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  • NASA's Insight spacecraft starts 6-month journey to Mars

    Date: 2018-05-05 19:01:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:7385103

    NEW YORK, May 5 (MENA) - NASA has launched a spacecraft to land on Mars and explore the mysterious insides of the red planet as it will take more than six months for the spacecraft to reach Mars and start its unprecedented geologic ....

  • 6 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip

    Date: 2018-05-05 19:00:02 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:59 - ID:7385106

    GAZA CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Six Palestinians were injured including a medic when Israeli forces opened fire at a number of Palestinian youths in eastern Maghazi camp in central Gaza Strip. In statements on Saturday, medical sources said one of the ....

  • Russian army fosters 10 jets by Kinzhal air-launched missiles

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:58:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7385102

    MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Ten MiG-31 fighter jets fitted with the air-launched Kinzhal (Dagger) hypersonic missile are on test combat duty, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov was quoted by TASS news agency on Saturday. "It is a ....

  • Iraq renews rejection of any foreign military presence in its territories

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:57:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:7385033

    BAGHDAD, May 5 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari reiterated rejection of the presence of any foreign troops in the country's territories. "Iraq is committed to establishing best relations with Turkey on the basis of good ....

  • Israeli PM to meet Putin in Moscow on Wednesday

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:42:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7385124

    MOSCOW, May 5 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Wednesday to "discuss regional developments," a statement released by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office Saturday said. This ....

  • Suicide bomb attack kills 2 Afghan border policemen

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:41:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7385118

    KABUL, May 5 (MENA) - At least two border policemen have been killed after an attack by a group of suicide bombers in the southern province of Kandahar, an Afghan official was quoted by ABC News as saying. Gen. Abdul Raziq, the provincial police ....

  • Court adjourns appeal filed by Uber, Careem till May 12

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:37:00 GMT - Egypt - Justice - SN:54 - ID:7385110

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - The Higher Administrative Court adjourned till May 12 an appeal filed by the State Lawsuits Authority along with Uber and Careem companies against a previous ruling to halt both firms' activities in Egypt. In March, a Cairo ....

  • Over 30 Houthis killed in clashes with Yemeni army in Taiz

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:33:51 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:7385061

    ADEN, May 5 (MENA) - More than 30 Houthi rebels were killed and dozens others were wounded on Saturday in clashes with the Yemeni army in Al Borh district in Taiz in southwestern Yemen. The Yemeni troops carried out a fierce attack on Houthi ....

  • University in US lost enough plutonium to build 'dirty bomb'

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:26:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7385059

    WASHINGTON, May 5 (MENA) - Idaho State University is facing an $8,500 fine after losing a small amount of weapons-grade plutonium, Newsweek reported on Saturday. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said that the college will be fined after ....

  • PM to attend IMF-CBE conference on Sunday

    Date: 2018-05-05 18:25:28 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:51 - ID:7385034

    CAIRO, May 5 (MENA) - Prime Minister Sherif Ismail is scheduled Sunday to take part in the opening session of a high-level conference to be co-hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) on promoting higher ....

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