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UNSC to discuss situation in Syria, Ukraine, Lebanese-Israeli borders
Date: 2024-08-26 08:17:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10844026
NEW YORK, Aug 26 (MENA) - The UN Security Council announced that its members would make an informal visit to Geneva Monday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the 1949 Geneva Conventions. According to the Security Council's statement, which ....
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Biden approves New York emergency declaration
Date: 2024-08-25 21:19:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:10843753
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (MENA) - President Joseph Biden declared that an emergency exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from a severe ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for knife attack in Germany's Solingen city
Date: 2024-08-24 21:55:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:10842389
LONDON, Aug 24 (MENA) - Daesh claimed responsibility on Saturday for a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen that killed three people on Friday, Alarabiya news channel reported. The militant group said in a statement on its Telegram ....
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Russia strikes Ukrainian troops in borderline district of Kursk
Date: 2024-08-24 18:41:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:10842251
MOSCOW, Aug 24 (MENA) - A Mi-28NM attack helicopter of Russia’s Aerospace Forces has delivered a strike on Ukrainian troops in a borderline area of the Kursk Region, TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying. "The army aviation crew of a ....
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Japan PM urges China to lift ban 1 year after Fukushima water release
Date: 2024-08-24 18:04:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:10842298
TOKYO, Aug 24 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged China to lift its blanket ban on Japanese seafood imposed shortly after the discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima plant into the sea began exactly one ....
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German authorities arrest teenager over Solingen attack, do not rule out terrorist motive
Date: 2024-08-24 16:28:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:52 - ID:10842168
BERLIN, Aug 24 (MENA) - German authorities announced Saturday they arrested a 15-year-old teenager over the stabbing attack that killed 3 people and injured 8 others in the city of Solingen on Friday, and stated that a terrorist motive cannot be ....
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CEO of Austrian Airlines: European environmental measures will increase airfares
Date: 2024-08-24 16:27:56 GMT - Austria - World - SN:51 - ID:10842165
VIENNA, Aug 24 (MENA) - CEO of Austrian Airlines Annette Mann on Saturday predicted that new European environmental measures would increase airfares in the medium term. The blending of sustainable fuel quotas and emissions trading consumes a lot ....
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18 killed in unprecedented floods in Bangladesh
Date: 2024-08-24 15:55:06 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:49 - ID:10842180
DHAKA, Aug 24 (MENA) - The death toll from Bangladesh's floods has risen to 18, CGTN quoted the authorities as saying Saturday. According to the latest daily disaster situation report by the country's National Disaster Response Coordination ....
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115 servicemen returned to Russian in prisoner-of-war swap
Date: 2024-08-24 14:41:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:45 - ID:10842105
MOSCOW, August 24 (MENA) - Russia returned 115 servicemen captured by Ukraine in the Kursk direction, TASS quoted the Ministry of Defense as saying. "On August 24, as a result of the negotiating process, 115 servicemen captured in the Kursk ....
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US to send $125 mln in new military aid to Ukraine
Date: 2024-08-24 06:28:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:10841411
WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (MENA) - The Biden administration will send about $125 million in new military aid to Ukraine, US officials said, even as Washington works to get a better understanding of Kyiv's incursion into Russia and how it advances the ....