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EU-India free trade deal to be largest worldwide - EC chief
Date: 2025-02-28 09:43:06 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:11085817
NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (MENA) – European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, who is on a two-day bilateral visit to India, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India TV reported. The talks between both ....
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UN warns: US funding cuts led to potentially 'devasting impacts'
Date: 2025-02-28 08:13:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:11085792
NEW YORK, Feb 28 (MENA) - The United States has cut dlrs 377 million worth of funding to the UN reproductive and sexual health agency, UNFPA, it was confirmed on Thursday, leading to potentially "devasting impacts", on women and girls. "UNFPA was ....
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Romania opens Honorary Consulate in Pakistan’s Peshawar
Date: 2025-02-28 08:08:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:9 - ID:11085742
ISLAMABAD, Feb 28 (MENA) – Romania has opened an honorary consulate in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, Radio Pakistan reported. The consulate was opened by Romanian Ambassador to Pakistan, Dan Stoenescu, in a ceremony attended by distinguished ....
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Zelensky in Washington for talks with Trump, day after Starmer
Date: 2025-02-28 07:34:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:11085741
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in Washington DC to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump, the BBC reported. The pair are due to hash out - and potentially sign - a much-discussed deal, which would give the ....
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North Korea performs cruise missile tests to demonstrate nuclear counter-attack capability
Date: 2025-02-28 06:53:16 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:5 - ID:11085726
PYONGYANG, Feb 28 (MENA) - North Korea said Friday it had test-fired strategic cruise missiles to demonstrate its nuclear counter-attack capability, days after it vowed to respond to what it called escalating US-led hostilities since the start of ....
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White House welcomes call by PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms
Date: 2025-02-28 06:37:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:11085722
WASHINGTON, Feb 28 (MENA) - The White House on Thursday welcomed a call by Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan for his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down arms. It's a significant development and the US side hopes that it will help assuage its ....
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King Charles III invites Trump for historic state visit to UK
Date: 2025-02-27 22:48:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:68 - ID:11085561
WASHINGTON, Feb 27 (MENA) – King Charles III has invited US President Donald Trump for a second state visit to the United Kingdom (UK). British Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivered the invitation personally during his meeting with Trump at the ....
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Russian FM: Israeli attacks on Syria aggravate situation
Date: 2025-02-27 20:33:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:11085424
MOSCOW, Feb 27 (MENA) - Israeli military operations targeting Syria are worrying and aggravate the situation there, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Thursday. Zakharova said the attacks launched by the Israeli army on ....
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UN chief wishes happy Ramadan to all Muslims
Date: 2025-02-27 13:56:06 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:30 - ID:11085078
CAIRO, Feb 27 (MENA) - UN Secretary General António Guterres said the holy fasting month of Ramadan embodies the values of compassion, empathy and generosity, calling on all people to be uplifted by these values and embrace common humanity to build ....
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Pakistani PM expresses desire to strengthen Pak-Uzbek relations
Date: 2025-02-26 06:21:04 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:2 - ID:11082692
TASHKENT, Feb 26 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif voiced Pakistan's desire to strengthen fraternal bonds with Uzbekistan through trade, investment and mutually advantageous cooperation, Radio Pakistan reported Wednesday. In a post ....