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  • Snap election set on Oct. 29 in Netherlands after gov't falls

    Date: 2025-06-06 18:08:48 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:31 - ID:11209761

    THE HAGUE, June 6 (MENA) - The Netherlands faces a snap election on October 29 after far-right chief Geert Wilders pulled his party out of the government earlier this week and toppled the coalition. Dutch Interior Minister Judith Uitermark ....

  • Putin sends Eid Al-Adha greetings to Russia's Muslims

    Date: 2025-06-06 11:19:00 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:11209508

    MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday greeted Russia's Muslim community on Eid al-Adha, highlighting the holiday's role in connecting believers with their rich historical and spiritual heritage, the Russian Sputnik news ....

  • Trump says call with Chinese president focused on trade, not Ukraine

    Date: 2025-06-05 19:52:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:11209035

    WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said that his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday focused solely on trade and did not touch on the Russia-Ukraine conflict or other global issues. Trump said the call lasted ....

  • Chinese, US presidents hold phone talks

    Date: 2025-06-05 14:53:34 GMT - China - World - SN:35 - ID:11208849

    BEIJING, June 5 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held phone talks with US President Donald Trump, according to Chinese news agency Xinhua. The phone call is the first between Trump and Xi since the US and China began imposing ....

  • Russia to respond to attacks on its airfields as military deems right: Kremlin

    Date: 2025-06-05 14:14:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:11208636

    MOSCOW, June 5 (MENA) - Russia will respond to Ukraine’s attacks on its airfields when and how the military deems appropriate, Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Thursday. "In such a way and at such a ....

  • COSPAS-SARSAT saves ten lives daily on average, says official

    Date: 2025-06-05 14:06:09 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:28 - ID:11208586

    ABU DHABI, June 5 (MENA) - Cheryl Bertoia, Principal Operations Officer at COSPAS-SARSAT, said the organization contributes to saving ten lives daily on average, while it looks forward to adding new technologies to improve the speed of response to ....

  • EU Commission unveils 13 targets for overseas raw materials projects

    Date: 2025-06-05 12:07:10 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:20 - ID:11208570

    BRUSSELS, June 5 (MENA) - The European Commission announced the selection of 13 projects focused on critical raw materials in countries outside the EU, according to Euronews. The move is part of the implementation of the Critical Raw Materials ....

  • Trump signs order banning citizens of 12 countries from entering the US: The Guardian

    Date: 2025-06-05 12:04:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:11208584

    LONDON, June 5 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping order banning travel from 12 countries and restricting travel from seven others, reviving and expanding the travel bans from his first term. The nationals of Afghanistan, ....

  • IEA: Global energy investment set to rise to $3.3 trillion in 2025

    Date: 2025-06-05 08:59:23 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:10 - ID:11208347

    PARIS, June 5 (MENA) - Global energy investment is set to increase in 2025 to a record $3.3 trillion despite headwinds from elevated geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty, a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report says, with clean ....

  • UN chief calls for concluding new global treaty for ending plastic pollution

    Date: 2025-06-04 20:13:57 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:82 - ID:11207935

    CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has called for concluding a new global treaty for ending plastic pollution; aligning with broader environmental goals and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). "In two months, ....

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