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  • Freeing of Americans in Iran not linked to nuclear talks: Blinken

    Date: 2023-08-15 21:27:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:10301671

    WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that efforts to bring home Americans wrongfully detained in Iran are not linked to efforts to rein in Tehran’s nuclear activity, The Hill reported. Iran’s positive ....

  • US driving situation on Korean Peninsula to brink of nuclear war — DPRK defense minister

    Date: 2023-08-15 19:29:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:10301615

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) – Since the beginning of the year, the United States has deployed colossal nuclear means to South Korea driving the situation on the Korean Peninsula to the brink of a nuclear war, TASS quoted North Korean Defense Minister Kang ....

  • Myanmar rescuers recover 22 bodies after deadly landslide

    Date: 2023-08-15 17:57:34 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:57 - ID:10301434

    NAYPYIDAW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Rescue teams in northern Myanmar have found 22 bodies following a huge landslide at the weekend near a jade mine, Channel NewsAsia quoted a rescue worker and a local journalist as saying on Tuesday. There were 42 people ....

  • Russia says in talks with South Africa to build gas power plant

    Date: 2023-08-15 17:10:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:10301430

    MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - Russia and South Africa are negotiating a number of joint projects in the energy sector, including the construction of a gas power plant in the African country, TASS news agency reported on Tuesday. The Russian Energy ....

  • Poland showcases military might in parade as war rages in neighboring Ukraine

    Date: 2023-08-15 15:26:55 GMT - Poland - World - SN:43 - ID:10301225

    WARSAW, Aug 15 (MENA) - NATO member Poland staged a military parade on Tuesday to showcase its state-of-the-art weapons and defense systems, as war rages in neighboring Ukraine and ahead of parliamentary elections on Oct. 15, AP news agency ....

  • Russian shelling targets Ukarine's Dnipro, Lutsk, Lviv regions

    Date: 2023-08-15 09:46:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:18 - ID:10300220

    KIEV, Aug 15 (MENA) - Mayor of the Ukranian city of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi said that the Russian missiles targeted the city in the early hours of Tuesday, Ukrinform news agency reported on Tuesday. "We have hits here in Lviv. Unfortunately, private ....

  • UN condemns terrorist attack on Iran's Holy shrine

    Date: 2023-08-15 09:10:29 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:15 - ID:10300411

    New York, 15 Aug (MENA) - Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemns the terrorist attack on Shah Cheragh Holy shrine in Shiraz, Iran. Such attacks that target religious and worship sites are heinous, ....

  • Massive explosion at petrol station in Russia's Dagestan kills 27

    Date: 2023-08-15 07:48:25 GMT - Dagestan - World - SN:12 - ID:10300221

    MAKHACHALA, Aug 15 (MENA) - A massive explosion at a petrol station in Russia's southern republic of Dagestan killed 27 people and injured more than 100, Euro News quoted local officials as saying on Tuesday. Three of the dead were children, ....

  • Malaysia's former PM succeeds in bid to get power abuse charges quashed

    Date: 2023-08-15 07:07:03 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:11 - ID:10300272

    KULAMAPOR, Aug 15 (MENA) - Malaysia's High Court has discharged and acquitted Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin of four charges involving abuse of power to obtain a RM232.5mil gratification for Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu), The Satr newspaper ....

  • South Korea's president stresses cooperation with 'partner' Japan

    Date: 2023-08-15 06:45:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:10300219

    SEOUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has called Japan "a partner sharing universal values," and stressed his intention to step up the two countries' cooperation in security and the economy, Japanese broadcaster NHK reported on ....

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