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  • Fire destroys wire factory in Qalubiya

    Date: 2017-11-17 16:07:26 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:58 - ID:7095658

    BANHA, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) – A huge fire gutted an unlicensed wire factory in Abour city in Qalubiya on Friday. More than 30 fire engines were sent to control the blaze and prevent it from extending to other areas. No workers were inside the ....

  • Kosovo opposition supporters jailed for 2016 grenade attack

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:54:32 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:57 - ID:7095670

    PRISTINA, Nov 17 (MENA) - A Kosovo opposition lawmaker and three other supporters were convicted Friday of terror charges and sentenced to prison over a rocket-propelled grenade attack on parliament, ABC news reported. The Pristina court ....

  • Argentine navy loses contact with submarine

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:49:39 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:56 - ID:7095656

    BUENOS AIRES, Nov 17 (MENA) - Argentina's navy said Friday it has lost contact with a submarine off the country's southern coast, ABC news reported. The navy's Twitter feed said that communications were lost 48 hours ago with the ARA San Juan, a ....

  • Expert calls crisis between Russia, US 'second Cold War'

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:38:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:7095592

    MOSCOW, Nov 17 (MENA) - The current crisis in relations between Russia and the United States may be called the second Cold War, triggered by the European Union’s steps, Sergey Rogov, Academic Director of the Institute for the US and Canadian ....

  • Tunisian security forces detain 4 suspects of terror

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:18:30 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:7095538

    TUNIS, Nov 17 (MENA) - Tunisian security forces detained Friday four people suspected of belonging to a terrorist group. The Tunisian Ministry of Interior said in a statement that security forces detained a suspect in the city of Monastir in ....

  • India, France urge action against nations that back terror

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:05:32 GMT - India - World - SN:53 - ID:7095552

    NEW DELHI, Nov 17 (MENA) - India and France called Friday for global action against countries that support, finance or shelter terrorists, ABC News reported Friday. Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and Indian External Affairs ....

  • 23 ships arrive at, leave Port Said harbors

    Date: 2017-11-17 15:04:17 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:52 - ID:7095523

    PORT SAID, Egypt, Nov 17 (MENA) - As many as 23 ships arrived at and left Port Said harbors, Port Said Ports Authority said on Friday. In a statement, the authority said three container ships and a cargo vessel sailed into West Port Said Harbor, ....

  • Ivorian leader 'calls for Mugabe to go'

    Date: 2017-11-17 14:48:57 GMT - Cote d'Ivoire - Africa - SN:51 - ID:7095506

    ABIDJAN, Nov 17 (MENA) - Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has added his voice to calls for President Robert Mugabe, 93, to resign, the BBC reported on Friday. He praised Mugabe's role in the fight against colonialism, saying he "has been ....

  • China says it hasn’t dropped its plan for Korean de-escalation, despite Trump

    Date: 2017-11-17 14:26:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:50 - ID:7095465

    WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (MENA) - China said that it will stick by its “freeze-for-freeze” proposal to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula, contradicting a suggestion by US President Trump that it had turned against the plan, The Washington Post ....

  • Defense min. back home from India

    Date: 2017-11-17 14:24:55 GMT - Egypt - Military - SN:49 - ID:7095444

    CAIRO, Nov 17 (MENA) - Defense Minister Sedqi Sobhi returned home Friday coming from India following a several days' visit. During his visit, Sobhi met with his Indian counterpart Nirmala Sitharaman. They discussed means of boosting military ....

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