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  • 4.1 earthquake shakes southern California

    Date: 2024-01-01 23:03:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:10515906

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California just hours after it rang in the new year, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS reported Monday that the 4.1 magnitude earthquake struck about 12 ....

  • Norway permits direct sales of weapons to Ukraine

    Date: 2024-01-01 22:11:53 GMT - Norway - World - SN:68 - ID:10515887

    OSLO, Jan 1 (MENA) – The Norwegian government has decided to permit direct sales of weapons and defense-related products from the Norwegian defense industry to the defense authorities in Ukraine, Ukrinform reported. "In the extraordinary security ....

  • Russia launches drones at Ukraine

    Date: 2024-01-01 20:48:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:10515870

    KYIV, Jan 1 (MENA) - Russia launched Shahed drones at Ukraine on the afternoon of January 1, the Kyiv regional military administration said. The drones had been spotted in Kyiv Oblast, and air defense was at work in the region, Kyiv Independent ....

  • US Navy ending aircraft carrier's Middle East deployment

    Date: 2024-01-01 19:23:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:10515825

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - The Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier will return to its home port, the US Navy said on Monday, ending its deployment to the eastern Mediterranean. The nuclear-powered Ford, the Navy’s newest carrier with over 4,000 ....

  • Putin: Russia will not give up positions in Ukraine

    Date: 2024-01-01 18:50:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:10515787

    MOSCOW, Jan 1 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin pledged Monday his country would not abandon its military operational positions in Ukraine, even though it does not want to fight indefinitely, according to TASS. "We have no desire to fight ....

  • Ukraine to run out of Western weapons soon, Putin says

    Date: 2024-01-01 18:46:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:10515751

    MOSCOW, Jan 1 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Western weapons coming to Ukraine will be exhausted before long, TASS news agency reported Monday. At a meeting with military personnel at the Vishnevsky Hospital, Putin cited ....

  • Small boat arrivals in UK likely to rise in 2024, says Border Force officials’ union

    Date: 2024-01-01 17:40:06 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:10515691

    LONDON, Jan 1 (MENA) - The number of people arriving in Britain in small boats is expected to rise again this year after a lull caused by bad weather, according to the union representing Border Force officials. Migrant arrivals across the Channel ....

  • Japan's defense minister orders SDF to quake-hit areas

    Date: 2024-01-01 16:04:22 GMT - Japan - World - SN:43 - ID:10515608

    TOKYO, Jan 1 (MENA) - Japan's Defense Minister Kihara Minoru has ordered Self-Defense Force personnel to the quake-hit areas for rescue operations, public broadcaster NHK reported on Monday. He said the ministry has not yet received a formal ....

  • Russia's BRICS chairmanship to focus on strengthening multilateralism, says Putin

    Date: 2024-01-01 15:43:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:10515541

    MOSCOW, Jan 1 (MENA) - Russia's 2024 BRICS Chairmanship will be themed "Strengthening Multilateralism for Equitable Global Development and Security," TASS news agency quoted Russian President Vladimir Putin as saying on Monday. "The Russian 2024 ....

  • Russian military operation affected over 1,686 children in Ukraine - Ukrinform

    Date: 2024-01-01 12:26:56 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:26 - ID:10515189

    KIEV, Jan 1 (MENA) - A total of 514 children have been killed and over 1,172 others injured in Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation, according to a statement by the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office on Telegram. These ....

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