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Trump proposes NATO expansion to include Middle East countries

Date: 2020-01-09 21:37:34 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:8263329

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) – President Donald Trump on Thursday proposed expanding NATO's membership to include Middle Eastern nations in light of recent U.S. tensions in the region with Iran. The president's suggestion came one day after he issued ....

IMCTC, OIC sign cooperation deal

Date: 2020-01-09 11:49:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:8262395

RIYADH, Jan 9 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC) Mohammad bin Saeed al-Moghedi and Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmad al-Othaimeen signed on ....

43 killed, injured injured in northern Iran bus accident

Date: 2020-01-09 09:55:44 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:8262134

TEHRAN, Jan 9 (MENA) - At least 19 people were killed and 24 others injured as a passenger bus plunged into a ravine in north of Iran on Thursday, according to IRNA news agency. The accident happened on Firouz Kooh mountaineer road in Mazandaran ....

Japan backs restrained U.S. response to Iranian missile strikes: Abe

Date: 2020-01-09 08:18:54 GMT - Japan - Middle East - SN:14 - ID:8262035

TOKYO, Jan 9 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday expressed support for a decision by the United States to make a measured response to Iranian missiles strikes on U.S. troops in Iraq, the Japanese news agency Kyodo ....

Pence: Intelligence shows Iran directing militias not to attack U.S. targets

Date: 2020-01-09 06:39:58 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:6 - ID:8261949

WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that intelligence is showing that Iran is directing its associated militias not to attack US targets in the week after Gen. Qassem Soleimani’s death, The Hill reported. Pence ....

UK PM condemns Iranian attacks on military bases in Iraq

Date: 2020-01-08 15:19:03 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:8261229

LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson condemned on Wednesday the attack by Iran on military bases in Iraq housing US troops, calling for urgent de-escalation. "We of course condemn the attack on Iraqi military bases hosting ....

Ukraine bans all flights to Iran

Date: 2020-01-08 13:40:12 GMT - Ukraine - Middle East - SN:56 - ID:8260947

KIEV, Jan 8 (MNA) - Ukrainian authorities announced on Wednesday that Kiev is banning flights over Iran from January 9 until the causes of the tragedy of the crash of a Ukrainian plane this morning are clarified. “As soon as the causes are ....

EU: Recent developments in Iran, Iraq, whole region are 'extremely worrying'

Date: 2020-01-08 12:34:18 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:52 - ID:8260918

BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) has urged all sides to de-escalate tensions in the Middle East, CNN reported on Wednesday. In a press conference, EU Foreign Affairs Chief Josep Borrell described recent developments in Iran, Iraq ....

Airlines avoiding flying through Iran and Iraq airspace

Date: 2020-01-08 11:05:40 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:38 - ID:8260657

PARIS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Air France has said that it will suspend until further notice all flights through Iranian and Iraqi airspace. The decision was announced by an Air France spokesman who said that the suspension of flights comes "as a ....

UK warns Iran not to carry out further "reckless and dangerous" attacks

Date: 2020-01-08 10:21:14 GMT - United Kingdom - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:8260653

LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The UK has urged Iran not to carry out further "reckless and dangerous" attacks after Tehran fired missiles at military bases in Iraq hosting British and US troops, Sky News reported. At least two airbases have been the ....