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  • Britain strips two more Daesh mothers of citizenship

    Date: 2019-03-10 07:11:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:9 - ID:7840555

    LONDON, March 10 (MENA) - Two more women from the UK who are being held in Syrian camps with their young children have been stripped of their citizenship, the BBC News reported on Sunday. It comes after the death in a Syrian camp of the baby son ....

  • US citizens to register to visit parts of Europe starting in 2021

    Date: 2019-03-09 22:58:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7840440

    WASHINGTON, March 9 (MENA) - US citizens visiting parts of Europe will need authorization from the European Union come 2021, CNN reported on Saturday. The EU announced last year it was creating a European Travel Information and Authorization ....

  • UK activists throw 'blood' outside Downing Street

    Date: 2019-03-09 22:16:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:7840395

    LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - Extinction Rebellion activists have thrown buckets of "blood" outside UK's Downing Street to call for greater action on climate change, according to the Guardian on Saturday. About 400 demonstrators, including families ....

  • Japanese woman, 116, recognized as world's oldest person

    Date: 2019-03-09 15:04:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:36 - ID:7839987

    TOKYO, March 9 (MENA) - Kane Tanaka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman in the southwestern city of Fukuoka of Japan, has been recognized as the world's oldest living person, Guinness World Records said on Saturday. Tanaka was born on Jan. 2, 1903, ....

  • Colombia to allow Venezuelans to enter on expired passports

    Date: 2019-03-09 14:42:38 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:33 - ID:7839927

    BOGOTA, March 9 (MENA) - Colombia will allow Venezuelans to cross the border using expired passports in view of the difficulty of renewing travel documents in the neighboring country in the midst of its economic crisis, the migration agency ....

  • India calls on US to investigate Pakistan's alleged use of F-16 jets

    Date: 2019-03-09 14:11:38 GMT - India - World - SN:31 - ID:7839764

    NEW DELHI, March 9 (MENA) - India has called on the United States to investigate Pakistan's alleged use of American-made F-16 jets during an aerial engagement last month that brought the two nuclear armed neighbors to the brink of conflict, CNN ....

  • Russia: US diplomat tried to carry mortar shell in luggage at Moscow airport

    Date: 2019-03-09 13:52:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:7839950

    MOSCOW, March 9 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry has announced that it expects the US Department of State to explain the actions of one of its employees after a mortar shell was found in the luggage of a US embassy worker in Moscow’s ....

  • Taliban commander killed in airstrike in Afghanistan

    Date: 2019-03-09 10:47:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7839582

    KABUL, March 9 (MENA) - A Taliban commander who was involved in high profile attacks and assassinations has been killed in an airstrike in central Maidan Wardak province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. According to informed ....

  • Pakistan: Opening of airspace delayed for transit flights till March 11

    Date: 2019-03-09 09:48:04 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7839507

    ISLAMABAD, March 9 (MENA) - Pakistan's airspace will remain closed for all transit flights till March 11, Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said on Saturday. The CAA released a new notification, as per which the opening of Pakistan's ....

  • UK rejects EU's offer on Ireland

    Date: 2019-03-09 08:27:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:7839439

    LONDON, March 9 (MENA) - The UK has rejected a proposal by the EU that would allow the so-called Irish backstop to apply only to Northern Ireland rather than the whole UK. The backstop is an insurance policy designed to prevent physical checks ....

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