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  • Romania will not send fighters to Ukraine, says president

    Date: 2024-05-22 19:16:33 GMT - Romania - World - SN:71 - ID:10717092

    BUCHAREST, May 22 (MENA) - Romanian President Klaus Iohannis stated on Wednesday that his country will not send fighters to Ukraine, Spot Media reported. "Romania will not send fighters to Ukraine, it’s a simple discussion and I think that’s the ....

  • 'It's the right thing to do': Ireland officially recognizes the State of Palestine

    Date: 2024-05-22 09:25:50 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:22 - ID:10715949

    DUBLIN, May 22 (MENA) - Ireland is officially recognizing the State of Palestine, The Journal reported on Wednesday. “Today, Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognize the State of Palestine,” said Irish Prime Minister Simon ....

  • Spain, Ireland to recognize Palestinian state

    Date: 2024-05-22 08:01:09 GMT - Spain - World - SN:18 - ID:10715937

    MADRID/DUBLIN, May 22 (MENA) - The governments of Spain and Ireland will on Wednesday move to recognize Palestinian statehood, in an announcement coordinated with at least one other country, Politico quoted officials as saying. Spanish Prime ....

  • President Raisi’s funeral begins in Tehran

    Date: 2024-05-22 07:34:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:10715811

    TEHRAN, May 22 (MENA) - Mourners have converged on the University of Tehran since early morning to attend the funeral of late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage, who passed away in a helicopter crash on Sunday, Tasnim News Agency ....

  • To Lam elected as Vietnam's new president

    Date: 2024-05-22 06:55:11 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:10 - ID:10715825

    HANOI, May 22 (MENA) - To Lam, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, was elected as the country's new president on Wednesday, CGTN quoted local media as saying on Wednesday. At the ongoing seventh session of the 15th ....

  • Japan, Philippines to hold 2-plus-2 security talks in July

    Date: 2024-05-22 06:50:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:9 - ID:10715817

    TOKYO, May 22 (MENA) - Japan and the Philippines are arranging to hold a meeting involving their foreign and defense ministers in Manila in early July, Kyodo quoted government sources as saying. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Defense ....

  • Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine up to 496,370

    Date: 2024-05-22 06:47:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10715809

    KIEV, May 22 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and May 22, 2024 have reached about 496,370, with 1,300 fighters killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of ....

  • Five ships of Russian Black Sea Fleet are in waters of Sevastopol Bay

    Date: 2024-05-22 06:44:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:6 - ID:10715765

    KIEV, May 22 (MENA) - Five ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet are in the waters of Sevastopol Bay in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported in Telegram by the Crimean Wind monitoring group, citing radar satellite imagery data, ....

  • Ayatollah Khamenei leads prayers as millions of mourners gather for Raeisi funeral

    Date: 2024-05-22 06:30:19 GMT - Iran - World - SN:5 - ID:10715758

    TEHRAN, May 22 (MENA) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has led prayers over the bodies of President Ebrahim Raeisi and his companions in Tehran as millions of people gathered to hold funeral procession, Press TV ....

  • Infected blood victims could get compensation payments of over £2.5m

    Date: 2024-05-21 21:03:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:10715648

    LONDON, May 21 (MENA) – Victims of the UK contaminated blood scandal could receive more than £2.5m in compensation under a multibillion pound scheme announced a day after a damning report found the NHS and government culpable for the tragedy, The ....

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