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  • Kerry says Egypt strategic partner to US

    Date: 2014-04-29 19:07:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:156 - ID:695125

    WASHINGTON, April 29 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday Egypt remained a strategic partner to the US for a long time and the two countries had common interests, especially towards achieving stability in the region, combating ....

  • Fahmy hails talks with Kerry as useful, frank, constructive

    Date: 2014-04-29 18:03:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:142 - ID:695072

    WASHINGTON, April 29 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy hailed Tuesday as "useful, frank and constructive" his meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry. In statements to Egyptian reporters in Washington following the meeting, ....

  • Japan asks for role in Malaysian jet probe panel

    Date: 2014-04-29 16:23:58 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:121 - ID:694784

    KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (MENA) - Japan has requested to be part of the international panel Malaysia is setting up to investigate the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines jetliner, the Japan Times reported Tuesday. “We welcome their participation. ....

  • Erdogan: Normalization with Israel a matter of days, weeks

    Date: 2014-04-29 16:22:08 GMT - Israel - World - SN:120 - ID:694849

    GAZA CITY, April 29 (MENA) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that an agreement on compensation between Turkey and Israel had been reached and that normalization between the two countries was, "a matter of days, weeks" ....

  • Moscow asserts right to respond to US sanctions

    Date: 2014-04-29 15:25:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:694682

    MOSCOW, April 29 (MENA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that Moscow retains the right to respond to sanctions imposed by Washington, but cooperation between the two countries is still possible, RIA Novosti reported. “Russia retains ....

  • Fund to be created to support Al-Quds: Fatah official

    Date: 2014-04-29 15:24:51 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:108 - ID:694491

    AMMAN, April 29 (MENA) – A fund will be created by a group of Palestinian businessmen with a capital hitting one billion dollars to support Al-Quds (the occupied East Jerusalem), senior Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmad has said. The fund is meant to ....

  • Moscow says response to Western sanctions ready

    Date: 2014-04-29 15:14:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:694487

    MOSCOW, April 29 (MENA) – Moscow has drafted its response to Western sanctions imposed this week, with a range of measures expected to be introduced soon, RIA Novosti quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying Tuesday. “We do ....

  • US taped Moscow's calls to its Ukraine spies - Kerry

    Date: 2014-04-29 14:43:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:694498

    WASHINGTON, April 29 (MENA) - US secretary of state John Kerry claimed in a private meeting that the US intelligence community has recordings of pro-Russian forces being managed by government handlers in Moscow, the Daily Beast reported on ....

  • Kerry apologizes for remark that Israel risks apartheid

    Date: 2014-04-29 14:20:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:694378

    WASHINGTON, April 29 (MENA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry issued an unusual statement Monday evening expressing his support for Israel after a controversy erupted over a politically charged phrase he used in a private appearance. In the ....

  • 57 militants killed, 84 others injured in Afghan operations

    Date: 2014-04-29 14:15:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:85 - ID:694379

    KABUL, April 29 (MENA) – At least 57 militants were killed and 84 others injured during military operations by Afghan national army (ANA) soldiers, the Khaama Press News Agency reported. According to a statement released by defense ministry of ....

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