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Pittsburgh cartoonist says he was fired after 25 years for making fun of Trump
Date: 2018-06-17 22:38:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:7448152
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - A cartoonist who lost his job at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette believes his searing portrayals of Donald Trump were the most likely cause of his firing, the Guardian reported on Sunday. Rob Rogers was terminated on ....
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Trump faces Father’s Day pleas to end separations of migrant families
Date: 2018-06-17 22:31:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7448053
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - Numerous Democratic lawmakers and immigration advocates used the Father’s Day holiday on Sunday to amplify calls for an end to US President Donald Trump administration’s policy of separating migrant families who cross ....
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UNHCR warns against repeat of Aquarius disembarkation standoff
Date: 2018-06-17 22:17:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:63 - ID:7447914
GENEVA, June 17 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, applauded Spain for its actions in bringing to an end a sea-rescue crisis on the Mediterranean after a ship, the Aquarius, was refused permission to land and disembark elsewhere more than 600 ....
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8 Kenyan police killed by roadside bomb in country's east
Date: 2018-06-17 18:59:08 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:53 - ID:7448026
NAIROBI, June 17 (MENA) - A Kenyan legislator said eight police officers have died in his constituency after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a roadside bomb planted by suspected extremists, ABC News reported on Sunday. Ahmed ....
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Violent deaths overshadow Nicaragua crisis talks
Date: 2018-06-17 17:18:41 GMT - Nicaragua - World - SN:46 - ID:7447943
MANAGUA, June 17 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed in Managua, police sources said, raising to 178 the number of deaths in anti-government unrest that began two months ago in Nicaragua. Six of the dead were members of a single family ....
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5.2-magnitude earthquake in parts of Punjab
Date: 2018-06-17 16:28:11 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:43 - ID:7447926
ISLAMABAD, June 17 (MENA) - A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck parts of Pakistan's Punjab. The epicenter of the earthquake was 42 kilometers west of DG Khan with a depth of 10 km, Geo News quoted the United States Geological Survey (USGS) as ....
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Pope Francis presses for talks on Yemen amid humanitarian crisis
Date: 2018-06-17 16:15:35 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:42 - ID:7447906
VATICAN, June 17 (MENA) - Pope Francis is pressing for negotiations involving the sides in the Yemen conflict so the humanitarian crisis does not worsen. In public remarks, Francis said he was following "with worry the dramatic fate of the ....
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Woman hurts 2 in south France with box cutter
Date: 2018-06-17 13:24:45 GMT - France - World - SN:32 - ID:7447733
PARIS, June 17 (MENA) - French media are reporting that a woman crying "Allahu akbar" - "God is great" in Arabic - has hurt two people with a box cutter at a supermarket in southern France. Europe 1 radio quoted the prosecutor of Toulon as saying ....
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Suicide attack leaves nearly 70 dead, wounded in Jalalabad city
Date: 2018-06-17 13:12:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:7447676
KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - Nearly 70 people were killed or wounded after a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the governor’s compound in Jalalabad city city at around 3 pm local time. The eyewitnesses in the area are saying that a suicide ....
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21 killed, injured in New Jersey arts festival shooting
Date: 2018-06-17 13:11:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:7447714
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - Nearly two dozen people were injured after gunfire broke out early Sunday during a fight at an all-night art event in southern US state of New Jersey, leaving one suspect dead and authorities investigating if any others ....
