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  • UN Security Council holds sessions on global security threats, Syria Yemen this week

    Date: 2025-02-10 09:33:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:11060999

    NEW YORK, Feb 10 (MENA) - The UN Security Council said China - which holds the rotating presidency for the month of February - will devote a briefing session Monday, on threats to international peace and security resulting from terrorist acts, based ....

  • Nearly half of Americans reject Trump's Gaza takeover proposal

    Date: 2025-02-09 21:13:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:11060840

    WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - Nearly half of Americans rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to "take over" the Gaza Strip and relocate Palestinians to neighboring countries, calling it a "bad idea," as did several major Arab, European, and ....

  • US official defends Trump's freezing USAID funding

    Date: 2025-02-09 20:24:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:11060779

    WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - US National Security Adviser Mike Waltz defended Sunday President Donald Trump's decision to freeze funding for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and strengthen the influence of US businessman ....

  • US, China teeter on edge of trade war as tariff deadline looms

    Date: 2025-02-09 10:48:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:13 - ID:11060026

    LONDON, Feb 9 (MENA) - China and the US risk renewing a full-blown trade war unless the two largest economies can defuse the dispute before Chinese tariffs on $14bn of American exports take effect on Monday, analysts warned. President Donald ....

  • After Biden, Trump cancels security clearances for Blinken

    Date: 2025-02-09 06:40:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:11059715

    WASHINGTON, Feb 9 (MENA) - President Donald Trump has revoked security clearances for Antony Blinken, the former Secretary of State, and Jake Sullivan, the former national security adviser, White House officials said as quoted by Al Hurra ....

  • North Korea says its nuclear weapons not a 'bargaining chip'

    Date: 2025-02-08 07:59:12 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:6 - ID:11058713

    PYONGYANG, Feb 8 (MENA) - North Korea said on Saturday its nuclear weapons are not meant for negotiations but are intended for combat use against enemies that threaten its people and world peace, its state media reported. KCNA cited reported ....

  • Trump, Japanese PM vow to pursue 'new golden age' of bilateral ties

    Date: 2025-02-07 22:36:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:11058557

    WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and US President Donald Trump agreed Friday to pursue a "new golden age" for US-Japan relations in their first face-to-face meeting, pledging to carry forward cooperation on defense, ....

  • France's refusal to issue visas to Russian journalists amounts to discrimination — Kremlin

    Date: 2025-02-07 17:11:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:11058377

    MOSCOW, Feb 7 (MENA) - France's refusal to grant visas to Izvestia correspondents should be considered discriminatory against the work of the Russian media, TASS news agency quoted Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying ....

  • ICC denounces US sanctions against its staff

    Date: 2025-02-07 16:06:23 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:28 - ID:11058280

    THE HAGUE, Feb 7 (MENA) - Michael G. Karnavas, a lawyer at the International Criminal Court (ICC) denounced US sanctions against the court's staff. During a phone interview with AlQahera News TV channel on Friday, Karnavas said the US goal of ....

  • 3.1 magnitude earthquake hits central city of Chungju

    Date: 2025-02-07 08:33:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:11057796

    SEOUL, Feb 7 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of three-point-one hit the central city of Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, in South Korea on Friday morning, KBS World Radio reported. The Korea Meteorological Administration(KMA) said ....

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