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  • SCO calls for providing international information security

    Date: 2014-07-31 11:42:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:851947

    MOSCOW, July 31 (MENA) - The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member nations reportedly confirmed their adherence to further expansion of cooperation with interested countries and regional and international organizations in combating ....

  • Kerry urges Abdullah and Ghani to work cooperatively on critical issues in Afghanistan

    Date: 2014-07-31 11:30:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:851921

    KABUL, July 31 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Afghan presidential contenders Dr. Abdullah Abdullah and Dr. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai to work cooperatively on the critical issues facing Afghanistan as audit continues, Khaama press ....

  • U.S. sanctions North Korean companies on Cuba weapons case

    Date: 2014-07-31 07:40:05 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:851628

    TOKYO, July 31 (MENA) - The U.S. Treasury Department on Wednesday sanctioned two North Korean companies and 18 cargo ships for a shipment of Cuban weapons that violated a U.N. arms embargo on Pyongyang, and barely mentioned Cuba’s role in the case, ....

  • House Republicans vote to sue President Obama

    Date: 2014-07-31 06:23:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:851559

    WASHINGTON, July 31 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives has passed a resolution to sue President Barack Obama for allegedly exceeding his constitutional powers, the Voice of America reported Thursday. The 225-201 vote along party lines means ....

  • Moscow disappointed by EU's inability to act independently of US

    Date: 2014-07-30 22:20:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:108 - ID:851447

    MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - Moscow is disappointed by the EU's inability to act independently from Washington's dictation in the international arena, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in response to the new package of sanctions, Russia Today ....

  • Russia denies US accusations of violating INF treaty

    Date: 2014-07-30 21:21:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:105 - ID:851413

    MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dismissed US accusations of violating the Soviet-era intermediate-range nuclear treaty with the United States calling them "ungrounded," the RIA Novosti reported. White House ....

  • Russian court jails four members of banned Islamic Liberation Party

    Date: 2014-07-30 21:04:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:104 - ID:851411

    MOSCOW, July 30, (MENA) - The Moscow City Court has found members of the Islamist organization Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami guilty of preparing to seize power in Russia and other extremist crimes, Interfax reported, citing the sentence handed out by the ....

  • US condemns shelling of UN school in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-30 20:33:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:851433

    WASHINGTON, July 30 (MENA) - The United States condemned the shelling Wednesday of a UN school in the Gaza Strip that was sheltering Palestinians displaced by the fighting between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza, ABC news reported. White House ....

  • S. Korea urges China to exercise 'political will' for free trade talks

    Date: 2014-07-30 19:38:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:95 - ID:851331

    SEOUL, July 30 (MENA) - South Korea has called for China to exercise its "political will" to conclude negotiations aimed at signing a bilateral free trade agreement by the end of this year, the Yonhap cited South Korea's vice foreign minister as ....

  • Ban urges halt to fighting in Ukraine, access to Malaysia Airlines crash site

    Date: 2014-07-30 18:21:47 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:87 - ID:851227

    NEW YORK, July 30 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for an immediate halt to hostilities in eastern Ukraine so that international investigators can gain access to the site where a Malaysia Airlines passenger flight crashed ....

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