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Faster help needed for displaced refugees in Sri Lanka - UNHCR
Date: 2019-05-10 15:01:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:36 - ID:7936277
GENEVA, May 10 (MENA) - Almost three weeks on from the devastating Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency remains extremely concerned both at the impact this has had on Sri Lankans themselves and by the continuing situation ....
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Three hurt after plane collides with fuel truck at Toronto airport
Date: 2019-05-10 14:27:08 GMT - Canada - World - SN:32 - ID:7936260
OTTAWA, May 10 (MENA) - An aircraft with 50 passengers on board collided with a fuel truck at Canada's busiest airport early Friday, Euronews reported Friday. The incident occurred as an Air Canada Jazz plane was taxiing on the apron at Toronto ....
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N. Korea says it conducted long-range strike drills under oversight of leader Kim
Date: 2019-05-10 08:22:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:7935733
SEOUL/PYONGYANG, May 10 (MENA) - North Korea has conducted long-range strike drills, Yonhap news agency quoted state media as reporting on Friday, a day after the communist state launched what were presumed to be two short-range missiles into the ....
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Trump to nominate Shanahan as defense secretary - White House
Date: 2019-05-09 21:49:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:7935600
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump plans to nominate Patrick Shanahan, a former Boeing Co executive, as his defense secretary, the White House said on Thursday, breaking with tradition by choosing someone who made a career at a top ....
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US joins Japan, India in show of force in South China Sea
Date: 2019-05-09 20:37:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7935545
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - The US Navy said Thursday that it joined warships from India, Japan and the Philippines in a show of force in the South China Sea. While the US frequently conducts exercises in the contested region, this multilateral ....
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European powers reject Iran's nuclear "ultimatums"
Date: 2019-05-09 19:56:25 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:75 - ID:7935537
BRUSSELS, May 9 (MENA) - European powers have rejected Iranian “ultimatums” over a landmark nuclear deal, in a sign of the deepening crisis engulfing the accord a year after US president Donald Trump pulled out, CNBC reported. The EU, France, ....
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US airstrike in Somali mountains nets 13 dead terrorists, no civilians killed - AFRICOM
Date: 2019-05-09 19:50:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:7935492
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - A US airstrike targeting a mountain outpost of Daesh terror group (banned in Russia) killed 13 terrorists with no civilian deaths, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a press release on Thursday. "At this time, it ....
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Trump urges Iran to talk over nuclear program, cannot rule out military action
Date: 2019-05-09 18:20:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:7935428
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Iran's leadership to sit down and talk with him about giving up Tehran's nuclear program and said he could not rule out a military confrontation given the heightened tensions ....
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Pyatt: US remains ‘invested’ in Greece’s economic recovery
Date: 2019-05-09 17:44:25 GMT - Greece - World - SN:67 - ID:7935383
ATHENS, May 9 (MENA) - The United States remain “invested” in Greece’s economic recovery following the debt-hit country’s official exit from the bailout programs, the American ambassador in Athens, Geoffrey Pyatt, said Thursday, while praising ....
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Putin discussed Iran, Middle East with members of Russian security council - Peskov
Date: 2019-05-09 15:26:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7935161
MOSCOW, May 9 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation around the Iran nuclear deal and middle Eastern issues with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday ....
