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  • N.Korea plants landmines in DMZ apparently to prevent soldiers fleeing

    N.Korea plants landmines in DMZ apparently to prevent soldiers fleeing

    Date: 2015-06-14 08:38:27 GMT - south korea - International - SN:7 - ID:2792053

    North Korea has been planting anti-personnel mines alongside the inter-Korean border for the past couple of months to prevent North Korean soldiers from fleeing to South Korea, Yonhap quoted a South Korean official as saying Sunday. "Under the ....

  • Moscow, Tokyo study possibility of Japan’s FM visit to Russia

    Moscow, Tokyo study possibility of Japan’s FM visit to Russia

    Date: 2015-06-14 08:17:14 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:2791885

    The governments of Japan and Russia have started examining a possibility of holding the visit of Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida to Moscow this autumn, Tass said on Sunday. The top diplomat may visit Moscow with an economic mission of a ....

  • S.Korea FM leaves for Washington for civilian nuke deal signing

    S.Korea FM leaves for Washington for civilian nuke deal signing

    Date: 2015-06-14 07:52:17 GMT - south korea - International - SN:1 - ID:2791717

    Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se will depart for Washington late Sunday to sign a nuclear deal with the United States that would allow Seoul to expand its non-military nuclear activities, Yonhap news agency reported quoting the Foreign Ministry as ....

  • Putin, Erdogan hold talks behind closed doors in Azerbaijan

    Putin, Erdogan hold talks behind closed doors in Azerbaijan

    Date: 2015-06-13 09:22:35 GMT - Russia - International - SN:15 - ID:2786313

    Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan held bilateral talks on the Syrian file and bilateral relations on the sidelines of the first European Games in Baku on Saturday, Sputnik reported. Presidential ....

  • Kerry leaves hospital, plans to rejoin Iran nuclear talks soon

    Kerry leaves hospital, plans to rejoin Iran nuclear talks soon

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:28:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2785633

    US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday left Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, where he underwent surgery last week to reset a broken leg, and said he plans to rejoin international negotiations on Iran’s nuclear talks for the “last slog” ....

  • US: Iranian nuclear deal can be reached by June 30

    US: Iranian nuclear deal can be reached by June 30

    Date: 2015-06-13 07:24:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2785593

    The US believes that the P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran can reach a comprehensive plan of action by June 30. "These are complicated talks and there are complicated issues that we have to work through at this stage… it is still our belief that we ....

  • China rebukes Japan's meddling in South China Sea issue

    China rebukes Japan's meddling in South China Sea issue

    Date: 2015-06-12 18:19:09 GMT - China - International - SN:19 - ID:2784581

    A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson has urged Japan not to weigh into territorial disputes in the South China Sea, labeling Japan a "non-party" in the matter. Hong Lei made the comments at a media briefing on Friday responding to reporter's ....

  • Former IMF director acquitted of 'aggravated pimping'

    Former IMF director acquitted of 'aggravated pimping'

    Date: 2015-06-12 18:14:07 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:2784565

    A French court has acquitted former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of procuring prostitutes for sex parties in France, Belgium and the US. Strauss-Kahn stood alongside 13 co-defendants, most of whom were also acquitted of "aggravated pimping", ....

  • Moscow urges Kiev to investigate attack on Russian consulate in Kharkiv

    Moscow urges Kiev to investigate attack on Russian consulate in Kharkiv

    Date: 2015-06-12 12:48:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:14 - ID:2783077

    Moscow urged Kiev authorities to thoroughly investigate Thursday's attack on the Russian consulate in Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday, according to Sputnik News Agency. The ....

  • Pakistani minister refuses criticism against execution in Islamabad

    Pakistani minister refuses criticism against execution in Islamabad

    Date: 2015-06-12 12:23:34 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:13 - ID:2782873

    Pakistan's Federal Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Friday said that the implementation on capital punishment is in accordance with the law while criticism against judiciary will not be tolerated in this regard, Dawn news ....

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