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  • US army destroys 7 Houthi anti-ship cruise missiles

    Date: 2024-02-24 07:39:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10595330

    WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (MENA) - The US army said on Saturday that US Central Command (CENTCOM) forces destroyed seven Houthi mobile anti-ship cruise missiles that were prepared to launch towards the Red Sea in self-defense. CENTCOM forces identified ....

  • 15 dead in building fire in Nanjing, E China

    Date: 2024-02-24 07:29:40 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:10595316

    BEIJING, Feb 24 (MENA) - A total of 15 people were killed and 44 others injured after a building fire broke out Friday morning in the city of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, local government said on Saturday. The cause of the ....

  • Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region - report

    Date: 2024-02-24 07:15:51 GMT - China - World - SN:5 - ID:10595295

    BEIJING, Feb 24 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 5.5 magnitude struck the Kyrgyzstan-Xinjiang border region on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. (MENA) Y R E ....

  • Ukraine intercepts 12 Russian drones, two missiles in southern regions

    Date: 2024-02-24 06:50:51 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:10595271

    KIEV, Feb 24 (MENA) - The Ukrainian army shot down 12 Russian strike drones and two Kh-59 missiles in their operational zone overnight Saturday. This was reported by the Command press service on Telegram, Ukrinform saw. "Shahed-131/136 UAVs ....

  • Ukrainian air defense forces destroy 23 out of 31 kamikaze drones

    Date: 2024-02-23 13:14:58 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:32 - ID:10594389

    KIEV, Feb 23 (MENA) - Ukrainian air defense forces have destroyed 23 drones out of 31 in the Odesa, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv regions, Ukrinform news agency reported on Friday. "On the night of February 22-23, 2024, the ....

  • White House vows 'major sanctions' on Russia in response to Alexei Navalny's death

    Date: 2024-02-23 09:14:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:10594109

    WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) - The White House said it is preparing additional "major sanctions" on Russia in response to opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death last week. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the sanctions "will be a ....

  • Japan, US, S.Korea FMs reaffirm continued cooperation on N.Korea

    Date: 2024-02-23 08:38:05 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:21 - ID:10594056

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 23 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Japan, the United States and South Korea have reaffirmed they will continue to work closely towards the complete denuclearization of North Korea, NHK reported. Japanese Foreign Minister ....

  • Russian military death toll in Ukraine rises to 408,240

    Date: 2024-02-23 08:31:02 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:10594043

    KIEV, Feb 23 (MENA) - The Ukrainian Defense Forces killed about 408,240 Russian troops, including 1,000 people over the past day. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this on Facebook, Ukrinform reported. Also, the Defense ....

  • Russia keeps two ships in Black, Azov Seas, no missile carriers

    Date: 2024-02-23 08:27:38 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:10594039

    KIEV, Feb 23 (MENA) - Russia has one warship in the Black Sea. There are no missile carriers, the Ukrainian Navy reported on Facebook. According to Ukrinform, there are two Russian ships in the Mediterranean Sea, including one Kalibr carrier, ....

  • US has no real leverage on Israel, says Russia's UN ambassador

    Date: 2024-02-23 08:08:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:10594010

    MOSCOW, Feb 23 (MENA) - The United States has no real levers of pressure on the Israeli authorities, Washington's diplomatic efforts towards the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict are all for naught, TASS quoted Russian Permanent ....

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