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3 ballistic missiles fired by N. Korea, fall outside Japan's EEZ
Date: 2024-03-18 08:20:54 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:10628248
TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) - North Korea launched three ballistic missiles toward the Sea of Japan on Monday that likely fell outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, prompting Tokyo to lodge a stern protest, Kyodo News Agency reported quoting the ....
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No plan to call election before scandal-hit figures punished: PM Kishida
Date: 2024-03-18 08:13:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:10628236
TOKYO, March 18 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Monday he does not plan to dissolve the House of Representatives before punishing lawmakers of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party involved in a political funds scandal, Kyodo News ....
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Ukraine: Russia lost 431,550 troops since Feb. 2022
Date: 2024-03-18 07:24:19 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10628161
KYIV, March 18 (MENA) - Russia has lost 431,550 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale operation on February 24, 2022, The Kyiv Independent reported Monday, citing a report by the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces. ....
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U.S. condemns N. Korea's ballistic missile launches
Date: 2024-03-18 07:22:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10628182
WASHINGTON, March 18 (MENA) - The United States has condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches this week as a violation of multiple U.N. Security Council resolutions, and called for the recalcitrant regime to return to dialogue. South ....
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Putin receives 87.8% of vote — FOM exit poll
Date: 2024-03-18 06:09:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:1 - ID:10628101
MOSCOW, March 18 (MENA) - Vladimir Putin has received 87.8% of the vote in Russia’s presidential election, according to an exit poll conducted by the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM), TASS reported. Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) ....
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Russia’s combat losses up to 430,740 - Ukraine’s General Staff
Date: 2024-03-17 11:24:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:24 - ID:10627056
KIEV, March 17 (MENA) - Russian forces are believed to have suffered combat losses amounting to 430,740 since the military operation on February 24, 2022, including 1,160 Russian soldiers and officers killed or wounded in action in the past day ....
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UK defense secretary canceled planned Odesa visit due to Russian threat
Date: 2024-03-17 10:22:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:10626979
LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps was forced to cancel a planned trip to Odesa during his recent visit to Ukraine after Russia learned of his travel plans, the Sunday Times reported citing sources close to Shapps, ....
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Pakistan welcomes UN resolution on Islamophobia
Date: 2024-03-17 09:52:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:10626845
ISLAMABAD, March 17 (MENA) - Pakistan welcomed the adoption of the resolution titled, “Measures to Combat Islamophobia,” by the UN General Assembly with an overwhelming majority, according to The Express Tribune newspaper. According to a ....
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Eight peacekeepers injured in attack in eastern DR Congo
Date: 2024-03-17 09:50:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:10626903
NEW YORK, March 17 (MENA) - At least eight peacekeepers of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO were injured in an attack on Saturday in the eastern part of the country, according to ....
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Ukraine’s air defense forces down 14 of 16 Russian kamikaze drones overnight
Date: 2024-03-17 09:49:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:12 - ID:10626817
KIEV, March 17 (MENA) - Ukraine intercepted in the sky over Odesa and Mykolaiv regions 14 of the 16 Shahed-type one-way attack drones Russia launched overnight Sunday, Ukrinform reported Sunday quoting Defense Forces South on Telegram. "This ....