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Saudi Arabia welcomes UN vote backing Palestinian bid for full membership
Date: 2024-05-11 06:57:08 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:10 - ID:10699733
RIYADH, May 11 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia on Friday welcomed the adoption by the UN General Assembly of a resolution recognizing that the State of Palestine qualifies for full membership of the organization. The 193-member assembly voted ....
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WH: Israel's operation in Rafah thus far not deemed major ground offensive
Date: 2024-05-11 06:29:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10699699
WASHINGTON, May 11 (MENA) - The White House attempted to clear up its messaging on Friday over Israel's operation of Rafah saying it will not support an invasion smashing into Rafah with multiple divisions of forces in an indiscriminate way. ....
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Tunisia calls for full membership of Palestine in United Nations
Date: 2024-05-11 06:11:47 GMT - Tunisia - World - SN:5 - ID:10699686
TUNIS/NEW YORK, May 11 (MENA) - Tunisia voted on Friday in favor of the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with a majority of 143 votes, reiterating Palestine's eligibility for UN membership. Tunisia also urged the Security ....
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New US arms shipment to Ukraine a reaction to Russia’s success at frontline — envoy
Date: 2024-05-11 06:02:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:4 - ID:10699673
MOSCOW, May 11 (MENA) - The yet another package of aid for Ukraine, announced by the US Administration, is a reaction to the success of Russian forces at the frontline, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov was quoted by Tass news agency as ....
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Zelensky invites top officials of Argentina, Iceland to Peace Summit
Date: 2024-05-11 05:55:14 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:3 - ID:10699662
KIEV, May 11 (MENA) - President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has invited the leaders of Argentina and Iceland to the Global Peace Summit. Zelensky said this during a video address, Ukrinform reports. "Despite everything, we are preparing the ....
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Kuwait applauds UNGA vote for Palestine UN membership
Date: 2024-05-11 05:42:55 GMT - Kuwait - World - SN:1 - ID:10699654
KUWAIT CITY, May 11 (MENA) - The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed the resolution passed by the UN General Assembly on Friday to back Palestine bid for full UN membership and call on the UN Security Council to reconsider its stance on ....
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Democrat says Biden hasn’t been clear on Rafah policy
Date: 2024-05-10 11:07:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10698822
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) – House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said US President Biden and his administration have not been clear on their policy around sending weapons to Israel in relation to an invasion of the city ....
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Japan logs record 25.34 tril. yen current account surplus for FY 2023
Date: 2024-05-10 10:46:48 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:10698727
TOKYO, May 10 (MENA) – Japan posted its biggest current account surplus of 25.34 trillion yen ($163 billion) in fiscal 2023, buoyed by record foreign investment returns and a sharp drop in its trade deficit on robust auto exports, Kyodo News ....
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Heatstroke kills 61 in Thailand so far this year
Date: 2024-05-10 08:55:17 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:8 - ID:10698607
BANGKOK, May 10 (MENA) – Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region. A wave of exceptionally hot weather blasted ....
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Ukraine: Death toll of Russian army climbs to 478,730
Date: 2024-05-09 09:39:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:21 - ID:10697346
KIEV, May 9 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 2022 - May 2024 have already reached about 478,730 troops, including 1,300 soldiers killed or wounded in clashes over the past 24 hours, Ukrinfrom said Thursday quoting ....
