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  • Heavy fighting kills at least 23 in eastern Ukraine

    Date: 2014-07-11 14:24:05 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:50 - ID:822626

    KIEV, July 11 (MENA) – Pro-Russia rebels fired missiles Friday at government troops near the Russian border, killing at least 19 servicemen, Fox News quoted Ukraine's Defense Ministry as saying It added that four other troops died elsewhere in ....

  • Putin arrives in Havana on official visit

    Date: 2014-07-11 12:37:39 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:34 - ID:822380

    HAVANA, July 11 (MENA) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Cuba on an official visit, ITAR-TASS reported Friday. Putin will have talks with leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro and Cuban President Raul Castro. A package ....

  • 13 killed in roadside bombing, attack in Afghanistan

    Date: 2014-07-11 11:41:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:822267

    KABUL, July 11 (MENA) - A roadside bombing targeting police officers and an attack on a convoy of de-miners killed at least 13 people in Afghanistan in incidents blamed on the Taliban ahead of foreign troops withdrawing from the country, ABC News ....

  • Afghan poll crisis: Kerry says 'legitimacy at stake'

    Date: 2014-07-11 08:20:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:821876

    KABUL, July 11 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry says Afghanistan is at a "critical moment" as he tries to resolve tensions over the disputed presidential poll. Kerry said that "election legitimacy hangs in the balance" as he arrived in ....

  • EU: Foreign ministers invited to Iran talks Sunday

    Date: 2014-07-10 21:26:33 GMT - Austria - World - SN:150 - ID:821693

    VIENNA, July 10 (MENA) – EU Foreign Policy Chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday she invited foreign ministers of world powers to Vienna on Sunday to take part in talks on Iran's nuclear program. According to Ashton's spokesman Michael Mann on ....

  • Iran, EU, US end tripartite meeting

    Date: 2014-07-10 19:54:16 GMT - Iran - World - SN:139 - ID:821599

    VIENNA, July 10 (MENA) - Representatives of Iran, the European Union and the United States ended tripartite nuclear talks in Vienna on Thursday, IRNA news agency reported. Iranˈs deputy foreign ministers Majid Takht-e Ravanchi and Abbas Araqchi ....

  • China, US Discuss Economy, Cyber Security

    Date: 2014-07-10 19:01:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:133 - ID:821567

    BEIJING, July 10 (MENA) - The United States and China vowed to make progress on disagreements over cyber hacking and economic disputes as they wrapped up two days of high-level talks in Beijing, the Voice of America reported. The sixth round of ....

  • Foreign Ministry denies Russia prepares peacekeeping operation in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-07-10 18:54:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:130 - ID:821554

    MOSCOW, , July 10 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has denied reports that Russia could conduct a peacekeeping operation in Ukraine, ITAR-TASS news agency reported Thursday. “These reports have been denied at the ....

  • Germany asks top US spy to leave amid flap

    Date: 2014-07-10 16:51:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:116 - ID:821419

    WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - The German government has asked the CIA station chief at the US Embassy in Berlin to leave the country, an unusual action between allies that represents a public expression of anger over reported cases of US spying in ....

  • Gaza death toll hits 88

    Date: 2014-07-10 16:38:12 GMT - palestine - World - SN:112 - ID:821410

    GAZA CITY, July 10 (MENA) - The total number of Palestinians killed by recent Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip has risen to 88. Also, more than 570 Palestinians were injured in the airstrikes. The offensive is the worst escalation of ....

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