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  • Eight reported injured after Japan earthquake

    Date: 2024-04-18 09:45:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:10666573

    TOKYO, April 18 (MENA) - Eight people were reported injured on Thursday (Apr 18) after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck off southwestern Japan, but there appeared to be no major damage or tsunami, Channel News Asia (CNA) reported. The epicenter ....

  • US Senate rejects bid to oust homeland security chief

    Date: 2024-04-18 09:07:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:10666408

    WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - The Democratic-held US Senate rejected a Republican-led bid on Wednesday to oust President Joe Biden's immigration chief over his handling of the southern border with Mexico, according to KPVI. Homeland Security ....

  • US, Guyana stress need to increase int'l support for efforts to restore peace in Haiti

    Date: 2024-04-18 08:24:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:10666522

    WASHINGTON, April 14 (MENA) - US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer spoke on the phone with President Irfaan Ali of Guyana to discuss regional security and stability as well as ways to deepen bilateral relationship, including its ....

  • House to hold separate votes on Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan aid

    Date: 2024-04-18 07:25:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:10666390

    WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - House Republicans on Wednesday released their proposals to fund a massive influx of military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, more than six months after President Joe Biden initially submitted his emergency foreign ....

  • US, Italy stress importance of preventing further escalation in Middle East

    Date: 2024-04-18 07:15:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10666406

    CAPRI/WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani discussed shared concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the urgent need to protect civilians, the response to ....

  • Ukraine's PM, IMF head discuss seizure of Russian assets

    Date: 2024-04-18 07:00:28 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:5 - ID:10666389

    KIEV, April 18 (MENA) - Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva have discussed the seizure of Russian assets and their use for Ukraine's needs. Shmyhal said this in a post on the Telegram messaging ....

  • Indonesia issues tsunami alert after volcano erupts on remote island

    Date: 2024-04-18 06:57:11 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:4 - ID:10666385

    JAKARTA, April 18 (MENA) - Indonesian authorities have ordered hundreds of villagers to evacuate following multiple eruptions of a remote island volcano, raising fears it could collapse into the sea and trigger a tsunami, according to CNN. Mount ....

  • Russian army loses 456,960 troops since start of military operation in Ukraine

    Date: 2024-04-18 06:53:48 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:3 - ID:10666374

    KIEV, April 18 (MENA) - Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and April 18, 2024 amounted to about 456,960 troops, including 910 killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the Armed Forces ....

  • House Republicans release aid bills for Israel, Ukraine

    Date: 2024-04-17 21:27:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:10666280

    WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - Facing a divided party and pressure to act, House Speaker Mike Johnson rolled out three bills Wednesday to provide assistance to Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan, with the hope of holding final votes on Saturday, NBC News ....

  • US House speaker plans for aid to Ukraine, Israel on verge of collapse: paper

    Date: 2024-04-17 18:38:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:10666146

    WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) – The US House Speaker Mike Johnson's plans to provide aid to Ukraine and Israel is on the verge of collapse amid the rebellion of his Republican Party members and the conservatives' demands for border conditions in ....

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