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S. Korea's nuclear envoy may visit Sweden for talks with N. Korea

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy appears to be on his way to Sweden for a possible meeting with a senior North Korean official, a diplomatic source said Friday

ICRC Ready to Offer Support on Yemen Prisoner Exchanges Once Lists Finalized - Spokeswoman

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is ready to offer the two sides of Yemen's conflict technical support in facilitating prisoner exchanges, once final lists of prisoners are agreed upon, Mirella Hodeib, the spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross in Yemen told Sputnik on Friday

S. Korea's nuclear envoy may visit Sweden for talks with N. Korea: source

South Korea's chief nuclear envoy appears to be on his way to Sweden for a possible meeting with a senior North Korean official, a diplomatic source said Friday

Swedish lawmakers elect Prime Minister Lofven to second term

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments

Swedish centre-left PM wins second term after months of wrangling

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few leftwing governments

Yemeni Conflict Parties Agree to Set Up Committees for Missing, Dead Prisoners - Official

Representatives of the Yemeni government and the Houthi movement agreed to set up committees for the missing and dead prisoners at a meeting in Amman, the capital of Jordan, Murad Qassem, deputy chairman of the Yemeni National Committee for Prisoners, told Sputnik in an interview

Meeting of US-North Korea High-Ranking Officials Underway in Stockholm - Reports

A meeting of high-ranking representatives from North Korea and the United States is being held in Stockholm, local media reported Friday

Ukraine's Naftogaz Vows to Continue Seeking Seizure of Gazprom Assets

Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz said on Friday that it would continue looking for assets of Russia's energy giant Gazprom to recover $2.56 billion pursuant to the ruling of the Stockholm arbitration court

Swedish lawmakers elect PM Lofven to second term

Sweden ended a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elected Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments

Moscow Briefed Diplomats From CSTO Member States About INF Situation - Kyrgyz Embassy

Diplomats representing the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) were briefed at the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday about Moscow's position on the situation with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Aman Mambetseitov, the adviser at the Kyrgyz Embassy in Russia, said

Sweden's Social Democratic PM set for second term

Sweden will end a four-month political vacuum Friday when lawmakers elect Prime Minister Stefan Lofven to a second term, after he elbowed out the far-right to save one of Europe's few left-wing governments

UN Monitoring Convoy Sustained Round of Bullets in Yemen - Spokesman

No one more resolute on Yemen’s security, stability than Arab Coalition: Al Jubeir

Adel bin Ahmed Al Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, has stated that the entre war in Yemen was imposed on the Arab Coalition member states following the coup staged by the Houthi militias

Yemeni Government Delegation to Meet With ICRC on Prisoner Swap Later Thursday - Official

The Yemeni government delegation present at a meeting on the exchange of prisoners in Jordan's capital, Amman, will meet with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross in an hour, a Yemeni government official told Sputnik on Thursday

Yemeni Gov't, Houthis to Review Lists of Prisoner Exchanges Within Next 10 Days - Official

Delegations of the Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government will review lists of prisoners to be exchanged, adding feedback within the next three days and responding to the added feedback during the next ten days, as agreed upon at a UN-led meeting in Amman, a Yemeni government official told Sputnik on Thursday