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  • Italy declines aid ship help, hands migrant rescue to Libya

    Date: 2018-06-24 22:37:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:113 - ID:7458097

    ROME, June 24 (MENA) - The Italian government stepped up its efforts to discourage migration by telling a Spanish aid group it did not need help rescuing 1,000 migrants from six dinghies because it had passed responsibility for the Mediterranean Sea ....

  • French delegation detained in Turkey during election

    Date: 2018-06-24 22:32:27 GMT - France - World - SN:112 - ID:7458094

    PARIS, June 24 (MENA) - The French Communist Party said Sunday a delegation from its party, including a senator, which was in Turkey to observe the elections, has been released after being detained by Turkish authorities, ABC News reported. PCF ....

  • Merkel advocates bilateral, trilateral deals over migrants to EU

    Date: 2018-06-24 22:24:15 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:111 - ID:7458201

    BRUSSELS, June 24 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sought to downplay expectations from this week's EU summit for a European solution, Deutsche Welle reported Sunday, quoting her as saying that the mini-summit of 16 EU leaders created "a ....

  • Libyan coast guard intercepts 450 migrants bound for Europe

    Date: 2018-06-24 22:15:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:110 - ID:7458158

    TRIPOLI, June 24 (MENA) - Libya's coast guard intercepted Sunday some 460 African migrants, including dozens of children and women, in the Mediterranean Sea near its shores, ABC News reported. A group of 97 passengers, included 22 women and 26 ....

  • Kuwait condemns Zimbabwe blast

    Date: 2018-06-24 22:08:30 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:7458101

    KUWAIT CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent Sunday a cable of condolences to President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa, KUNA reported. The Amir expressed Kuwait's condemnation of the explosion that ....

  • Nilesat 102 out of service successfully - statement

    Date: 2018-06-24 21:55:51 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:108 - ID:7458065

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - The Egyptian Satellite Co SAE (NileSat) said Sunday its satellite Nilesat 102 was now out of service after operating for 18 years. Nilesat 102 was launched in 2000 with an expected lifetime of 15 years, but the company's ....

  • 3 Palestinians injured in Israeli airstrikes on eastern Gaza

    Date: 2018-06-24 21:54:17 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:107 - ID:7458078

    GAZA CITY, June 24 (MENA) - Israeli warplanes on Sunday attacked several positions in the Gaza Strip. In a brief statement, Spokesperson for the Health Ministry Ashraf al Qudra, said that three Palestinians were wounded in the Israeli airstrikes ....

  • Egypt adopts serious reform policies, on right track - minister

    Date: 2018-06-24 21:40:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:106 - ID:7458060

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Khalid Abdel Ghaffar said Sunday Egypt is currently adopting serious reform policies that would serve a growing global confidence that the country is moving on the right ....

  • Jabhat al-Nusra plotting provocation in Syria’s Idlib - Russian reconciliation center

    Date: 2018-06-24 21:25:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:105 - ID:7458075

    MOSCOW, June 24 (MENA) - Jabhat al-Nusra militants are plotting a provocation in Syria, a spokesman for the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Sunday. "The Russian ....

  • Egypt, Germany discuss boosting cooperation

    Date: 2018-06-24 21:09:39 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:104 - ID:7457860

    CAIRO, June 24 (MENA) – Cairo governor Atef Abdel Hamid and Frankfurt mayor Peter Feldmann discussed means of boosting cooperation and sharing expertise in various fields as part of an agreement that dated back to the 1970s. The governor demanded ....

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