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  • Nagasaki mayor says Israel not invited to A-bomb peace ceremony

    Date: 2024-07-31 08:21:06 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:10809186

    TOKYO, July 31 (MENA) - The mayor of Nagasaki on Wednesday said Israel would not be invited to the Aug. 9 annual peace ceremony marking the 1945 atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city, Kyodo reported. The remarks by Mayor Shiro Suzuki come ....

  • US imposes sanctions on Iranian missile, UAV procurement facilitators

    Date: 2024-07-30 22:27:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:10808846

    WASHINGTON, July 30 (MENA) - The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it is targeting five individuals and seven entities based in Iran, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Hong Kong that have ....

  • Iran's new president Pezeshkian takes oath of office before parl't in Tehran

    Date: 2024-07-30 22:22:15 GMT - Iran - World - SN:87 - ID:10808851

    TEHRAN, July 30 (MENA) - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Tuesday took the oath of office before the Iranian parliament to formally start leading the country’s executive branch for a four-year term, IRNA reported. As part of the oath, ....

  • One dead in Venezuela in anti-Maduro protesters

    Date: 2024-07-30 07:27:31 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:14 - ID:10807303

    CARACAS, July 30 (MENA) - At least one person died in Venezuela as security forces tried to break up protests triggered by a hotly disputed election result that gave Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a third term in power, Fox news quoted an NGO ....

  • Russian navy starts drills involving 20,000 personnel, 300 ships

    Date: 2024-07-30 07:10:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:10807358

    MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - The Russian navy started planned exercises involving most of its fleet as well as 20,000 personnel and 300 ships, Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday, citing the defense ministry. The drills are to test the navy's ....

  • Pakistan’s deputy PM will attend presidential inauguration in Iran

    Date: 2024-07-30 07:06:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:10807348

    ISLAMABAD, July 30 (MENA) - Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar will lead a delegation at the inauguration ceremony of the Iranian President-Masoud Pezeshkian. According to IRNA, the Ministry of Foreign ....

  • Haiti PM escapes unharmed after shots fired by gangs

    Date: 2024-07-30 07:04:34 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:11 - ID:10807301

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, July 30 (MENA) - Haiti's prime minister escaped unharmed Monday after gangs opened fire near a hospital he was visiting, the Economic Times newspaper reported on Tuesday. Garry Conille, who came to office in June, was leaving the ....

  • One person dead as heavy storms hit Baltic states

    Date: 2024-07-30 06:58:22 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:9 - ID:10807307

    BRUSSELS, July 30 (MENA) - One person died and some 200,000 households were left without electricity in Lithuania and neighboring Latvia as strong storm winds and heavy rain pounded the Baltic nations overnight, euronews reported Tuesday. Fire ....

  • Coal mine collapse kills five in northern Vietnam

    Date: 2024-07-30 06:44:38 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:7 - ID:10807286

    HANOI, July 30 (MENA) - Five coal miners have died after a mine in northern Vietnam collapsed, CNA quoted local authorities as saying on Tuesday. The accident happened on Monday at a coal mine in Quang Ninh province, the country's largest coal ....

  • 2 killed, 20 injured as coaches of Mumbai-bound train derail In Jharkhand

    Date: 2024-07-30 06:39:59 GMT - India - World - SN:6 - ID:10807299

    NEW DELHI, July 30 (MENA) - Two people died and 20 others were injured after about 18 coaches of a train bound for Mumbai derailed in Jharkhand early this morning, NDTV reported. The Howara-CSMT Express derailed near Badabamboo, around 80 km ....

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