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UK’s May urges Israel, Iran to show restraint
Date: 2018-05-10 20:18:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:110 - ID:7394536
LONDON, May 10 (MENA) – The United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday called on both Israel and Iran to exercise restraint and avoid launching more attacks. May’s call came in a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ....
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UN chief urges immediate halt to 'hostile acts' in Middle East
Date: 2018-05-10 19:30:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:108 - ID:7394511
NEW YORK, May 10 (MENA) – The United Nations says Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is urging "an immediate halt to all hostile acts" and provocative actions to avoid "a new conflagration" in the Middle East, ABC reported Thursday. The UN ....
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US Treasury imposes new sanctions on Iran - report
Date: 2018-05-10 17:50:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:7394375
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - The US Department of Treasury has blackballed six individuals allegedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three affiliated business entities, just days after the US withdrew from the 2015 ....
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Russia hits out at Britain over continued blocking of access to poisoned Skripals
Date: 2018-05-10 17:49:11 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:7394321
LONDON, May 10 (MENA) - Russia has hit out at Britain for continuing to block physical access to nerve agent victims Sergei and Yulia Skripal, Sky News reported. The country's ambassador to the UK, Alexander Yakovenko, repeated his claim that ....
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Russia vows to deepen ties with Iran despite US sanctions
Date: 2018-05-10 17:39:37 GMT - Iran - World - SN:96 - ID:7394319
MOSCOW, May 10 (MENA) - Russia is firmly committed to continuing to deepen ties with Iran despite a US decision to quit an international nuclear deal and impose new sanctions on Tehran, Interfax news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister ....
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Trump asks US Congress to cancel budget of fighting Ebola
Date: 2018-05-10 17:29:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:7394316
WASHINGTON, May 10 (MENA) - As US President Donald Trump announced his decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, the White House discreetly released an official proposal to cut funding for children’s health programs, Medicare, and Ebola ....
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Merkel stresses Germany's support for Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2018-05-10 17:21:52 GMT - Germany - World - SN:93 - ID:7394296
BERLIN, May 10 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed European powers' continued support for the Iran nuclear deal. This came during a phone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, ABC News reported on ....
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UN airlifts 132 migrants from Libya to Niger
Date: 2018-05-10 17:19:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:7394254
NEW YORK, May 10 (MENA) – The United Nations' refugee agency says it has airlifted 132 vulnerable migrants from Libya to Niger, the first group to be flown out after a two-month halt in such evacuations, Fox News reported Thursday. The UN High ....
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Italian operation arrests 14 allegedly tied to Syria terror
Date: 2018-05-10 17:12:47 GMT - Italy - World - SN:91 - ID:7394256
ROME, May 10 (MENA) - Italian prosecutors announced the breakup of a terror cell Thursday with the arrest of 11 Syrians and three Moroccans suspected of supplying the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria with fighters and 2 million euros ($2.3 ....
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5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Islamabad
Date: 2018-05-10 16:46:31 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:88 - ID:7394243
ISLAMABAD, May 10 (MENA) - A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Pakistani capital, various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper parts of the country. The earthquake's epicenter was the bordering area was Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Geo News ....