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  • 28 Haitians die when boat sinks off Bahamas

    Date: 2019-02-04 06:39:17 GMT - The Bahamas - World - SN:2 - ID:7787843

    NASSAU, Feb 4 (MENA) - Bahamian officials say a boat smuggling Haitian migrants has sunk, leaving 28 people dead and 17 others in police custody, The Washington Post reported. Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle of the Royal Bahamas Defense Force ....

  • Nuclear envoys of S. Korea, US meet ahead of summit preparation talks

    Date: 2019-02-03 21:58:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:91 - ID:7787528

    SEOUL, Feb 3 (MENA) - The top nuclear envoys of South Korea and the United States held talks Sunday ahead of working-level negotiations between Washington and Pyongyang over a second summit between their leaders slated for late this month, Yonhap ....

  • UK home secretary warns against calling snap election amid Brexit chaos

    Date: 2019-02-03 20:59:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:89 - ID:7787703

    LONDON, Feb 3 (MENA) – UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid said the last thing the country needs is an early general election, The Independent reported Sunday. "The people would never forgive us for it," he warned. His remarks come amid reports ....

  • 2 killed, 5 wounded in drive-by shooting outside Chicago bar

    Date: 2019-02-03 20:56:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7787706

    WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) – US authorities said two people were killed and five others wounded in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning outside a bar on Chicago's far South Side, ABC reported. The attack happened at around 2 am Sunday after a ....

  • France warns Venezuela's Maduro: 'Ultimatum ends tonight'

    Date: 2019-02-03 18:53:54 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:83 - ID:7787445

    BRUSSELS, Feb 3 (MENA) - France warned Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro that a deadline to organize elections ran out Sunday night and that Paris was preparing to recognize his opponent, Juan Guaido, France 24 reported. This comes as the ....

  • Trump says he wants to keep US troops in Iraq to 'be able to watch' Iran

    Date: 2019-02-03 18:46:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:7787444

    WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said he wants to keep US troops in Iraq in order to “watch” Iran, The Guardian reported Sunday. Despite the invasion of Iraq being “one of the greatest mistakes … that our country has ever ....

  • Cuban FM calls for mobilization to defend Venezuela

    Date: 2019-02-03 15:09:12 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:67 - ID:7787280

    HAVANA, Feb 3 (MENA) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Sunday called for mobilization to defend Venezuela and "stop the imperialist intervention in Latin America," ECNS news website reported. "The US government, the true mastermind ....

  • 7 killed, 10 wounded after train derails in India

    Date: 2019-02-03 06:01:07 GMT - India - World - SN:4 - ID:7786308

    NEW DELHI, Feb 3 (MENA) - Seven people died on Sunday after seven carriages of the Delhi-bound Seemanchal Express derailed in Vaishali district of Bihar, ABC news reported quoting railway officials. The accident took place at 3:58 am in Sahadai ....

  • Trump's former doctor appointed chief medical adviser

    Date: 2019-02-02 22:57:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:7786250

    WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (MENA) - US President Trump on Saturday appointed Rear Adm. Ronny L. Jackson, his former personal physician who is under investigation by a Pentagon watchdog, as White House chief medical adviser and assistant to the president, the ....

  • Pope Vatican mulls delivering criticism of nuke production during Japan visit

    Date: 2019-02-02 21:51:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:58 - ID:7786199

    NAGASAKI, Feb 2 (MENA) - Pope Francis is eager to deliver a message from one of Japan's two atomic-bombed cities that the making of nuclear weapons -- not just their use or possession -- is unethical, a Japanese Catholic source was quoted by Kyodo ....

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