongly condemns N. Korea's latest missile provocation
Date: 2017-07-04 08:14:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:6880113
SEOUL, July 4 (MENA) - South Korea's foreign ministry strongly condemned North Korea's latest missile provocation Tuesday, calling it a "reckless" act that runs counter to UN Security Council resolutions and global demand for its denuclearization, ....
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Six killed, 30 injured as bus overturned in Hyderabad
Date: 2017-07-04 08:11:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:6880056
ISLAMABAD, July 4 (MENA) - Six people were killed while 30 others were injured when a bus overturned Tuesday morning near the National Highway in Hyderabad, Geo News reported. The incident took place when the driver of the passenger vehicle lost ....