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  • Facebook removes 1.5mn videos of Christchurch attacks within 24 hours

    Date: 2019-03-17 18:14:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7852778

    WASHINGTON, March 17 (MENA) – Facebook said that it removed 1.5 million videos of footage from the shooting rampage at two mosques in Christchurch within 24 hours of the attack, The Washington Post reported Sunday. In a statement, Mia Garlick, ....

  • Pope prays for victims of NZ mosque terror attack

    Date: 2019-03-17 15:30:53 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:72 - ID:7852466

    VATICAN CITY, March 17 (March) - Pope Francis during the Sunday Angelus appeals for renewed gestures of peace and prayer to combat hatred and violence following the massacres at two mosques in New Zealand, Vatican News reported on Sunday. “In ....

  • Brenton Tarrant's family apologise to shooting victims

    Date: 2019-03-17 14:35:14 GMT - Australia - World - SN:66 - ID:7852465

    SYDNEY, March 17 (MENA) - The Australian family of Brenton Tarrant, who mowed down 50 Muslims in two mosques in New Zealand last Friday, have expressed sorrow and pain towards the victims of the Christchurch massacre, declaring his violence ....

  • New Zealand soccer honors Christchurch shooting victims with Sajdah

    Date: 2019-03-17 12:29:59 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:7852177

    LONDON, March 17 (MENA) - Melbourne Victory's New Zealand striker Kosta Barbarouses has honored the victims of Friday's Christchurch's mosque terrorist attacks with a touching celebration, according to UK's Goal website on Sunday. After scoring ....

  • New Zealand's Dunedin Airport closed, bomb squad called in after a 'suspicious package' is found

    Date: 2019-03-17 12:22:27 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:45 - ID:7852073

    WELLINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - Dunedin Airport in New Zealand's south island has been placed in lockdown amid fears of a 'suspicious package,' The Daily Mail reported. The airport was evacuated at about 8.10pm Sunday local time, with the ....

  • Christchurch attack 'act of terror' -- New Zealand PM

    Date: 2019-03-17 09:53:03 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:23 - ID:7851761

    WELLINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has termed a recent attack on two mosques as an "act of terror". Ardern said her cabinet would discuss issues including gun policy reform on Monday, repeating that there ....

  • Philippines leaves International Criminal Court as it probes Duterte's drugs crackdown

    Date: 2019-03-17 08:47:28 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:13 - ID:7851639

    MANILA, March 17 (MENA) - The Philippines will from Sunday (March 17) no longer be part of the treaty that created the International Criminal Court (ICC), Straits Times reported. The country's withdrawal from the Rome Statute comes a year after ....

  • Jacinda Ardern received Brenton Tarrant's manifesto nine minutes before New Zealand attack

    Date: 2019-03-17 07:01:54 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:6 - ID:7851494

    WELLINGTON, March 17 (MENA) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her office received a "manifesto" from the gunman suspected of killing 50 people in two Christchurch mosques minutes before Friday's attack, The Telegraph reported on ....

  • New Zealand PM pledges to reform gun laws

    Date: 2019-03-16 22:28:01 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:60 - ID:7851400

    WELLINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - New Zealand's prime minister has said the country's national gun laws will have to change in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shootings, Sky News reported. Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday the "primary ....

  • Trump says he told House GOP to 'play along' on Mueller report vote

    Date: 2019-03-16 22:06:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7851398

    WASHINGTON, March 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday said he encouraged House Republicans to vote in favor of a resolution calling on the Justice Department to make Robert Mueller’s final report public, according to Politico Magazine. ....

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