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US warns its nationals from travelling to Turkey over increasing terror threats
Date: 2016-06-28 08:51:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:5172573
WASHINGTON, June 28 (MENA) - The US Department of State warns US citizens of increased threats from terrorist groups throughout Turkey and to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey. This replaces the Travel Warning dated March 29, 2016. Foreign and ....
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N. Korea equipping its border patrol boats with US Gatling guns
Date: 2016-06-28 08:27:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:5172493
SEOUL, June 28 (MENA) - North Korea has started to equip its border patrol boats with US-made Gatling machine guns, military sources said Tuesday. "North Korea has been seen replacing its aging weapon systems with the rotary gun system," a ....
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Lavrov, Syrian opposition leader discuss prospects of Geneva-based talks
Date: 2016-06-27 22:05:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:5171341
MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met on Monday with leader of the Syrian opposition movement Syria’s Tomorrow Ahmed al-Jarba to tell him about Russia’s efforts in the interests of political settlement in that country, ....
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Germany rules out Brexit until UK gives EU formal notice
Date: 2016-06-27 21:58:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:90 - ID:5171637
LONDON, June 27 (MENA) – Germany has ruled out any informal talks on Britain leaving the EU before it files formal notice - invoking article 50 - of its planned departure, according to Express. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman said only ....
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Petition for EU referendum re-run hits 3.7 million
Date: 2016-06-27 20:24:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:5171533
LONDON, June 27 (MENA) – A petition on the parliament website calling for a rerun of the EU referendum has gathered 3.7 million signatures since the referendum result at the end of last week, according to the Telegraph. This means the campaign ....
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WHO condemns attacks on multiple health facilities in Benghazi, Libya
Date: 2016-06-27 20:01:41 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:75 - ID:5171345
GENEVA, June 27 (MENA) - The World Health Organization (WHO) condemned recent attacks on two health facilities in Benghazi. Libya. On Tuesday, a rocket hit the roof of the Ear, Nose and Throat and Urological Centre, directly above the operating ....
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Kerry: US-UK special relationship 'unbreakable' despite
Date: 2016-06-27 19:24:56 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:69 - ID:5171153
BRUSSELS, June 27 (MENA) - The US Secretary of State reassured the nation that the Brexit vote would not underscore the “unbreakable” bond between the States and Britain, according to the Express. He said: "The US knows it could not ask for a ....
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UK denounces Lebanon's Qaa bombings
Date: 2016-06-27 19:12:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:67 - ID:5170757
LONDON, June 27 (MENA) - British Minister for the Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood on Monday condemned suicide bombings that took place in the village of Qaa in eastern Lebanon. "I was horrified to hear of the bombings in Al Qaa, which ....
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Pakistan says it arrested 3 Daesh members
Date: 2016-06-27 18:50:09 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:64 - ID:5170993
ISLAMABAD, June 27 (MENA) – Pakistani counter-terrorist police raided a building in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday and arrested three men affiliated with Daesh who were planning to attack government buildings, Euronews quoted ....
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World's 400 richest people lose $127 billion on Brexit -- Chart
Date: 2016-06-27 18:49:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:5171085
LONDON, June 27 (MENA) - The world's 400 richest people lost USD 127.4 billion Friday as global equity markets reeled from the news that British voters elected to leave the European Union. The billionaires lost 3.2 percent of their total net ....