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Moscow promises retaliation over tanker attack
Date: 2023-08-05 16:52:54 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:10287986
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Maria Zakharova, Russia’s foreign ministry spokesperson, said Moscow would retaliate over the attack on a civilian tanker near the Kerch Strait. “The Kyiv regime, meeting no condemnation from western countries and ....
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Russia intercepts US drone over Black Sea
Date: 2023-08-05 16:31:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:10287958
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russia said Saturday it scrambled an Su-30 fighter jet to "prevent a violation of the Russian state border" by a U.S. Reaper MQ-9 military drone over the Black Sea. "As the Russian fighter approached, the foreign ....
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Chinese Embassy calls on Russia to investigate ‘violation of citizens' rights at border’
Date: 2023-08-05 15:30:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:10287881
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - The Chinese Embassy in Moscow has asked the Russian side to investigate the incident of 'violation of rights’ of several Chinese citizens at the Russian-Kazakh border, according to the Russian news agency Tass. It says ....
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Italian Coast Guard rescues 325 people on four boats overnight
Date: 2023-08-05 13:48:24 GMT - Italy - World - SN:30 - ID:10287779
ROME, Aug 5 (MENA) - The migrant hotspot on the Italian island of Lampedusa remained under pressure early on Saturday after the arrival of 325 people overnight who had been saved by the Coast Guard from four boats, according to the Italian news ....
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Ukraine declares water area of Russian Black Sea ports as war risk zone
Date: 2023-08-05 13:16:15 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:27 - ID:10287736
KIEV, Aug 5 (MENA) - Ukraine has declared the water area of six Russian ports in the Black Sea as the war risk zone. The relevant warning was published by the Ukrainian State Hydrographic Service, an Ukrinform correspondent reports. “War risk ....
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Afreximbank opens Caricom office in Barbados
Date: 2023-08-05 12:10:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:21 - ID:10287608
BRIDGETOWN, Aug 5 (MENA) - Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank), officially opened the CARICOM office of the Bank, while reaffirming the US$1.5 billion credit limit made ....
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US suspends number of aid programs for Niger
Date: 2023-08-05 07:38:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10287043
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) – The US government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting the government of Niger, the US Department of State said in a press release. “This interim measure does not impact all US foreign assistance ....
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Russian tanker hit in Kerch Strai
Date: 2023-08-05 05:32:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:2 - ID:10287001
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) Ukrainian drones struck a Russian tanker in the Kerch Strait, briefly halting traffic on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to Russia, said Russian press reports. The tanker was damaged in the attack and two tugboats had ....
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Blinken, Ethiopian PM discuss restarting US food aid
Date: 2023-08-04 20:53:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:10286926
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed the possibility of restarting US food assistance to the African country, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on ....
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US condemns conviction of Russian opposition figure Navalny - US State Dept.
Date: 2023-08-04 20:14:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:10286929
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - The United States condemns a Russian court's decision to convict political opposition figure Aleksey Navalny on extremism charges and sentence him to 19 years in prison, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said ....
