N Korea welcomes next negotiation with US
PYONGYANG, Sept 16 (Agencies): The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday welcomed the upcoming working-level negotiation with the United States. In a statement released by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the Director General of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign Ministry said the DPRK-U.S....
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Iran, Russia, Turkey leaders meet over Syria conflict
ANKARA, Sept 16 (AP): The leaders of Russia, Iran and Turkey are to meet in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Monday to discuss the situation in Syria, with the aim of halting fighting in the country's northwestern province of Idlib and finding a lasting political solution to Syria's civil...
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No talks with US under sanctions: Iran
TEHRAN, Sept 16 (Xinhua): The Islamic republic will not negotiate with the United States over the existing issues under the U.S. sanction pressures, Iran's Government Spokesman Ali Rabiee said on Monday. "Once, we negotiated (with the U.S.) under sanctions (to sign Iranian 2015 nuclear deal), but we will no longer...
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80,000 homes still without power in Japan after typhoon
TOKYO, Sept 16 (AFP): Almost 80,000 homes are still without power a week after a powerful typhoon battered eastern Japan, authorities said Monday, with sustained heavy rain prompting evacuation orders and hampering recovery efforts.Typhoon Faxai powered into the Tokyo region in the early hours of Monday last week, packing record...
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Still no viable Brexit proposals from UK: EU
BRUSSELS, Sept 16 (AFP): Britain has still not proposed any workable alternatives to the Northern Ireland "backstop" provisions of its Brexit withdrawal agreement, the EU said on Monday after talks between bloc chief Jean-Claude Juncker and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.The first face-to-face encounter between Johnson and European Commission president...
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Israeli PM holds cabinet meeting in West Bank
JERUSALEM, Sept 16 (AP): Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened his final pre-election Cabinet meeting on Sunday in a part of the West Bank he has vowed to annex if re-elected and laid out a plan to build a new settlement there, amid a last-ditch drive to galvanize his nationalistic base....
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News in Brief (17-09-2019)
Russia deploys S-400 missiles in ArcticMOSCOW, Sept 16: Russia has placed S-400 missile defence systems at the Novaya Zemlya archipelago as Moscow seeks to increase its military presence in the Arctic, the defence ministry said on Monday. The surface to air-missile regiment of the Northern Fleet's air defence forces based...
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