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  • Lavrov: US starts turning heat up on EU over Iran deal

    Date: 2018-05-15 14:09:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7402348

    MOSCOW, May 15 (MENA) - European countries have come under the gun from Washington over the Iranian nuclear deal, Russia’s Acting Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference. TASS news agency quoted as saying on Tuesday "All other ....

  • Ireland summons Israeli ambassador over Gaza confrontations

    Date: 2018-05-15 13:17:16 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:53 - ID:7402173

    DUBLIN, May 15 (MENA) - Ireland summoned the Israeli ambassador in Dublin Tuesday to communicate its “shock and dismay” over the deaths of dozens of Palestinians during confrontations with Israeli security forces along the border with the Gaza ....

  • Japan deeply concerned over Gaza clashes after US embassy move to Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-05-15 09:47:47 GMT - Japan - World - SN:24 - ID:7401632

    TOKYO, May 15 (MENA) - Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono expressed regret on Tuesday over the fatal clashes in Gaza in the wake of the relocation of the US Embassy to Jerusalem. In press statements, Kono said "It is extremely regrettable. We ....

  • Cyprus concerned with serious escalation of situation in Gaza

    Date: 2018-05-15 07:24:02 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:11 - ID:7401407

    NICOSIA, May 15 (MENA) - Cyprus government on Tuesday voiced its concern over the serious escalation of the situation in Gaza after moving the US Embassy to al Quds, Cyprus News Agency reported. Cyprus maintains the position that the final ....

  • Malaysia opposes opening of US Embassy in Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-05-15 06:52:27 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:8 - ID:7401363

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (MENA) - Malaysia is strongly opposed to the decision by the United States government to the official opening of its embassy in Jerusalem that took place on Monday, Bernama News Agency reported. In a statement, the Foreign ....

  • Daesh claims attack on Indonesia police site: SITE

    Date: 2018-05-14 20:32:13 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:114 - ID:7401091

    JAKARTA, May 14 (MENA) - Daesh has claimed a suicide bombing of a police headquarters in Indonesia's second largest city Surabaya Monday, according to the SITE monitoring group. A family of five, including a child, carried out the suicide bombing ....

  • Germany eyes goal of 1.5 percent defense spending by 2025

    Date: 2018-05-14 19:41:21 GMT - Germany - World - SN:109 - ID:7401056

    BERLIN, May 14 (MENA) - Germany's defense minister said Berlin will raise its military spending to 1.5 percent of GDP by 2025 — far short of the 2 percent goal demanded of NATO members by US President Donald Trump, ABC News reported. Defense ....

  • 12 terror plots thwarted in the UK since March 2017, says spy chief

    Date: 2018-05-14 19:11:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:106 - ID:7401037

    BERLIN, May 14 (MENA) - Authorities have thwarted 12 terror plots in the United Kingdom since the Westminster attack in March 2017, bringing the total number of foiled attacks in the country since 2013 to 25, the head of the UK’s domestic ....

  • EU foreign ministers blast US decision to move embassy to Jerusalem

    Date: 2018-05-14 18:37:12 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:101 - ID:7400929

    BRUSSELS, May 14 (MENA) - European foreign ministers said the US decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem is unwise and likely to exacerbate tensions, ABC News reported. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said Monday that the move "is ....

  • Police headquarters attacked in Surabaya

    Date: 2018-05-14 06:19:49 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:5 - ID:7399198

    JAKARTA, May 14 (MENA) - Police have confirmed that a family of four suicide bombers have died in an attack on a Surabaya police station this morning, Sky news reported. The four militants, on motorcycles, blew themselves up outside the police ....

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