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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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • 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 ....

  • FAO: Food prices rise in July due to end of Black Sea pact

    Date: 2023-08-04 19:24:17 GMT - Italy - World - SN:52 - ID:10286914

    ROME, Aug 4 (MENA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) benchmark index of world food commodity prices rose in July following Russia's withdrawal from the Black Sea agreement, which allowed Ukrainian grain to be exported in ....

  • Moscow hopes for close cooperation with new Cambodian government — Russian amb.

    Date: 2023-08-04 16:02:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:10286726

    MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) - Russia intends to continue strengthening bilateral relations with Cambodia after the new government is formed there following the elections for the lower house of parliament that took place in July, Russian Ambassador to ....

  • 'Inhumane treatment' of migrants at Italy-France border: charity

    Date: 2023-08-04 15:51:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:10286709

    GENEVA, Aug 4 (MENA) - Migrants are being systematically turned away by France at the border with Italy with "acts of violence, degrading and inhumane treatment", the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity said Friday. People spoken to by an MSF ....

  • No date set for Putin's visit to Turkey, which could take place in August - Erdogan

    Date: 2023-08-04 15:05:24 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:39 - ID:10286648

    ANKARA, Aug 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Turkey may take place in August, but the exact date has not yet been set, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. "The exact date has not yet been set. At the moment, the ....

  • Kremlin foresees no changes in Moscow-London relations when new UK ambassador takes over

    Date: 2023-08-04 15:00:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:10286639

    MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) - The Kremlin does not expect that something will change in relations between Moscow and London when the newly-appointed British ambassador to Russia, Nigel Casey, takes over, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has ....

  • Kremlin: Still unclear who will lead Russian delegation at G20 Summit in India

    Date: 2023-08-04 14:56:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:10286635

    MOSCOW, Aug 4 (MENA) - Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Friday that it was still unclear, who would be in charge of the Russian delegation at the G20 Summit in India next month. "No, it’s still unclear," Peskov ....

  • Military to deploy anti-drone system on trial basis next year: DAPA

    Date: 2023-08-04 14:17:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:32 - ID:10286576

    SEOUL, Aug 4 (MENA) - South Korea's military will deploy an anti-drone response system on a trial basis in the first half of next year under a program to swiftly introduce advanced technologies, the state arms procurement agency said Friday. The ....

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