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  • Moon expresses hope for successful US-N. Korea summit

    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 ....

  • Kim says path to meeting with Trump was not easy

    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 ....

  • 50 Houthis killed in clashes with legitimate forces in Hodeidah

    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 ....

  • UN welcomes Spain's decision to allow refugees ship to dock

    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 ....

  • Russian FM: US completely ruins Minsk agreements

    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 ....

  • OIC urges support for UN draft resolution on protecting Palestinians

    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 ....

  • Trump-Kim summit kicks off in Singapore

    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 ....

  • Qatar lies in Hajj claims - UAE minister

    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 ....

  • Tayyeb: Egyptians' unity enabled them to encounter challenges

    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 ....

  • US Imposes sanctions on 6 for trafficking Libyan migrants

    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 ....

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