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  • Iran exports gas to Iran after ISIL crisis ends

    Date: 2014-07-15 13:48:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:67 - ID:828608

    TEHRAN, July 15, (MENA)– Iran is expected to start its gas exports to Iraq in early 2015, should the terrorist activities stop in that country, Deputy Oil Minister for International Affairs Ali Majedi said on Tuesday. He noted that Tehran hopes to ....

  • Kerry says "real gaps" between Iran, world powers

    Date: 2014-07-15 13:17:22 GMT - Austria - World - SN:62 - ID:828553

    VIENNA, July 15 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry says "very real gaps" persist between world powers and Iran over the contours of a nuclear agreement as a Sunday deadline for a deal approaches, reported FoxNews. Kerry cited some progress ....

  • Egypt to join donor conference for flood-stricken Balkans

    Date: 2014-07-15 10:39:51 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:37 - ID:827852

    CAIRO, July 15 (MENA) - Egypt will take part in a donors' conference in Brussels on Wednesday in order to mobilize further support to Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina following the recent floods there, the foreign ministry said. Egypt will ....

  • 12 killed, 100+ injured as Moscow Metro carriages derail in rush hour

    Date: 2014-07-15 10:17:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:828047

    MOSCOW, July 15 (MENA) - Twelve people have been killed and 150 injured as several subway cars derailed on the Moscow Metro on the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya dark blue Metro line on Tuesday morning, Russia Today reported. “There are so far 12 [dead],” ....

  • President Zeman to attend meeting of V4 heads-of-state

    Date: 2014-07-15 09:39:08 GMT - Czech - World - SN:29 - ID:828042

    PRAGUE, July 15 (MENA) - Czech President Miloš Zeman has accepted an invitation to attend a meeting with other V4 heads-of-state in Warsaw next week, according to the president’s spokesman. The invitation was issued by Polish President Bronislaw ....

  • Philip Hammond appointed as new Foreign Secretary

    Date: 2014-07-15 08:59:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:827947

    LONDON, July (MENA) – British Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Philip Hammond as new Foreign Secretary in succession of the former Foreign Secretary William Hague, who resigned late on Monday. "Philip Hammond is the new Foreign ....

  • Afghan officials: Roadside bombing in Kabul kills 2 employees of presidential palace

    Date: 2014-07-15 08:26:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:827818

    KABUL, July 15 (MENA) - Afghan officials say that a roadside bombing in eastern Kabul has killed two employees of the presidential palace, Fox News reported. Gul Agha Hashimi, the chief of criminal investigations with the Kabul police, said the ....

  • North Korea launches rockets close to South Korea border

    Date: 2014-07-15 07:54:47 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:827849

    SEOUL, July 15 (MENA) - North Korea on Tuesday showed detailed photos of Kim Jong Un directing rocket launches from a site close to the South. Satellite imagery and photos released by state media show the rockets were fired several kilometres ....

  • S. Korea, Japan nuclear envoys to hold talks in Tokyo

    Date: 2014-07-15 07:42:34 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:827773

    SEOUL, July 15 (MENA) - South Korea's top nuclear envoy left for Tokyo Tuesday for talks with his Japanese counterpart on ways to resume the long-stalled six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to Yonhap News ....

  • Obama welcomes Egypt initiative to stop fighting in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-15 07:10:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:827760

    WASHINGTON, July 15 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama has welcomed an initiative floated by Egypt to stop all acts of aggression in the Gaza Strip. Speaking at an iftar dinner to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Obama said the US will ....

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