ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Official talks between North, South Korea kick off
Date: 2018-01-09 07:13:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7181345
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - North and South Korea kicked off their first formal talks in more than two years on Tuesday morning, according to the South Korean Ministry of Unification. Tuesday's meeting kicked off at the truce village of Panmunjom which ....
-
Seoul: North Korea will send team to Olympic Games
Date: 2018-01-09 06:53:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:7181344
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Korean Vice Unification Minster Chun Hae-Sung said that North Korea will send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in South Korea in February, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The breakthrough ....
-
US spy satellite launched by SpaceX reportedly 'total loss,' failed to launch into orbit
Date: 2018-01-09 06:29:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7181328
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - A US spy satellite which was supposed to launch into orbit on Sunday night is expected to be a "total loss" after it reportedly didn’t make it, Fox News reported Tuesday. The Falcon 9 rocket, which carried the ....
-
64 migrants believed dead after boat sinks off Libya
Date: 2018-01-08 21:14:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:98 - ID:7181250
GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Sixty-four migrants are presumed dead after the rubber dinghy they were traveling in sank off the coast of Libya over the weekend, humanitarian groups were quoted by CNN as saying on Monday. Flavio Di Giacomo, an ....
-
CIA director: Pakistan providing safe havens for terrorists
Date: 2018-01-08 20:12:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7181168
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Monday "that Pakistan is continuing to provide safe harbor havens inside of Pakistan for terrorists who present risks to the United States of America." In an interview with CBS, he said ....
-
Fire erupts in Trump Tower in New York
Date: 2018-01-08 13:54:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7180490
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Authorities in New York said Monday that emergency crews had responded to a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the CBS reported. Footage of the incident shows around a dozen firefighters on the roof of the tower, while ....
-
Kushner’s financial ties to Israel deepen even with Mideast diplomatic role
Date: 2018-01-08 13:00:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7180206
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (MENA) - Relations of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner with Israel deepen, despite his Mideast diplomatic role, according to a report by the New York Times on Monday. Last May, Jared Kushner ....
-
WSJ: Trump faces pivotal decisions on Iran sanctions
Date: 2018-01-08 12:33:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:7180077
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement faces a potentially fateful week, with a series of deadlines awaiting US President Donald Trump as Tehran reacts to recent anti government protests, according to a report published by The ....
-
Britons expect war, terrorism and political turmoil in 2018
Date: 2018-01-08 12:17:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:7180198
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Many Britons are expecting 2018 to be marked by a major terrorist attack and war between the USA and North Korea, according to new polling. Polling by Ipsos MORI revealed that Britons were most likely people to think that ....
-
WH official: Bannon "unlikely" to regain status in Trump circle
Date: 2018-01-08 11:25:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:7180054
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - A White House official said on Monday that it is “unlikely” that Stephen Bannon, former Trump’s chief strategist, would return to his former status in President Trump’s circle even after Bannon released a statement ....