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  • Belarus to accept transit of Ukraine’s grain exports via its territory

    Date: 2022-12-10 07:30:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:9915192

    KIEV, Dec 10 (MENA) - Belarus has agreed to accept the transit of Ukrainian grain crops, intended to be exported via Lithuanian ports, through its territory, Ukrinform news agency said. The relevant statement was made by Stéphane Dujarric, ....

  • Japan will vow "counterstrike capability" in key security documents

    Date: 2022-12-10 07:09:51 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:9915133

    TOKYO, Dec 10 (MENA) - The Japanese government will vow in key security documents to be revised this month to acquire "counterstrike capability" but exclusively for defense purposes under the war-renouncing Constitution, Kyodo quoted a government ....

  • US imposes sanctions on 3 Russian entities over UAV deal With Iran

    Date: 2022-12-09 22:40:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:9915030

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - The United States said Friday it imposed sanctions on three Russian entities connected to Moscow’s growing military relationship with Tehran – a relationship that includes the transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) ....

  • US says committed to preventing genocide

    Date: 2022-12-09 22:18:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:9915029

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that Washington is committed to "the prevention of and response to genocide and other atrocity crimes, and to the struggle to seek accountability for those ....

  • 8.28 million Ukrainian refugees cross into Poland since Feb.

    Date: 2022-12-09 08:40:07 GMT - Poland - World - SN:20 - ID:9913781

    WARSAW, Dec 9 (MENA) - Some 8.277 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation in February, announced Poland's Border Guard on Friday. As many as 23,300 refugees crossed the ....

  • China launches new remote sensing satellite

    Date: 2022-12-09 08:37:34 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:9913774

    BEIJING, Dec 9 (MENA) - China sent a new remote sensing satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 2:31 a.m. Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The satellite, named Gaofen-5 01A, was ....

  • Peru's impeached former president asks Mexico for asylum

    Date: 2022-12-09 07:56:53 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:15 - ID:9913692

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 9 (MENA) - Mexico has started consultations with Peruvian authorities regarding former President Pedro Castillo's request to seek asylum in the country, Mexico's foreign minister said on Twitter on Thursday. Mexico's ambassador ....

  • Japan, Britain, Italy to develop next-generation fighter jet by 2035

    Date: 2022-12-09 07:53:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9913680

    TOKYO, Dec 9 (MENA) - Japan, Britain and Italy said Friday they will jointly develop a next-generation fighter jet by 2035 in Tokyo's first such defense cooperation with nations other than the United States, a key security ally, as the global ....

  • Counselor Chollet’s travel to several European countries to assert US commitment to peace

    Date: 2022-12-09 07:11:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:9913654

    WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (MENA) - Counselor of the US State Department Derek Chollet will travel to Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Croatia, and Belgium with an interagency delegation from December 11-17, the US State ....

  • Canadian gov't proposes to amend investment law to address 'national security concerns'

    Date: 2022-12-09 06:48:40 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:9913627

    OTTAWA, Dec 9 (MENA) - Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is poised to announce legislation to "modernize" the Investment Canada Act (ICA), the Global News said. "These changes represent the most significant updates of the Investment ....

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