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Italy rescues 4,000 migrants at sea in one day
Date: 2016-05-26 20:17:21 GMT - Italy - World - SN:91 - ID:4988421
ROME, May 26 (MENA) - The Italian coast guard announced Thursday that some 4,000 migrants have been rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in 22 separate operations in one day, the ABC News reported. Italian Coast Guard Commander Cosimo Nicastro said ....
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More than 280,000 dead in Syria war, monitor says in new toll
Date: 2016-05-26 18:34:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:4987773
LONDON, May 26 (MENA) - Syria's devastating war has killed more than 280,000 people, a monitoring group said on Thursday in a new toll for the five-year conflict, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. The toll of 282,283 includes 81,436 civilians, ....
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Obama: World leaders 'rattled' by Trump
Date: 2016-05-26 14:37:53 GMT - Japan - World - SN:56 - ID:4985625
TOKYO, May 26 (MENA) - U.S. President Barack Obama touched on the rancorous U.S. presidential race at a press conference Thursday from the G-7 summit in Japan, saying that presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump's statements had his fellow world ....
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Lavrov hopes Russia-Gulf Cooperation Council to give impetus to dialogue
Date: 2016-05-26 13:18:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:4985313
MOSCOW, May 26 (MENA) – The dialogue Russia-Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, known as the Gulf Cooperation Council, has proved its efficiency, Tass quoted the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying on Thursday. "Some ....
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Philippines’ Duterte apologises for captive Canadian’s beheading by militants
Date: 2016-05-26 07:40:45 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:14 - ID:4982693
MANILA, May 26 (MENA) – Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has apologised to the Canadian prime minister for the beheading of a Canadian by an Islamist militant group, saying he would try to make sure “nothing like this” happens again, euro ....
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Obamas rent mansion in DC as home post-White House
Date: 2016-05-26 07:11:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:4982513
WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama and his family will move into a rented mansion in the historic Kalorama community in Washington, DC, next year. When the Obamas leave the White House in January they will lease a 1928 mansion ....
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Thousands march in Zimbabwe for Mugabe
Date: 2016-05-25 22:45:11 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:117 - ID:4982085
HARARE, May 25 (MENA) - Thousands gathered in Zimbabwe on Wednesday to support President Robert Mugabe, with speakers calling for him to rule for life, the ABC News reported. On buses, trains, trucks and by foot, Mugabe's supporters traveled to ....
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French FM meets UN envoy to discuss Syrian crisis
Date: 2016-05-25 21:38:11 GMT - France - World - SN:112 - ID:4980793
PARIS, May 25 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault met with United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura to discuss the latest developments in Syria, said French Foreign Ministry in a statement on Wednesday. Ayrault ....
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Belgium police break up suspected terror cell 'plotting attacks in Brussels'
Date: 2016-05-25 21:25:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:111 - ID:4981705
BRUSSELS, May 25 (MENA) - Belgian police have broken up a suspected four-man terror cell that was planning an attack in the country, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. Four people were arrested in Antwerp and charged with participation with a ....
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7 dead, 500 rescued as migrant boat capsizes off Libya
Date: 2016-05-25 20:45:57 GMT - Libya - World - SN:109 - ID:4981365
TRIPOLI, May 25 (MENA) - More than 500 people narrowly escaped drowning on Wednesday after their smugglers’ boat capsized in the southern Mediterranean, a series of dramatic photographs have revealed, the Guardian reported. As Italian naval ....