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Moon expresses hope for successful US-N. Korea summit
Date: 2018-06-12 09:00:56 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:7440807
South Korean President Moon Jae-in expressed hope for the success of the historic US-North Korea summit Tuesday, which he said would open a new era of a peaceful, nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, Yonhap reported. "The North Korea-US summit has now ....
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Kim says path to meeting with Trump was not easy
Date: 2018-06-12 08:47:31 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:7 - ID:7440780
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has acknowledged that it wasn't an easy path to the meeting with US President Donald Trump in Singapore, Yonhap reported Tuesday. "We have a past that is holding us down and wrong prejudices and practices that at ....
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50 Houthis killed in clashes with legitimate forces in Hodeidah
Date: 2018-06-12 08:29:13 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7440755
More than 50 Houthi militants were killed in confrontations with the Yemeni legitimate forces south of the strategic port city of Hodeidah, Alarabiya Alhadath TV channel reported. In a statement on Tuesday, the Yemeni legitimate forces said that ....
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UN welcomes Spain's decision to allow refugees ship to dock
Date: 2018-06-12 07:41:28 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:5 - ID:7440718
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Monday welcomed a decision taken by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to exceptionally allow Aquarius; a rescue boat with 629 migrants onboard, to dock in his country. Today's ....
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Russian FM: US completely ruins Minsk agreements
Date: 2018-06-12 07:38:36 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:7440716
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that the ministerial meeting of the Normandy Four [Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France] was very useful, although not all problems were managed to be resolved, TASS news agency reported. At ....
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OIC urges support for UN draft resolution on protecting Palestinians
Date: 2018-06-12 07:13:23 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7440681
Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef Al Othaimeen on Monday urged all countries to adopt a UN resolution to protect Palestinian civilians. The Islamic and Arab groups is scheduled Wednesday to submit a draft ....
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Trump-Kim summit kicks off in Singapore
Date: 2018-06-12 07:05:12 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:2 - ID:7440665
The historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un kicked off at the Capella Hotel in Singapore earlier Tuesday. The encounter is the first ever between a sitting US president and a North Korean ....
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Qatar lies in Hajj claims - UAE minister
Date: 2018-06-12 06:59:46 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:7440660
UAE's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash on Monday said Qatar dared to lie on allegations about Hajj. He was apparently commenting in a tweet on reports that Qatar had accused Saudi Arabia of banning its nationals from performing ....
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Tayyeb: Egyptians' unity enabled them to encounter challenges
Date: 2018-06-11 19:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:7440456
Al Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb said the visit paid by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Monday embodies the spirit of love binding Muslims and Christians. The unity between Muslims and Christians ....
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US Imposes sanctions on 6 for trafficking Libyan migrants
Date: 2018-06-11 19:09:38 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:7440439
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), concurrently with the United Nations, sanctioned six individuals for threatening the peace, security, or stability of Libya through their involvement in the smuggling of ....