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US, Australia affirm commitment to deepening bilateral defense cooperation
Date: 2022-12-06 06:16:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:9908515
WASHINGTON, Dec 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has met with his Australian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Richard Marles, at the Pentagon to discuss the United States – Australia Alliance. The ....
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Colombia landslide leaves at least 34 dead
Date: 2022-12-06 06:05:44 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:6 - ID:9908510
BOGOTA, Dec 6 (MENA) - Heavy rains in northwest Colombia sent a wall of earth crashing onto a winding road, swallowing up a bus and other vehicles and killing 34 people, VOA reported. The landslide Sunday evening prompted a large rescue effort, ....
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UN: Missile strikes threaten millions facing cold, hungry winter in Ukraine
Date: 2022-12-06 05:58:25 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:5 - ID:9908493
NEW YORK, Dec 6 (MENA) - A UN spokesperson says that another wave of missile strikes in Ukraine has further damaged the country’s energy system, leaving millions of people without electricity and water as temperatures dip below freezing, the UN news ....
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Putin renews ban on transactions with "unfriendly" foreigners’ stakes in companies
Date: 2022-12-05 22:58:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:100 - ID:9908417
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin extended a ban on making transactions with stakes held by foreigners from unfriendly countries in Russian strategic companies, banks and certain other legal entities until the end of 2023, TASS ....
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Canada freezes assets of three Haitian businessmen over gang links
Date: 2022-12-05 21:18:11 GMT - Canada - World - SN:97 - ID:9908360
OTTAWA, Dec 5 (MENA) - Canada’s government said it would freeze any local assets of three high-profile Haitian businessmen accused of supporting the country’s armed gangs, the latest measure targeting those linked to the Caribbean nation’s criminal ....
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Russia regrets that US keeps strategic dialogue in suspended state — Lavrov
Date: 2022-12-05 16:59:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:9908144
MOSCOW, Dec 5 (MENA) - Moscow regrets that Washington keeps the bilateral strategic dialogue in a suspended state, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in his video address to the Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference Monday, TASS ....
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US to defense weapons, energy supplies to Ukraine
Date: 2022-12-05 13:46:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:59 - ID:9907730
KYIV, Dec 5 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget A. Brink said Monday her country will provide Ukraine with air defense systems and energy to protect its infrastructure. "As Russia targets heat, water, and electricity for every person in ....
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Taliban: Daesh member arrested over attack on Pakistani embassy in Kabul
Date: 2022-12-05 12:29:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:9907606
ISLAMABAD, Dec 5 (MENA) - A Daesh member has been arrested in last week’s shooting attack targeting the Pakistani Embassy in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul. ABC news quoted the spokesman for the Taliban government Zabihullah Mujahid Monday, as ....
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Japan plans to almost triple missile defense units in remote islands
Date: 2022-12-05 07:36:12 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9906764
TOKYO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Japan is considering almost tripling the number of units in its Self-Defense Forces equipped with ballistic missile interception capabilities in the country's remote southwestern islands by the end of fiscal 2031, a draft of ....
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Putin aims to 'weaponize winter' in Ukraine - Blinken
Date: 2022-12-04 17:38:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:9906335
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (MENA) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday accused Russia of planning to weaponize winter by knocking out power and infrastructure in Ukraine Speaking to CNN, Blinken said Russian President Vladimir Putin "tried to ....