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  • Ukraine, Slovakia discuss need for air defense systems

    Date: 2023-08-11 17:05:07 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:39 - ID:10296213

    KIEV, Aug 11 (MENA) - Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhny and Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic, General Daniel Zmeko discussed the Ukrainian army needs for weapons, ammunition, and ....

  • Japanese PM Kishida Cabinet approval drops to 26.6%: Jiji poll

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:37:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:10296200

    TOKYO, Aug 11 (MENA) - The approval rate for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet fell 4.2 percentage points from a month before to 26.6% in August, down for the third consecutive month, a Jiji survey showed Thursday. The public support rate ....

  • Russian embassy to do its best to build constructive dialogue with Chisinau — amb.

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:27:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:10296190

    CHISINAU, Aug 11 (MENA) - Russia’s embassy in Moldova will do its best to establish a constructive dialogue with Chisinau, despite the unfriendly step it took to reduce the number of Russian diplomats, Russian Ambassador to that country Oleg ....

  • UN rights chief voices great concern over Niger's president detention conditions

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:23:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:10296164

    GENEVA, Aug 11 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has voiced great concern over the rapidly deteriorating conditions, in which President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, his wife and his son have been arbitrarily ....

  • ECOWAS military chiefs to meet in Ghana Saturday

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:22:17 GMT - Ghana - World - SN:35 - ID:10296185

    ACCRA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) member states will meet on Saturday, to prepare plans for a possible military intervention in Niger Republic. Quoting a Nigerian government official, ....

  • EU to send observation mission for Liberia elections

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:06:31 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:34 - ID:10296173

    BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (MENA) - The European Union will send an observation mission (EOM) to Liberia ahead of the country's general election in October, the EU said on Friday. Josep Borrell, the EU's foreign policy chief, said Andreas Schieder, an ....

  • US suicides hit an all-time high last year

    Date: 2023-08-11 16:00:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:10295999

    NEW YORK, Aug 11 (MENA) - About 49,500 people took their own lives last year in the US, the highest number ever, according to new government data posted Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which posted the numbers, has not yet ....

  • Russia’s Northern Fleet begins exercises to protect the Northern Sea Route

    Date: 2023-08-11 11:07:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:10295580

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) – The Northern Fleet of Russia has begun a command and staff training, during which the protection of the communications of the Northern Sea Route will be worked out, INA news agency reported. The exercise is led by the ....

  • Vnukovo, Kaluga airports in Russia temporarily suspend flights amid drone reports

    Date: 2023-08-11 10:38:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:17 - ID:10295698

    MOSCOW, Aug 11 (MENA) - The airspace over two Russian airports was temporarily closed on Friday, with all arrivals and departures suspended, in a move that the RIA state news agency said was caused by suspected drone flights. The airspace over ....

  • 33,700 Ukrainians cross border with Poland over past 24 hrs

    Date: 2023-08-11 07:29:56 GMT - Poland - World - SN:10 - ID:10295440

    WARSAW, Aug 11 (MENA) - About 33,700 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into Poland over the past 24 hours, the Polish Border Guards revealed Friday. Meanwhile, nearly 31,600 people crossed from Poland into Ukraine on Thursday. More than 14.477 ....

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