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  • European Commission disburses €25 million for Palestinian Authority, €16 million for UNRWA

    Date: 2024-06-01 09:49:02 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:18 - ID:10729244

    BRUSSELS, June 1 (MENA) - The European Commission has today processed a second tranche of assistance of €25 million for the Palestinian Authority to contribute to the payment of salaries and pensions of Palestinian civil servants and disbursed €16 ....

  • Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, but Gaza exit plan remains unclear

    Date: 2024-06-01 09:40:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:10729242

    NEW YORK, June 1 (MENA) – The Israeli military said on Friday that its forces had advanced into central Rafah, pushing even more deeply into the southern Gaza city despite an international backlash and pressure from allies to scale back the latest ....

  • Egypt calls on WTO to adopt development issues in developing countries

    Date: 2024-06-01 09:24:54 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:15 - ID:10729114

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) – Egypt’s Commercial Office in Geneva has called on the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adopt industrial development policies and comprehensive development issues in developing countries, particularly in Africa. Minister ....

  • Russian soldiers released from Ukrainian captivity delivered to Moscow

    Date: 2024-06-01 08:51:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:10729249

    MOSCOW, June 1 (MENA) - Military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces have brought Russian servicemen released from the Ukrainian captivity on Friday to Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said. "The released soldiers have been ....

  • Japan, China defense chiefs meet amid Taiwan, South China Sea tensions

    Date: 2024-06-01 07:08:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:10729094

    TOKYO, June 1 (MENA) - The defense ministers of Japan and China met Saturday in Singapore amid rising tensions in the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as well as the East China Sea, where Beijing claims the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku Islands, ....

  • EU imposes sanctions on 6 individuals, 3 Iranian entities

    Date: 2024-06-01 06:49:25 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:8 - ID:10729089

    BRUSSELS, June 1 (MENA) - The European Council adopted new sanctions targeting six individuals and three entities from Iran who are involved in the transfer of drones to support Russia's war effort in Ukraine as well as for supplying drones and ....

  • Ukraine already exports 46.7M tons of grain, leguminous crops

    Date: 2024-06-01 06:34:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10729075

    KIEV, June 1 (MENA) - In the marketing year 2023/2024 (between July 1, 2023 and May 30, 2024), Ukraine exported 46.72 million tons of grain and leguminous crops. The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian Agrarian Policy and Food Ministry, ....

  • Germany contributing another Patriot system to Ukraine

    Date: 2024-06-01 05:44:26 GMT - Germany - World - SN:1 - ID:10729037

    BERLIN, June 1 (MENA) - Germany will transfer another Patriot air defense system to Ukraine to strengthen the country's air defense against Russian aggression. The German Federal Foreign Office announced this on X, citing Foreign Minister ....

  • Defense min.: Germany responding to Ukraine's strategic situation

    Date: 2024-05-31 22:17:35 GMT - Moldova - World - SN:67 - ID:10728938

    CHISINAU, May 31 (MENA) – German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said that the country's decision to allow Ukraine to use German-supplied weapons against targets in Russia is a "strategic adaptation to changing conditions." "This decision is the ....

  • Moscow demands direct response from Washington on its plans to deploy nuclear weapons in some Asian countries

    Date: 2024-05-31 21:30:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:10728953

    MOSCOW, May 31 (MENA) - Moscow demands a direct response from Washington regarding its plans to deploy nuclear weapons in some Asian countries, Anna Evstigneeva, Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations said Friday. We ....

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