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British warplanes shell Daesh's sites in Fallujah
Date: 2016-06-02 18:20:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:5031433
LONDON, May 2 (MENA) - British forces have continued to conduct air operations in the fight against Daesh in Fallujah, along with providing aerial support to the Iraqi forces in its battle to restore the city. With Iraqi ground forces continuing ....
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Militias in Libya advance on Daesh stronghold of Surt with separate agendas
Date: 2016-06-02 18:14:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:5031713
NEW YORK, June 2 (MENA) - Fighters aligned with Libya’s United Nations-backed unity government are advancing along the Mediterranean coast toward the Daesh stronghold of Surt, signaling the first major assault on territory that, since last year, has ....
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Russia seeks Syrian settlement through national dialog — Lavrov
Date: 2016-06-02 17:59:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:5031425
MOSCOW, June 2 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Thursday Moscow will seek a national dialogue in Syria, TASS news agency reported. The foreign minister marked efforts of the Russian Orthodox Church to protect Christians ....
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Armenia hails Germany’s adoption of resolution on genocide recognition
Date: 2016-06-02 14:14:36 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:58 - ID:5030093
YEREVAN, June 2 (MENA) – Armenia welcomes the decision of Germany’s Bundestag on Thursday to pass a resolution on recognizing the Ottoman era genocide against Armenians and other Christian minorities, Tass quoted Armenia’s Foreign Minister Eduard ....
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Criminal gangs use 13 ports in UK as hotspots - The Telegraph
Date: 2016-06-02 13:27:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:51 - ID:5029381
LONDON, June 2 (MENA) - Criminal gangs are using more than a dozen ports on Britain’s coastline to smuggle hundreds of migrants into the UK, The Telegraph reported on Thursday. Smugglers are increasingly targeting small harbours that are not ....
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Turkey recalls Germany ambassador after genocide vote
Date: 2016-06-02 13:23:11 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:48 - ID:5029509
ANKARA, June 2 (MENA) – The German Parliament overwhelmingly voted Thursday to label the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks a century ago as genocide, prompting Turkey to recall its ambassador to Germany, ABC News reported. The motion, which ....
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German MPs recognize Armenian 'genocide'
Date: 2016-06-02 12:10:10 GMT - Germany - World - SN:39 - ID:5029005
BERLIN, June 2 (MENA) – The German parliament has approved a resolution declaring that the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War One was a "genocide," the BBC reported on Thursday. Turkey is bitterly opposed to the Bundestag ....
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Gunman, one dead at UCLA campus
Date: 2016-06-01 21:07:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:109 - ID:5025977
WASHINGTON, June 1 (MENA) - Police said that two men are dead, including a gunman, following a shooting at the University of California, Los Angeles, the BBC reported. Investigators do not believe there are any outstanding suspects and a ....
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Lavrov, Kerry discuss joint operations against violators of Syrian truce
Date: 2016-06-01 18:59:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:5025745
MOSCOW, June 1 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry discussed Russia's proposals on joint operations against groups violating ceasefire regime in Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on ....
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Armenia urges German lawmakers not to be intimidated by Turkey threats
Date: 2016-06-01 16:11:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:93 - ID:5024497
BERLIN, June 1 (MENA) - The Armenian president on Wednesday urged German lawmakers not to be intimidated by Turkey ahead of their vote on branding the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a "genocide" . On the eve of the Bundestag vote, ....