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  • Amidst fierce clashes in Libya, Ban urges need for dialogue

    Date: 2014-07-14 15:13:00 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:89 - ID:826872

    NEW YORK, July 14 (MENA) - Extremely concerned by the dramatic increase in violence endangering civilians in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today called for a halt to the fighting and a return to the country's ....

  • Iran, Syria, Switzerland hold tripartite meeting to help Syrian people

    Date: 2014-07-14 13:21:59 GMT - Iran - World - SN:65 - ID:826729

    TEHRAN, July 14 (MENA) - High-ranking Iranian, Syrian and Swiss officials held a meeting in Geneva to discuss different ways to increase assistance and humanitarian aid to the war-hit people in Syria, according to IRNA News Agency. Iranian ....

  • Poroshenko discusses further actions in Ukraine east

    Date: 2014-07-14 12:11:57 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:62 - ID:826618

    KIEV, July 14 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko is holding a meeting with chiefs of army and police agencies on the situation in Ukraine’s eastern regions, the administration of the Ukrainian president said on Monday. “The president ....

  • 5+1 group determined to achieve Iranian nuclear deal

    Date: 2014-07-14 11:33:59 GMT - Austria - World - SN:53 - ID:826476

    VIENNA, July 14 (MENA) - The 5+1 group, the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany, is "determined" to achieve a final and comprehensive agreement in the new round of Iran's nuclear talks that started Wednesday in Vienna, ....

  • Cambodia military helicopter crash Kills 5

    Date: 2014-07-14 07:35:50 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:16 - ID:826019

    PHNOM PENH, July 14 (MENA) - A Cambodian military helicopter crashed during a training mission south of the capital on Monday, killing five people on board, ABC reported quoting police. It was not immediately clear what caused the ....

  • South Korea says North Korea fires dozens of artillery shells into sea near border

    Date: 2014-07-14 06:25:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:825941

    SEOUL, July 14 (MENA) - North Korea on Monday fired artillery shells into waters near its sea border with South Korea, Seoul's military said, a day after the country test-launched two ballistic missiles in the latest of a series of weapon ....

  • Putin signs Argentina nuclear deals on Latin America tour

    Date: 2014-07-13 21:18:38 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:125 - ID:825784

    BUENOS AIRES, July 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a series of agreements on nuclear energy in Argentina, the BBC reported Sunday. It came during his tour of Latin America aimed at increasing Russian influence in the ....

  • Man uses German police car megaphone to shout anti-Israel slogans during 'Free Gaza' protest

    Date: 2014-07-13 21:10:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:123 - ID:825760

    BERLIN, July 13 (MENA) - BERLIN – German police said they allowed an anti-Israel protester to use a megaphone in a police car during a "Free Gaza" demonstration in Frankfurt and he shouted inciting slogans including "child murderer Israel" and ....

  • Scottish independence poll shows stalling Yes vote

    Date: 2014-07-13 20:56:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:121 - ID:825765

    LONDON, July 13 (MENA) - Support for Scottish independence has fallen over the last month, according to an exclusive poll which suggests the Yes campaign is stalling. A "Scotland on Sunday" survey, conducted for Scotland on Sunday, shows backing ....

  • No breakthrough in Iran talks, UK’s Hague says

    Date: 2014-07-13 20:49:36 GMT - Austria - World - SN:120 - ID:825747

    VIENNA, July 13 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday that there had been no “decisive breakthrough” in nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna involving foreign ministers. "There are very significant gaps, that is very clear in ....

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