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  • US administration requests $7.6bn to support ME, Africa in new budget

    Date: 2024-03-12 09:18:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10620792

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - The US presidential draft budget for fiscal year 2025 provides for $7.6 billion to support key partners in the Middle East and North Africa, said Richard Vermaak, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and ....

  • Russian losses exceed 425,000 troops since start of war in Ukraine

    Date: 2024-03-12 09:11:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10620739

    KYIV, March 12 (MENA) - Russia’s total combat losses since the start of the military operation in Ukraine have amounted to 425,890, including 910 in the past day alone, Ukrinform reported Tuesday, quoting the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed ....

  • Ukraine: 72 combat clashes, 114 Russian airstrikes in past day

    Date: 2024-03-12 08:02:18 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:10 - ID:10620680

    KIEV, March 12 (MENA) - During the past day, 72 combat engagements took place along the frontlines in Ukraine, according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. "Over the past 24 hours, 72 combat clashes occurred. In total, the enemy ....

  • Japan's Akane Tomoko elected as ICC president

    Date: 2024-03-12 07:46:26 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:9 - ID:10620638

    THE HAGUE, March 12 (MENA) - Akane Tomoko, a Japanese judge at the International Criminal Court, has been elected as its president, becoming the first Japanese to take the helm of the court, NHK reported Tuesday. The ICC, based in The Hague, the ....

  • Haitian PM Ariel Henry says he will resign

    Date: 2024-03-12 07:34:48 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:8 - ID:10620644

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, March 12 (MENA) - Acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced late Monday he would resign, saying he will cede power to a presidential council following weeks of soaring anti-government violence led by an alliance of gangs, ....

  • Russia destroyed 203 medical facilities, damaged another 1,537 in Ukraine

    Date: 2024-03-12 07:20:49 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10620600

    KYIV, March 12 (MENA) - Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, as many as 1,740 medical facilities have been damaged or destroyed, Ukrinform reported Tuesday, quoting the Ministry of Health. “During the full-scale war in ....

  • Thailand to finalize EU free trade talks in 2025

    Date: 2024-03-12 07:20:45 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:6 - ID:10620623

    BANGKOK, March 12 (MENA) - Thailand expects to complete negotiations over a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU) in 2025, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said on Tuesday, as the government seeks to draw trade and investment to ....

  • UK unveils new laws to cut migration, tackle care worker visa abuse

    Date: 2024-03-11 20:12:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:10620433

    LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - New rules to radically cut net migration and tackle visa abuse are now in force as part of the government’s plan to bring down unsustainable levels of legal migration, Home Secretary of the UK James Cleverly revealed on ....

  • NATO membership makes Sweden safer, NATO stronger: NATO chief

    Date: 2024-03-11 19:32:59 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:65 - ID:10620432

    BRUSSELS, March 11 (MENA) - NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that NATO membership makes Sweden safer and makes NATO stronger at the military, geographic, and political levels. "This is an historic day. We welcome Sweden into NATO, ....

  • £117m to protect UK mosques and Muslim schools from hate attacks

    Date: 2024-03-11 18:50:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:10620399

    LONDON, March 11 (MENA) – More than £117m will be spent to protect mosques, Muslim schools and community centers in the UK from hate attacks over the next four years, BBC reported. Home Secretary James Cleverly said the investment would give ....

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