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  • UN: Europe grapples with highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years

    Date: 2025-03-13 20:02:02 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:48 - ID:11101864

    NEW YORK, March 13 (MENA) - Measles cases in Europe have doubled in just a year, with the highest number reported since 1997, UN agencies announced on Thursday. “Measles is back, and it’s a wake-up call,” UN News quoted Dr. Hans Kluge, the World ....

  • UK diplomatic tensions as Russian amb. summoned

    Date: 2025-03-12 22:03:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:11100661

    LONDON, March 12 (MENA) - The UK Foreign Office has summoned Russian Ambassador in London Andrei Kelin to protest against Russia’s harassment of British diplomats, following the expulsion of a British diplomat and spouse. The UK has revoked ....

  • OPEN// Bulgaria relies on ECA for precise financial data, president says

    Date: 2025-03-12 21:19:14 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:66 - ID:11100688

    SOFIA, March 12 (MENA) - Bulgaria relies on the objectivity and precision of financial data provided by the European Court of Auditors (ECA), President Rumen Radev said during his meeting with Bulgaria's representative to ECA, Iliana Ivanova, the ....

  • Guterres prioritizes UN reform to ensure taxpayers’ money reaches those in need

    Date: 2025-03-12 19:17:06 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:50 - ID:11100580

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - The United Nations is prioritizing reform to ensure it remains effective, cost-efficient and responsive to the people it serves, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced Wednesday, as part of a continued push to ....

  • Canada hits U.S. with $21B in retaliatory tariffs as global trade war heats up

    Date: 2025-03-12 17:58:10 GMT - Canada - World - SN:41 - ID:11100482

    OTTAWA, March 12 (MENA) - Canada on Wednesday announced new retaliatory trade duties on some $21 billion worth of U.S. goods, a response to US President Donald Trump implementing universal steel and aluminum tariffs, NBC News said. Canada’s ....

  • Afghanistan’s opium prices approach historic peaks, crime syndicates benefit - UNODC

    Date: 2025-03-12 17:25:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:36 - ID:11100392

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - Prices for opium in Afghanistan have increased tenfold since the de facto authorities imposed a drug ban in 2022 following their takeover in Kabul, latest UN data shows. One kilogram of opium cost $750 last year, up ....

  • Pakistan Railways suspends all operations to Balochistan after Jaffar Express attack

    Date: 2025-03-12 08:26:01 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:11099574

    ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistan Railways (PR) temporarily suspended all train operations between Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan, following the terrorist attack on the Jaffar Express, SAMAA TV reported. Both passenger and freight trains ....

  • Pakistan lauds EU support for Arab, OIC plan to rebuild Gaza

    Date: 2025-03-12 08:23:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:11099563

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - Pakistan has welcomed the EU’s support to the Arab and OIC plan for reconstruction of Gaza and peace in Palestine based on the Two-State solution, Radio Pakistan reported. In a statement at the Security Council meeting ....

  • Over 150 Pakistanis rescued, 27 terrorists killed in rescue operation in Balochistan

    Date: 2025-03-12 07:19:53 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:5 - ID:11099512

    ISLAMABAD, March 12 (MENA) - Security forces have rescued at least 155 passengers and killed 27 terrorists as a rescue operation continues into its second day after terrorists hijacked the Jaffer Express train near Balochistan’s Bolan district, Dawn ....

  • OPEN// Bulgarian finance minister discusses cooperation with EIB

    Date: 2025-03-11 23:09:09 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:71 - ID:11099423

    SOFIA, March 11 (MENA) - Cooperation with the European Investment Bank (EIB), including in the context of the European Commission's new initiatives in the field of defence and security, was discussed by Finance Minister Temenuzhka Petkova at a ....

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