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  • French FM embarks on 2-day African tour Thursday

    French FM embarks on 2-day African tour Thursday

    Date: 2018-06-06 18:55:18 GMT - France - International - SN:11 - ID:7433604

    French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian will embark on a two-day tour in Africa on Thursday, during which he is expected to visit Congo, Chad and Ethiopia. This tour comes within the framework of the constant and close cooperation between ....

  • May raises 'concerns' with Netanyahu over loss of life in Gaza protests

    May raises 'concerns' with Netanyahu over loss of life in Gaza protests

    Date: 2018-06-06 18:10:49 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:7433554

    British Prime Minister Theresa May has told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that she is "concerned about the loss of Palestinian lives" in the Gaza protests, Sky News reported on Wednesday. The British prime minister said the UK "absolutely ....

  • Massive fire breaks out at luxury London hotel

    Massive fire breaks out at luxury London hotel

    Date: 2018-06-06 16:33:12 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:5 - ID:7433479

    Dozens of firefighters are battling a massive blaze that broke out at a luxury hotel in West London on Wednesday, officials, quoted by ABC News, said. The London Fire Brigade said 120 firefighters and 20 fire engines were deployed to tackle a ....

  • Putin: Sanctions harm all, everybody wants them to go

    Putin: Sanctions harm all, everybody wants them to go

    Date: 2018-06-06 09:08:17 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:7432569

    Sanctions are harmful to all and everybody, including Russia, is interested in their cancellation, TASS news agency quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying after talks with Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen on Tuesday. "Both ....

  • Putin reiterates his stance on Russia's alleged involvement in US elections

    Putin reiterates his stance on Russia's alleged involvement in US elections

    Date: 2018-06-05 11:13:48 GMT - Austria - International - SN:11 - ID:7431332

    The Russian government was not involved in private activities of businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin or in the interference in the US election race in 2016, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired by Austria’s ORF broadcasting company on the ....

  • Abe to urge Trump to snub Pyongyang’s position on abductions of Japanese when he meets Kim: sources

    Abe to urge Trump to snub Pyongyang’s position on abductions of Japanese when he meets Kim: sources

    Date: 2018-06-05 07:17:31 GMT - Japan - International - SN:2 - ID:7430888

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will urge US President Donald Trump to dismiss Pyongyang’s assertion that the issue of Japanese nationals abducted decades ago has been resolved when he meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Abe will meet ....

  • Putin signs law on sanctions against unfriendly states

    Putin signs law on sanctions against unfriendly states

    Date: 2018-06-04 13:28:44 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:7430109

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on countermeasures against unfriendly actions of the United States and other foreign countries, TASS news agency reported on Monday. According to the document, the government is empowered to ....

  • US urges China to release Tiananmen crackdown death toll

    US urges China to release Tiananmen crackdown death toll

    Date: 2018-06-04 09:15:20 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:7429449

    U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has urged China to disclose the details of people killed, detained or missing during the Chinese military's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters centered on Beijing's Tiananmen Square 29 years ago, ABC News ....

  • Lavrov: Russia, African Union drafting document on cooperation

    Lavrov: Russia, African Union drafting document on cooperation

    Date: 2018-06-04 07:07:43 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7429247

    Russia and the African Union are drafting a framework document on cooperation in coming years and an experts' meeting on this issue is planned, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after negotiations with his Rwandan counterpart Louise ....

  • Somali troops retake Moqokori town from Al-Shabaab

    Somali troops retake Moqokori town from Al-Shabaab

    Date: 2018-06-02 17:33:03 GMT - Somalia - International - SN:6 - ID:7427446

    The Somali National Army took over Muqokori town on Saturday after Al-Shabab fighters withdrew from the area, a resident confirmed. Corresponding reports from the residents indicated that armed Al-Shabaab fighters who seized the town on Friday ....

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