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  • Nearly 2 million Mauritanian voters go to polls Saturday to elect new president

    Date: 2024-06-28 09:25:42 GMT - Mauritania - World - SN:13 - ID:10762506

    NOUAKCHOTT, June 28 (MENA) – Nearly 2 million voters go to the polls on Saturday in Mauritania to elect new president, AJC reported. President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, widely expected to win a second term, is a former army chief who came to power ....

  • Russian Defense Minister tasks General Staff with measures to respond to US drone missions

    Date: 2024-06-28 08:08:43 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:10762587

    MOSCOW, June 28 (MENA) - Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov has tasked the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces to prepare proposals for a prompt response to the US provocation with drones over the Black Sea waters, TASS news agency ....

  • Pentagon is moving US military assets closer to Israel, Lebanon to be ready to evacuate Americans

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:37:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:10762564

    WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - The Pentagon is moving US military assets closer to Israel and Lebanon to be ready to evacuate Americans as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah intensifies, Alhurra news quoted US defense officials as saying. The ....

  • Philippines, Japan to hold security talks next month

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:32:27 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:10762545

    MANILA, June 28 (MENA) – Japan and the Philippines are to hold high-level defense and security talks next month, the foreign department said Friday, as the two countries seek to boost ties in the face of China's growing regional pressure, ABS-CBN ....

  • Voting begins in Mongolia's parliamentary election

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:29:01 GMT - Mongolia - World - SN:17 - ID:10762553

    ULAANBAATAR, June 28 (MENA) - Mongolians began casting votes in parliamentary elections, the first election since the parliament was expanded to 126 seats in 2023, N News reported Friday. As of 11:00 a.m., more than 400,000 voters have voted ....

  • Russia's overall combat losses up to 540,490

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:23:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:16 - ID:10762551

    KIEV, June 28 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and June 28, 2024 amounted to about 540,490 troops, including 1,170 soldiers killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the ....

  • Russia keeps ten warships in Black and Azov Seas

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:21:45 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:15 - ID:10762549

    KIEV, June 28 (MENA) - Russia keeps ten warships on duty in the Black and Azov Seas, including three carriers of Kalibr cruise missiles. The Ukrainian Navy said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform reported. "There are two enemy ships in the ....

  • Powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake hits southern Peru, no risk of tsunami

    Date: 2024-06-28 07:16:55 GMT - Peru - World - SN:14 - ID:10762544

    LIMA, June 28 (MENA) - A powerful 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Peru overnight Friday at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles), according to the United States Geological Survey (USGC). The quake hit 8 kilometers (5 ....

  • New president of European Council vows to promote EU unity

    Date: 2024-06-28 06:55:57 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:11 - ID:10762496

    LISBON, June 28 (MENA) – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, chosen to be the next president of the European Council, said he will be fully committed to promoting the unity of the 27 member states, media outlets reported. Costa said ....

  • Biden, Trump exchange blame on economic situation in US - 6 last Washington

    Date: 2024-06-28 05:26:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:10762472

    When asked "what do you say to those voters who believe that you violated your constitutional oath through your actions, inaction on January 6th, 2021, and worried that you’ll do it again?", Trump said "Well, I didn’t say that to anybody. I said ....

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