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Russia receives OPCW replies to questions over Salisbury incident

Date: 2018-05-08 22:46:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:132 - ID:7390650

MOSCOW, May 8 (MENA) - Russia's permanent mission has received answers from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to its questions following the publication of the OPCW report concerning the incident in Britain's Salisbury, ....

100,000 migrants fled to war-torn Yemen in 2017: IOM

Date: 2018-05-08 22:40:03 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:130 - ID:7390853

GENEVA, May 8 (MENA) - Nearly 100,000 migrants fled last year to Yemen, itself gripped by war and impending famine, to escape poverty and violence at home, the Daily Mail quoted the International Organization for Migration (IOM) as saying ....

Greek police arrest 14 on terror-funding charges

Date: 2018-05-08 19:48:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:112 - ID:7390644

ATHENS, May 8 (MENA) - A Greek police counter-terrorism unit on Tuesday arrested 14 people — including one Albanian national — on charges of funding a terrorist group and money laundering, according to Greek Reporter. The defendants, eleven men ....

France, Germany, UK regret Trump's Iran decision

Date: 2018-05-08 19:44:57 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:111 - ID:7390835

LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and British Prime Minister Theresa May regretted on Tuesday night US President Donald Trump's announcement on Iran's nuclear deal. According to Sky News, ....

Macron, Trump tackle peace, stability in ME

Date: 2018-05-08 18:06:13 GMT - France - World - SN:103 - ID:7390636

PARIS, May 8 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron had a telephone talks with US President Donald Trump on peace and stability in the Middle East, the Elysee Palace said in a statement on Tuesday. Ahead of Trump's announcement about his ....

Trump defends 'tough on terror' CIA director nominee

Date: 2018-05-08 13:36:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:7389899

WASHINGTON, May 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has defended his embattled nominee for CIA director, claiming Democrats only oppose his pick because she is “too tough on terror”, The Independent reported. “My highly respected nominee for CIA ....

Oxford shooting: Man, 24, arrested after 14-hour police standoff

Date: 2018-05-08 09:50:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:27 - ID:7389286

LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - A man, 24, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after gunfire was heard on Paradise Square, the Daily Star reported. Thames Valley Police said in a statement on Twitter: "A firearms incident in Paradise ....

Global(3):Guns N' Roses to Headline Sunday Night Yasalam After-Race Concert at 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Date: 2018-05-08 08:38:15 GMT - United Arab Emirates - World - SN:16 - ID:7389133

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, May 8, 2018/PRNewswire/ -- Yas Marina Circuit and FLASH Entertainment have today revealed the next global music superstars to perform at this year's Yasalam After-Race Concert as part of the FORMULA 1 2018 ETIHAD ....

2 dead, 14 injured after trains collide in Germany

Date: 2018-05-08 08:18:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:12 - ID:7388995

BERLIN, May 8 (MENA) - Authorities say two people have died and 14 have been injured after a passenger train hit a stationary cargo train in southern Germany late Monday, The New York Post reported. Police said those killed were the driver of the ....

Cypriot FM hails UN bid for new peace talks

Date: 2018-05-07 21:57:23 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:95 - ID:7388858

NICOSIA, May 7 (MENA) - Cyprus' foreign minister urged an immediate UN bid on Monday to scope out prospects of quickly restarting moribund talks to reunify the ethnically divided island, ABC News reported. Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides ....