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  • NATO chief asks Russia to pull back troops

    Date: 2014-09-04 17:57:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:906856

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Russia on Thursday to pull back its troops from Ukraine and to stop supporting rebels in eastern Ukraine, the Voice of Russia reported. "We call on Russia to end its ....

  • Britain supplies Syrian rescue teams with lifesaving equipment

    Date: 2014-09-04 15:17:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:906619

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - The Syrian rescue teams who are operating in the regions controlled by the Syrian opposition received from Britain lifesaving equipment worth more than 1.5 million pounds sterling, said British Minister for Middle East and ....

  • Khamenei lauds Palestine resistance against Israel

    Date: 2014-09-04 14:16:40 GMT - Iran - World - SN:73 - ID:906512

    TEHRAN, Sept 4 (MENA) - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised Palestinian resistance movements for firmly standing up to the Israeli military during its recent 50-day aggression on Gaza. Ayatollah Khamenei said ....

  • Russia blocks Daesh video

    Date: 2014-09-04 12:45:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:906191

    MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - Russian authorities are seeking have blocked Internet access to a video in which the co-called Islamic State (Daesh) supporters threaten to unleash a ‘liberation’ war in North Caucasus, ITAR-TASS reported on Thursday. The ....

  • Paper: Daesh holds British experienced aid worker

    Date: 2014-09-04 11:27:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:906184

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - The British hostage threatened with death by Daesh militants was an experienced aid worker who spent years “trying so hard” to help communities ravaged by war in the Balkans. David Haines, who was identified in a video ....

  • Egypt permanent delegate to UN meets UNHCR official

    Date: 2014-09-04 11:24:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:48 - ID:905828

    GENEVA, Sept 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Permanent Delegate to the UN Ambassador Amr Ramadan met with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. The meeting came amid preparations for Guterres' projected visit to Egypt. During the meeting, Ramadan ....

  • MiG-31 crashes in Russia, both pilots alive

    Date: 2014-09-04 10:47:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:906082

    MOSCOW, Sept 4 (MENA) - A MiG-31 fighter plane crashed 25 km away from the city of Armavir, southern Russia, on Thursday, according to ITAR-TASS News Agency. Both pilots bailed out. They are alive. Nobody was hurt and there was no damage on ....

  • British PM: UK will not pay for British Daesh hostage

    Date: 2014-09-04 09:18:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:905726

    LONDON, Sept 4 (MENA) - British Prime Minister David Cameron has said Britain will not pay a ransom for a UK hostage who the so-called Islamic State also known as Daesh extremists are threatening to kill. The Prime Minister told Sky News on ....

  • Troops from 15 countries to hold exercises in western Ukraine

    Date: 2014-09-04 07:04:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:905495

    WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (MENA) - About 1,300 troops from 15 countries will participate in the Rapid Trident 2014 exercises in western Ukraine this September, representative for the U.S. armed forces’ European command Gregory Hicks told ITAR-TASS on ....

  • Obama to lead UN Security Council session on September 25

    Date: 2014-09-04 06:23:02 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:11 - ID:905492

    NEW YORK, Sept 4 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama will lead a UN Security Council session on the threat of foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria on September 25, Radio Sawa reported. The meeting will take place at the level of heads of state or ....

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