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  • Umerov, Austin discuss planning of Ukraine's defense needs

    Date: 2024-03-20 13:19:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:39 - ID:10631690

    KIEV, March 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin have discussed in detail the planning of Ukraine's defense needs. Umerov announced this on Facebook following negotiations with U.S. partners ....

  • Europeans at odds over sanctioning Iran for weapons transfers in Middle East

    Date: 2024-03-20 11:14:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:10631359

    WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) is pushing back against a French-German drive to target Iran with sanctions over its provision of missiles and other military hardware to its regional allies, with senior EU officials saying new ....

  • US, Italy review security cooperation

    Date: 2024-03-20 10:54:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:10631307

    WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone with his Italian counterpart, Guido Crosetto, regarding the United States' and Italy's unwavering commitment to continue helping Ukraine defend itself from ....

  • Pakistan and IMF reach preliminary deal to release dlrs 1.1 billion from bailout fund, IMF says

    Date: 2024-03-20 10:01:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:21 - ID:10631210

    ISLAMABAD, March 20 (MENA) - Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund reached a preliminary agreement for the release of dlrs 1.1 billion from a dlrs 3 billion bailout following dayslong talks in Islamabad, the IMF said Wednesday. Under the ....

  • Biden, Trump sweep 4 new state primaries

    Date: 2024-03-20 08:48:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:10631110

    WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden and Donald Trump both inched closer to their respective party conventions on Wednesday, Alhurra news channel reported. Biden and Trump swept their primaries in the four states of Illinois, ....

  • European Humanitarian Forum pledges over €7.7 billion for global crises

    Date: 2024-03-20 08:39:12 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:14 - ID:10631089

    BRUSSELS, March 20 (MENA) - The European Union (EU) will provide more than €7.7 billion in humanitarian funding for 2024, following the European Humanitarian Forum which gathered leaders and humanitarian experts in Brussels. The money will go ....

  • US Congress bars US funds to UNRWA until March 2025

    Date: 2024-03-20 08:30:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:10631042

    WASHINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - An agreement reached by US congressional leaders and the White House on a massive bill funding military, State Department and a range of other government programs will continue a ban on US funding for UNRWA, the main UN ....

  • One killed, five injured as Russia shells 18 settlements in Kherson region

    Date: 2024-03-20 08:22:46 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:11 - ID:10631121

    KIEV, March 20 (MENA) - Over the past day, the Russian army shelled 18 towns and villages in the Kherson region, killing one person, Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson Regional Military Administration, said this in a post on Facebook, Ukrinform ....

  • Ukraine: 80 combat clashes along frontlines in past 24 hrs

    Date: 2024-03-20 07:50:41 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10631021

    KIEV, March 20 (MENA) - Over the past 24 hours, Ukraine has recorded 80 combat engagements with Russian forces as the largest number of Russian assaults was reported in the Novopavlivka directionm, reported Ukrinform Wednesday according to a report ....

  • China launches new relay satellite for Earth-Moon communications

    Date: 2024-03-20 07:43:27 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:10631052

    BEIJING, March 20 (Xinhua) - China launched a new relay satellite on Wednesday to provide Earth-Moon communications services, a key step for its future lunar exploration missions such as retrieving samples from the far side of the moon, Xinhua ....

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