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  • US lawmakers meet with Zelenskyy in Ukraine

    Date: 2022-10-21 21:49:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:9834765

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) – A cadre of US bipartisan lawmakers traveled to Ukraine this week to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the CNN reported on Friday. Lawmakers from the House Intelligence Committee met with Zelenskyy to discuss the ....

  • January 6 panel subpoenas Trump, demanding historic testimony

    Date: 2022-10-21 21:11:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:9834754

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - The House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol formally issued an extraordinary subpoena to Donald Trump on Friday, demanding testimony from the former president who lawmakers say "personally ....

  • Ex-Trump adviser sentenced to 4 months in jail for contempt of Congress

    Date: 2022-10-21 19:20:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:9834545

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - Former US president Donald Trump's adviser Steve Bannon on Friday was sentenced to four months in jail following his conviction on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress. He was also fined $6,500, ABC News ....

  • US, Russian defense ministers stress need to maintain open channels of communication

    Date: 2022-10-21 19:13:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:9834687

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a telephone conversation with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu emphasized the importance of maintaining open channels of communication in the context of Russia’s special ....

  • China welcomes Russian envoy to Beijing - diplomat

    Date: 2022-10-21 18:45:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:9834546

    MOSCOW, Oct 21 (MENA) - Chinese authorities are pleased to welcome the new head of Russia's diplomatic mission in China, Igor Morgulov, who has assumed his duties in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a TASS correspondent ....

  • OHCHR: Escalation of hostilities in northern Syria

    Date: 2022-10-21 18:29:32 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:59 - ID:9834671

    GENEVA, Oct 21 (MENA) – The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that an escalation in hostilities in northern Syria this month has resulted in the deaths and injuries of civilians. In a press release on Friday, ....

  • Interior Minister to ask for 15-day extension for border checks

    Date: 2022-10-21 16:48:37 GMT - Czech - World - SN:54 - ID:9834597

    PRAGUE, Oct 21 (MENA) - Interior Minister Vít Rakušan will ask the government on Thursday to extend border controls with Slovakia for another 15 days, the Czech News Agency reported on Friday. Rakušan said his ministry does not want to extend ....

  • China actively contributes to global climate governance: official

    Date: 2022-10-21 16:36:26 GMT - China - World - SN:53 - ID:9834590

    BEIJING, Oct 21 (MENA) - China has actively contributed to global climate governance, vice minister of ecology and environment Zhai Qing was quoted by Xinhua as saying Friday. As the world's largest developing country, China will make the world's ....

  • Number of child deaths from acute kidney injury in Indonesia rises to 133

    Date: 2022-10-21 14:51:37 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:42 - ID:9834408

    JAKARTA, Oct 21 (MENA) - Indonesia's health minister said on Friday that the number of children who had died from acute kidney injury (AKI) rose to 133 from the previously reported 99, CNA reported. The deaths were among a total of 241 cases in ....

  • Iranian citizens urged to leave Ukraine

    Date: 2022-10-21 11:37:06 GMT - Iran - World - SN:27 - ID:9834050

    TEHRAN, Oct 21 (MENA) - Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement on Friday calling on Iranian citizens to leave Ukraine, IRNA said. The statement said that due to the escalation of military conflicts and increased insecurity in ....

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