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  • 33 killed, injured in Dominican Republic's market explosion

    Date: 2023-08-15 05:51:27 GMT - Dominican - World - SN:4 - ID:10300217

    SANTO DOMINGO, Aug 15 (MENA) - A powerful explosion rocked a bustling market area near the capital of the Dominican Republic, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 others as people tried to flee amid the chaos, ABC news quoted ....

  • UK intercepts Russian bombers flying north of Scotland

    Date: 2023-08-14 21:20:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:10300084

    LONDON, Aug 14 (MENA) - The British Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots launched Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon fighters to intercept two Russian long-range maritime patrol bombers this morning as they transited north of the Shetland Islands within ....

  • US hails Nigeria's presidency of ECOWAS extraordinary summit on Niger

    Date: 2023-08-14 21:20:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:10300083

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commended Monday Nigerian President Bola Tinubu for his chairmanship of the 2nd ECOWAS extraordinary summit on Niger crisis. According to a press release by the US State Department, ....

  • Germany, Ukraine sign memorandum of cooperation

    Date: 2023-08-14 21:19:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:66 - ID:10300082

    KYIV, Aug 14 (MENA) - Ukrainian Finance Minister of Ukraine Sergii Marchenko and German counterpart Christian Lindner signed a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries, Ukrinform reported Monday. The memorandum provides for ensuring ....

  • Russian deputy defense minister discusses military cooperation with Bangladeshi delegation

    Date: 2023-08-14 21:19:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:10300081

    MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Defense Minister Colonel General Alexander Fomin and Tarique Ahmed Siddique, a defense and security advisor to the Bangladeshi prime minister, discussed military cooperation between the countries on the ....

  • US ambassador in Moscow meets detained WSJ reporter

    Date: 2023-08-14 19:54:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:10300036

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - The US ambassador to Russia was granted access to jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on Monday in the third such visit since his detention in March, the Wall Street Journal reported. US Ambassador ....

  • Hawaii wildfires death toll approaches 100

    Date: 2023-08-14 19:53:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10299964

    WASHINGTON, Aug 14 (MENA) - The death toll from the catastrophic wildfire on the Hawaiian island of Maui reached 96 people as of Sunday night, making it the deadliest wildfire in the US in more than a century, The Hill reported Maui County ....

  • Kyiv condemns Russia's provocative actions in the Black Sea

    Date: 2023-08-14 19:53:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:60 - ID:10300034

    KYIV, Aug 14 (MENA) - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine strongly condemns the provocative actions carried out by the Russian Federation on August 13 in the Black Sea in relation to the Turkish dry cargo vessel Sukru Okan, which was en route ....

  • Putin: Russia open to defense cooperation with countries protecting their interests

    Date: 2023-08-14 17:26:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:10299844

    MOSCOW, Aug 14 (MENA) - Moscow is open to equal defense cooperation with all nations seeking to protect their interests, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "Russia is open to deepening equal technological partnership and defense cooperation ....

  • RAF Typhoon jets intercept Russian bombers flying north of Scotland

    Date: 2023-08-14 16:29:05 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:10299838

    LONDON, Aug 14 (MENA) - RAF Typhoon jets intercepted Russian bombers flying north of Scotland in the early hours of Monday morning, the UK government has said. Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept two Russian long-range maritime patrol ....

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