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UK confirms transfer of Brimstone 2 precision-guided missiles to Ukraine
Date: 2022-12-18 07:02:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:6 - ID:9927370
LONDON, Dec 18 (MENA) - The UK Ministry of Defense has officially confirmed the transfer of Brimstone 2 missiles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. "As part of its aid package, the UK has provided Brimstone 2 missiles, a precision-guided missile, ....
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Infant dead, 43 people rescued as refugee boat crashes into rocks
Date: 2022-12-17 17:28:01 GMT - Greece - World - SN:53 - ID:9927090
ATHENS, Dec 17 (MENA) - A small child has died in a boat accident on the coast of the Greek island of Lesbos, state broadcaster ERT reported. According to the Greek coastguard on Saturday, a small boat with 35 migrants on board was wrecked on ....
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Scholz wants to keep channels open for communication with Putin
Date: 2022-12-17 13:59:26 GMT - Germany - World - SN:42 - ID:9926774
BERLIN, Dec 17 (MENA) - World leaders need to be able to talk to the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin in order to end the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung, Ukrinform reported on ....
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UK high court rules in favor of increasing asylum seeker support
Date: 2022-12-17 13:49:39 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:9926697
LONDON, Dec 17 (MENA) - The home secretary is acting unlawfully in failing to ensure the rate of support for more than 50,000 asylum seekers is adequate by not implementing an increase of almost £5 a week recommended by officials, the high court has ....
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Angelina Jolie leaves role as UN refugee agency ambassador
Date: 2022-12-17 13:16:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:9926695
LONDON, Dec 17 (MENA) - Angelina Jolie is stepping down from her role as an ambassador for the UN’s refugee agency, The Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday. The Oscar-winning actor said refugees were “the people I admire most in the world” ....
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EU, Ukraine sign €100 million for rehabilitation of military operation-damaged schools
Date: 2022-12-17 09:51:26 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:24 - ID:9926358
BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (MENA) - The European Commission and the Government of Ukraine have signed a €100 million support package for the reconstruction and rehabilitation of schooling facilities damaged in Russia's full-scale military operation against ....
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UN: Flooding kills more than 160 people in DR Congo capital
Date: 2022-12-17 09:20:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:22 - ID:9926318
NEW YORK, Dec 17 (MENA) - More than 160 people have died in the worst floods to batter DR Congo's capital Kinshasa in years, UN officials estimated Friday, citing authorities. After an all-night downpour on Tuesday, major roads in the center of ....
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Peru: Ministers resign amid deadly protests
Date: 2022-12-17 08:57:03 GMT - Peru - World - SN:19 - ID:9926287
LIMA, Dec 17 (MENA) - Two ministers of Peru's already embattled government resigned from their posts on Friday following several deaths amid protests triggered by the ousting of former President Pedro Castillo last week, Deutsche Welle reported. ....
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US, UK, Norway, EU decry South Sudan violence -joint statement
Date: 2022-12-17 08:48:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9926112
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - The United States, United Kingdom, Norway and the European Union expressed horror at the escalation of violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state and urged delivery of humanitarian aid, according to a joint statement ....
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Russians fired 98 missiles at Ukraine’s territory in 24 hours
Date: 2022-12-17 08:45:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:17 - ID:9926221
KYIV, Dec 17 (MENA) - Russia launched another massive missile attack on Ukraine’s civil and energy infrastructure, having fired 98 missiles and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) over 65 times. The relevant statement was made ....
