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  • Paul Whelan tells CNN he is ‘disappointed’ that more has not been done to secure his release

    Date: 2022-12-08 20:17:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:9913488

    NEW YORK, Dec 8 (MENA) - etained American Paul Whelan expressed his frustration that more has not been done to secure his release in an exclusive CNN interview hours after another detained American, Brittney Griner, was freed. Whelan said he was ....

  • US House passes $858 billion defense bill

    Date: 2022-12-08 20:13:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:9913441

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - The US House on Thursday overwhelmingly passed an $858 billion defense policy bill that would rescind the Pentagon’s mandate that troops receive the coronavirus vaccine, pushing past the objections of the Biden ....

  • US, Croatia sign Treaty for the Avoidance of Double Taxation

    Date: 2022-12-08 06:15:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:9911804

    WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (MENA) - US Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Jose W. Fernandez and Croatian Minister of Finance Marko Primorac signed a comprehensive treaty for the avoidance of double taxation between the ....

  • US, Italy confer on deepening alliance to address issues of energy security, Taiwan Strait

    Date: 2022-12-07 22:58:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:9911733

    WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani in Rome, according to a statement of the US Department of State on Wednesday. They discussed further deepening alliance to ....

  • Ukraine's embassies received 31 suspicious packages

    Date: 2022-12-07 15:21:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:60 - ID:9911279

    KYIV, Dec 7 (MENA) - About 31 suspicious packages have been sent to Ukrainian embassies in 15 countries, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said. “We have had new instances of dangerous packages sent to our embassies. Today, this was done ....

  • Poland receives 8.233 mn refugees from Ukraine

    Date: 2022-12-07 08:38:44 GMT - Poland - World - SN:21 - ID:9910333

    WARSAW, Dec 7 (MENA) - Some 8.233 million refugees from Ukraine have crossed the border with Poland since the start of the Russian military operation, Radio Poland said, citing figures from Poland's Border Guard agency Wednesday. Poland received ....

  • Ukraine’s Armed Forces will be in Luhansk, Donetsk and Sevastopol in spring - official

    Date: 2022-12-07 08:23:37 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:19 - ID:9910253

    KYIV, Dec 7 (MENA) - Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksiy Danilov assured that the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be in Luhansk, Donetsk and Sevastopol in the spring of 2023, Ukrinform reported Wednesday. According ....

  • Washington is committed to security in ME- Department

    Date: 2022-12-07 08:20:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:9910256

    WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (MENA) - US State Department Spokesman Ned Price affirmed on Wednesday that the US is highly committed to security in the Middle East region. Price said Washington does not interfere in any bilateral relations between any two ....

  • Japan to earmark 5 tril. yen for long-range missiles over 5 years

    Date: 2022-12-07 07:48:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:9910265

    TOKYO, Dec 7 (MENA) - Japan is considering spending around 5 trillion yen ($37 billion) to develop and deploy long-range missiles from fiscal 2023 to 2027, government sources said, as the nation aims to possess an enemy base strike capability to ....

  • China launches new test satellite

    Date: 2022-12-07 07:36:56 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:9910248

    BEIJING, Dec 7 (MENA) - China successfully sent a new test satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Wednesday, xinhua reported. The VHF Data Exchange System (VDES) test satellite was launched by a ....

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