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New round of Syria talks in Geneva scheduled for May 16-19
Date: 2017-05-11 20:34:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:72 - ID:6807496
GENEVA, May 11 (MENA) - UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told a briefing on Thursday that a new round of intra-Syrian talks will be held in Geneva from May 16 to 19, TASS news agency reported. "We are preparing intra-Syrian new round ....
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Russian and Israeli defense ministers discuss military cooperation
Date: 2017-05-11 19:27:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:6807501
MOSCOW, May 11 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman have held a telephone conversation to discuss bilateral military cooperation, TASS cited the Russian Defense Ministry as saying. "On May ....
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Egypt chairs WTO Committee on Market Access
Date: 2017-05-11 18:49:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:6807267
GENEVA, May 11 (MENA) – World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Council for Trade in Goods in Geneva approved Thursday electing the Egyptian candidate for the presidency of the Committee on Market Access. Permanent Representative of Egypt to the United ....
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Putin: Peaceful coexistence of Palestine, Israel guarantees Middle East stability
Date: 2017-05-11 17:33:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:6807286
MOSCOW, May 11 (MENA) - The peaceful coexistence of Palestine and Israel is a guarantee for security and stability in the Middle East, Sputnik cited Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on Thursday. "I emphasize that the peaceful ....
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Daesh starved Yazidi children, told them they could eat in paradise - report
Date: 2017-05-11 16:53:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:6807052
LONDON, May 11 (MENA) - They made the captive children, weak from hunger, fight over a single tomato. Then the Daesh militants told them that in paradise they could eat to their hearts delight, but they could only get there by blowing themselves up, ....
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White House: Trump nominates Mark Green as USAID administrator
Date: 2017-05-11 06:10:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:6806166
WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - The White House said that US President Donald Trump’s administration has nominated an ex-congressman and former US Ambassador to Tanzania to lead the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the ....
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Erdogan calls on Trump to reverse decision to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters
Date: 2017-05-10 22:54:28 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:75 - ID:6806037
ANKARA, May 10 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said he hopes the United States will reverse its decision to arm Syrian Kurdish fighters who are perceived as terrorists by Ankara, Fox News reported. Erdogan said the ....
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Putin reacts to Comey firing: "We have nothing to do with that"
Date: 2017-05-10 22:48:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:74 - ID:6805947
MOSCOW, May 10 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said the firing of former FBI Director James Comey will have "no effect" on US-Russia relations, reacting for the first time to President Trump's dramatic ouster of the man leading the probe ....
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S. Korea’s Moon, Trump agree to maintain close cooperation over N.K. nuke threats
Date: 2017-05-10 22:39:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:73 - ID:6806052
SEOUL, May 11 (MENA) - The leaders of South Korea and the United States on Wednesday vowed to maintain close cooperation in handling North Korea's nuclear threats in their first phone talks, Seoul's presidential office was cited as saying by Yonhap ....
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US offers reward for information on al-Nusra leader
Date: 2017-05-10 22:19:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:6806089
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - The United States has offered a reward of up to $10 million for information on the military leader of Syria's al-Qaida affiliate, al-Nusra, Voice of America (VOA) reported. The State Department said it would offer the ....
