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Brazilian court orders former President Temer to be jailed again
Date: 2019-05-09 07:04:22 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:6 - ID:7934403
BRASILIA, May 9 (MENA) - A Brazilian court has ordered that former President Michel Temer be jailed again over an ongoing investigation into allegations of corruption, according to Euronews. Temer had been held for several days in March over ....
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US House committee votes to hold AG in contempt over Mueller report
Date: 2019-05-09 06:39:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7934380
WASHINGTON, May 9 (MENA) - The US House Judiciary Committee voted to advance a resolution to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt of Congress for not complying with a subpoena for special counsel Robert Mueller's unredacted report, after ....
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Trump imposes sanctions on Iran's steel, mining industries
Date: 2019-05-08 19:40:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:7934221
WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced sanctions against Iran’s steel and mining sectors, Al Arabiya reported. The White House said it was targeting the country’s biggest revenue source after oil and warned in ....
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Trump asserts executive privilege over full Mueller report
Date: 2019-05-08 18:35:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7934087
NEW YORK, May 8 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump asserted executive privilege on Wednesday in an effort to shield hidden portions of Robert S. Mueller III’s unredacted report and the evidence he collected from Congress, The New York Times ....
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Azhar decries attack on Sufi shrine in Lahore
Date: 2019-05-08 15:13:47 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:57 - ID:7933879
CAIRO, May 8 (MENA) – Al-Azhar on Wednesday categorically denounced a suicide blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore, Pakistan, that left scores dead and injured. In a press statement, it urged the international community to uproot and ....
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Japan will work on ensuring peace, stability in ME - spokesman
Date: 2019-05-08 13:27:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:44 - ID:7933534
TOKYO, May 8 (MENA) - Japan is closely following the situation after Iran suspended some commitments under an international nuclear deal and will use Tokyo's amicable ties with Tehran to ensure peace and stability in the Middle East, a government ....
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Hizbul Ahrar group claims responsibility for Lahore blast
Date: 2019-05-08 10:00:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7933120
ISLAMABAD, May 8 (MENA) - Hizbul Ahrar group, a Pakistani Taliban faction, claimed responsibility for a blast that killed at least 10 persons and wounded 20 others in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday, ABC News reported. Pakistani ....
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Strong explosion hits foreign aid organization in Kabul
Date: 2019-05-08 08:34:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7933078
KABUL, May 8 (MENA) - A heavy explosion rocked Kabul city few minutes with preliminary reports indicating the incident has taken place in Shahr-e-Naw area of the city, Khaama Press reported. Photos circulating on social media show thick plume of ....
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Suicide blast outside Data Darbar in Lahore claims 8 lives
Date: 2019-05-08 06:54:41 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7932889
ISLAMABAD, May 8 (MENA) - At least eight people, including five police officials, were killed and scores injured in a suicide blast outside the Data Darbar shrine in Lahore on Wednesday morning, Geo News quoted authorities as saying. According to ....
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Iranian president's letter submitted to G4+1 on decision to halt certain undertakings under N. Deal
Date: 2019-05-08 06:30:14 GMT - Iran - World - SN:6 - ID:7932888
TEHRAN, May 8 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's letter on stopping implementation of a number of Tehran's undertakings stated in the 2015 nuclear deal was sent to the Group 4+1 (China, Russia, France and Britain Plus Germany). Iranian ....
