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  • Australia to buy long-range missiles from US

    Date: 2023-08-21 08:06:25 GMT - Australia - World - SN:19 - ID:10308808

    SYDNEY, Aug 21 (MENA) - Australia has locked in a deal to buy potent long-range weapons from the United States, officials said Monday, as the country looks to counter China’s rising military power. Defence industry minister Pat Conroy said the ....

  • Magnitude 5.1 quake strikes Southern California during tropical storm

    Date: 2023-08-21 06:31:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:10308638

    WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit Southern California north of Los Angeles on Sunday, rocking much of the region as residents hunkered down for the approach of Tropical Storm Hilary, CNN reported. There were no immediate ....

  • China launches new satellite for Earth observation

    Date: 2023-08-21 06:02:50 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:10308608

    BEIJING, Aug 21 (MENA) - China sent a new Earth observation satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Monday. The satellite, Gaofen-12 04, was launched by a Long March-4C carrier rocket at 1:45 a.m. ....

  • Ukraine's army: 25 combat engagements with Russians in past day

    Date: 2023-08-21 05:58:32 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:10308599

    KYIV, Aug 21 (MENA) - Over the past day, more than 25 combat engagements with the Russian army took place, while the offensive operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is ongoing, Ukrinform news agency reported. This is stated in the morning ....

  • Zelensky, Danish PM discuss expanding Ukrainian pilot training missions

    Date: 2023-08-20 20:56:22 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:68 - ID:10308457

    KIYV, Aug 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen discussed Sunday expanding Ukrainian pilot training missions. During at a joint press conference at the Skrydstrup Air Base in Denmark ....

  • Dutch PM: The Netherlands, Denmark will give F-16s to Ukraine

    Date: 2023-08-20 15:30:25 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:50 - ID:10308243

    AMSTERDAM, Aug 20 (MENA) - Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday that the Netherlands and Denmark will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine. Rutte, meeting with Zelenskyy at a Dutch air base, said the ....

  • Russia's Gazprom delivers 41.3 mln cubic meters of natural gas to Europe via Ukraine

    Date: 2023-08-20 13:49:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:10307951

    MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia's energy giant Gazprom is supplying natural gas to Europe through Ukraine in the volume of 41.3 million cubic meters per day via the Sudzha gas pumping station, while an application for deliveries through Sokhanovka ....

  • Zelensky arrives in Netherlands amid push to boost air defences for Ukraine

    Date: 2023-08-20 13:45:08 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:40 - ID:10307919

    AMSTERDAM, Aug 20 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the Netherlands, on Sunday at a Dutch air force base in Eindhoven, a Dutch government spokesperson said. The visit also comes after Washington approved the transfer of ....

  • 13 people killed, injured in blast northwest Pakistan

    Date: 2023-08-20 12:52:36 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:38 - ID:10307696

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (MENA)- Local authorities in Pakistan said 11 workers were killed and two others injured after a bomb exploded on a bus carrying workers in northwestern Pakistan on the border with Afghanistan. A senior official in the province ....

  • Russia keeps five warships in Black Sea

    Date: 2023-08-20 10:58:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:25 - ID:10307695

    KIEV, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia keeps five warships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including one warship armed with up to four Kalibr cruise missiles, Ukrinform reported. "There are five Russian ships on combat duty in the Black Sea, including a ....

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