ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Greece offers Portugal help in fighting deadly wildfires
Date: 2017-06-18 16:21:53 GMT - Greece - World - SN:53 - ID:6860247
ATHENS, June 18 (MENA) - Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has offered his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa help in fighting the deadly wildfires in his country, ABC News reported. Tsipras called Costa on Sunday afternoon to offer his ....
-
Failure to reach Brexit deal would be very bad for Britain, warns Chancellor
Date: 2017-06-18 15:42:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:6860239
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond has warned failing to secure a Brexit deal would be “very, very bad” for Britain ahead of the start of exit talks in Brussels on Monday, according to the BBC. The Chancellor ....
-
75 Insurgents killed in ongoing Afghanistan's Helmand operations
Date: 2017-06-18 14:28:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:6860079
KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - At least 75 Taliban insurgents were killed in ongoing operations in southern Helmand province over the past six days, local officials confirmed. In addition, 36 other insurgents were wounded, TOLO New reported on ....
-
US Navy says bodies of sailors found on ship
Date: 2017-06-18 12:39:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:6859724
TOKYO, June 18 (MENA) - The U.S. Navy says the bodies of sailors who went missing in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship have been found aboard the stricken destroyer, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The Navy says in ....
-
Plane evacuated at Stuttgart airport after bomb threat
Date: 2017-06-18 11:20:14 GMT - Germany - World - SN:24 - ID:6859703
BERLIN, June 18 (MENA) - A plane has been evacuated after a 'bomb threat' on board a Bulgaria Air aircraft at Stuttgart airport, Daily Star reported Sunday. (MENA) M A E/M H E ....
-
Polls open in France for 2nd round of parliamentary elections
Date: 2017-06-18 07:35:42 GMT - France - World - SN:11 - ID:6859291
PARIS, June 18 (MENA) - French voters are expected to hand President Emmanuel Macron a landslide majority in parliament on Sunday, a second election triumph for him after his presidential victory and one which should allow him to embark on deep ....
-
1 dead, 4 injured in shooting at Ohio nightclub, police say
Date: 2017-06-17 21:38:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:6859114
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - A man has died and at least four people have been wounded in a shooting at a nightclub in Ohio, police announced Saturday. Police said the shooting occurred just after 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Delfin NightLife in ....
-
US welcomes Syria cease-fire, urges opposition to halt attacks
Date: 2017-06-17 20:53:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:6859087
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) – The United States on Saturday welcomed a 48-hour cease-fire in southern Syria and called on the Syrian government to honor its commitments during that period, the Daily Mail reported on Saturday. "We will judge this ....
-
Eritrea says Qatar has not explained 'hasty' withdrawal
Date: 2017-06-17 20:37:43 GMT - Eritrea - World - SN:72 - ID:6859072
ASMARA, June 17 (MENA) - Eritrea's government says Qatar has not yet explained why it withdrew 450 peacekeeping troops from the East African nation's contested border area with Djibouti, Fox News reported on Saturday. Djibouti has accused ....
-
7 US military service members wounded in insider attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-06-17 20:25:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:71 - ID:6859069
KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - Seven US military service members were wounded Saturday in an insider attack at Camp Shaheen in northern Afghanistan, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said, the CNN reported. The injured troops have been evacuated for ....
