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Warplanes hit Syria’s Ghouta minutes after UN vote - SOHR

Date: 2018-02-24 22:34:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7263482

LONDON, Feb 24 (MENA) – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said warplanes struck eastern Ghouta on Saturday evening minutes after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria, SBS News reported. The ....

UN unanimously demands a 30-day cease-fire across Syria

Date: 2018-02-24 21:13:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:7263456

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (MENA) – The UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Saturday demanding a 30-day cease-fire across Syria "without delay" to deliver humanitarian aid to millions and evacuate the critically ill and wounded, ABC News ....

UN diplomats locked in talks on Syria ceasefire

Date: 2018-02-24 20:18:21 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:77 - ID:7263446

NEW YORK, Feb 24 (MENA) – A UN Security Council meeting to vote on a 30-day ceasefire in Syria failed to start as scheduled at 1700 GMT on Saturday as negotiations continued in an effort to avert a Russian veto, the Daily Mail quoted diplomats as ....

2 killed in parcel bomb explosion in eastern India

Date: 2018-02-24 19:50:53 GMT - India - World - SN:75 - ID:7263394

NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (MENA) - A newly married man and his grandmother were killed in India when a wedding gift they were opening exploded, BBC news reported Saturday. The man's wife was critically injured in the blast on Friday in the eastern state ....

Moscow calls on Washington, Pyongyang to begin direct talks - diplomat

Date: 2018-02-24 18:36:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:69 - ID:7263238

MOSCOW, Feb 24 (MENA) - Russia is calling on the US and the DPRK to change the tactics of waiting on hold for initiating a direct dialogue, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said in an interview with TASS on Saturday. "Moscow has ....

Cyprus protests to UN over Turkish violations of its air, maritime space

Date: 2018-02-24 18:06:50 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:67 - ID:7263201

NICOSIA, Feb 24 (MENA) - Cyprus has protested to the UN over Turkish violations of its air and maritime space, in a letter addressed to the UN Secretary General by Cyprus` Permanent Representative to the United Nations, the Cypriot news agency ....

Trump's views on Ukraine have not met Russia's expectations -- ambassador

Date: 2018-02-24 17:24:59 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:65 - ID:7263165

KIEV, Feb 24 (MENA) - Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Valery Chaly said the anti-Russian sanctions policy of Washington as well as the support for sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine have strengthened under the current ....

Ghani vows relentless war against terror groups after attacks

Date: 2018-02-24 17:10:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:7263166

KABUL, Feb 24 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani has vowed a relentless war against terror groups after recent attacks in Kabul, Farah, and Helmand provinces. In remarks carried by the official news agency Khaama Press, Ghani ....

Donald Tusk terms Theresa May's Brexit plan 'pure illusion'

Date: 2018-02-24 15:25:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:7262925

LONDON, Feb 24 (MENA) - European Council President Donald Tusk has rejected Theresa May's Brexit plans as "pure illusion", The Telegraph reported Saturday. Addressing a summit of the EU-27 in Brussels, Tusk ruled out the vision May fought hard to ....

Female Nobel laureates in Bangladesh to meet Rohingya women

Date: 2018-02-24 15:24:20 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:50 - ID:7262973

DHAKA, Feb 22 (MENA) - Three female Nobel Peace laureates began a weeklong trip to Bangladesh on Saturday to meet Rohingya Muslim women who were tortured and raped by soldiers in Myanmar before fleeing the country, ABC news reported. During their ....