International
- Service : English
- Category : International
-
Japan, Russia organizing high-level visits
Date: 2015-07-19 10:54:46 GMT - Japan - International - SN:6 - ID:3007601
Tokyo and Moscow are negotiating a visit by Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Russia in late August, the Nikkei Business Daily reported on July 19. Kishida -- who would reportedly lead a delegation of Japanese business executives -- ....
-
French president leads tributes to Formula One driver Jules Bianchi
Date: 2015-07-18 18:35:52 GMT - France - International - SN:14 - ID:3005829
French President Francois Hollande led the flood of tributes Saturday to Jules Bianchi, the Formula One driver who has died nine months after a horror crash at the Japanese Grand Prix, according to France24 channel. "French motorsport has lost ....
-
US secretary of defense plans three-nation Middle East trip
Date: 2015-07-18 07:38:25 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:3003013
US Defense Secretary Ash Carter will embark on Sunday a trip to three Middle Eastern nations, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook announced late Friday. Beginning July 19, Cook said in a statement, Carter will travel to Israel, and then to Saudi ....
-
Angela Merkel reduces girl to tears over asylum policy
Date: 2015-07-17 15:39:15 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:10 - ID:3001741
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been criticised for reducing a young refugee to tears after telling the girl facing deportation that “some will have to go back home”. The chancellor was left speechless after a 10-year-old Palestinian girl ....
-
Putin greets Russian Muslims over Eid al-Fitr
Date: 2015-07-17 15:36:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:3001721
President Vladimir Putin greeted Russia's Muslims on the occasion of the holiday of Eid al-Fitr on Friday, the Sputnik reported. A press statement released on the Kremlin's website noting that Eid al-Fitr "is infused with deep spiritual ....
-
Obama, Saudi foreign minister to meet Friday in shadow of Iran deal
Date: 2015-07-17 15:34:06 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:3001709
In the wake of the nuclear agreement with Iran, President Barack Obama will meet Friday with Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister, a White House official said. It is Obama’s first meeting with a key American ally from an Arab state since reaching the ....
-
Obama thanks Putin for Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2015-07-16 07:00:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2993549
US President Barack Obama has thanked his Russian counterpart for his role in achieving a nuclear agreement with Iran. Washington says the two leaders also pledged during the talk to work to reduce tensions in Syria, Deutsche Welle ....
-
Obama praises Putin for help clinching Iran deal
Date: 2015-07-15 15:19:16 GMT - USA - International - SN:19 - ID:2991397
US President Barack Obama praised Russian President Vladimir Putin for his role in the Iran nuclear deal saying there could now be an “opening” for further detente in the worst crisis in American-Russian relations since the Cold War, the Telegraph ....
-
Turkish PM meets with political parties' leaders
Date: 2015-07-15 15:15:11 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:14 - ID:2991353
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu met Wednesday with some political parties leaders including HDP co-leaders Selahattin Demirtaş and Figen Yüksekdağ for coalition talks. After the meeting the Prime Minister held a press conference saying ....
-
Obama: Iran deal cuts off all pathways to nuclear weapons
Date: 2015-07-14 14:08:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:2980989
US President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the agreement signed between Iran and world powers “cuts off all pathways to nuclear weapons.” Speaking at the White House hours after the deal was culminated, the US president hailed it as an ....