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  • ICRC: Hardest hit communities remain cut off from outside assistance due to cyclone Idai

    Date: 2019-03-29 16:13:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:51 - ID:7871932

    GENEVA, March 29 (MENA) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned as flood-waters from Cyclone Idai recede, the scale of the devastation left behind is becoming clearer. But, some of the hardest hit communities remain cut off from ....

  • Trump advisor warns against deploying military assets to Venezuela

    Date: 2019-03-29 15:43:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:7872043

    WASHINGTON, March 29 (MENA) - A top White House advisor on Friday issued a veiled warning to "direct threat" to international peace, CNBC reported. "We strongly caution actors external to the Western Hemisphere against deploying military assets ....

  • US will never remove sanctions on Moscow, says Russian PM

    Date: 2019-03-29 15:20:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:7872042

    MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) - Washington will never remove sanctions on Moscow because this is what its policies have been based on for years, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said while answering questions from users of the VKontakte social ....

  • Irish party says will not support Brexit deal

    Date: 2019-03-29 13:44:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:7871770

    LONDON, March 29 (MENA) - Irish Democratic Unionist Party lawmaker Sammy Wilson said on Friday he, and the rest of his party, would oppose the government's attempt to get approval for its European Union Withdrawal Agreement at a vote later and on ....

  • Kremlin calls on US to respect Russia’s right to cooperate with Venezuela

    Date: 2019-03-29 12:46:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:7871767

    MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) - Third countries should not worry about Russia-Venezuela relations, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, highlighting the need to respect the right to cooperation. "We don’t think that third ....

  • Afghan officials: Taliban targets police, kill 17 policemen

    Date: 2019-03-29 09:44:01 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7871409

    KABUL, March 29 (MENA) - Afghan officials said the latest Taliban attacks have killed 17 policemen across the country, ABC News reported on Friday. Nik Mohammad Nazari, spokesman in northern Badakhshan province, said three policemen were killed ....

  • 2 terrorists killed, 4 soldiers injured in Jammu & Kashmir's Budgam

    Date: 2019-03-29 08:45:18 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7871288

    NEW DELHI, March 29 (MENA) - Two terrorists were killed and four soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter between terrorists and security forces in Nowgam area of Jammu and Kashmir's Budgam district, India's NDTV reported on Friday. Security ....

  • Heavy firing exchange at LoC in J&K's poonch

    Date: 2019-03-29 08:38:43 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:7871286

    NEW DELHI, March 29 (MENA) - Soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch on Friday exchanged heavy firing along the Line of Control, the Indian defence ministry said. India's NDTV quoted Ministry spokesperson Lt. Col. Devender Anand as saying that ....

  • Denmark plans to deprive jihadists' children of their citizenship

    Date: 2019-03-28 21:49:32 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:83 - ID:7871130

    COPENHAGEN, March 28 (MENA) –Denmark's immigration ministry on Thursday said children born abroad to Danish jihadists will no longer receive Danish citizenship, Euronews reported. "As their parents have turned their back on Denmark, there is no ....

  • 50 persons mildly Injured In train collision in north Italy

    Date: 2019-03-28 21:48:43 GMT - Italy - World - SN:82 - ID:7871142

    ROME, March 28 (MENA) - About 50 people received mild injuries as a result of the collision of two trains in the northern Como province of Italy, the country's fire department said on Thursday. The cause of the accident was one train's departure ....

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