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Plane with 2 adults, 2 children from US missing in Bahamas
Date: 2017-05-16 18:34:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:6814276
WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - Authorities were searching Tuesday in the Bahamas for a small overdue plane with four people from the US on board, including two children. The US Coast Guard says the twin-engine MU-2B was east of the island of ....
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UN special envoy for Afghanistan meets Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
Date: 2017-05-16 16:23:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:65 - ID:6814049
KABUL, May 16 (MENA) - The United Nations special envoy for Afghanistan met on Tuesday with leader of Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Kabul, Khaama Press reported. The meeting took place as part of the United Nations support to the Afghan ....
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Turkish PM vows ‘cross-border operations’ if US assurance not given
Date: 2017-05-16 15:48:03 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:62 - ID:6813981
ANKARA, May 16 (MENA) - Turkey will not hesitate to launch cross-border military operations against “terror organization” if necessary assurances are not given by the U.S., Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said ahead of a meeting between President ....
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Germany needs to choose between coup plotters and Turkey: Turkish PM
Date: 2017-05-16 13:49:50 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:46 - ID:6813553
ANKARA, May 16 (MENA) - Germany needs to needs to choose Turkey over Gulenist Terror Group supporters (FETÖ) who perpetrated the deadly coup attempt, if it wants to improve relations with Turkey, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım was quoted by Daily ....
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Russia denies US reports on secret information from Trump to Lavrov
Date: 2017-05-16 12:47:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:6813570
MOSCOW, May 16 (MENA) - Spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova has described as fake reports that US President Donald Trump revealed classified information. Zakharova termed the reports as “yet another” false story while ....
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Pope sends congratulations to new French leader
Date: 2017-05-16 12:44:18 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:37 - ID:6813617
VATICAN CITY, May 16 (MENA) - Pope Francis has sent new French President Emmanuel Macron his congratulations and a few words of encouragement, ABC News reported Tuesday. The pope's telegram urged Macron to "always take care to build a more just ....
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Emmanuel Macron Names Édouard Philippe as French Prime Minister
Date: 2017-05-16 11:41:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:6813219
NEW YORK, May 16 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday named Le Havre Mayor Édouard Philippe as his prime minister, handing a top position in his government to a moderate from France’s conservative Les Républicains party. The move ....
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Afghan forces retake district near northern city of Kunduz
Date: 2017-05-16 09:13:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:6813067
KABUL, May 16 (MENA) - Afghan security forces have regained control of a district center close to the northern city of Kunduz that fell to Taliban insurgents earlier this month, officials said on Tuesday, according to Khaama Press. A statement ....
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2 dead as Venezuela protests turn violent outside capital
Date: 2017-05-16 06:10:23 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:3 - ID:6812893
CARACAS, May 16 (MENA) - A day that began with largely peaceful protests against Venezuela's socialist government took a violent turn Monday as fierce clashes between state security and demonstrators killed at least two people, ABC news reported ....
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Four ICRC employees kidnapped in central Mali
Date: 2017-05-16 06:06:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:2 - ID:6812890
GENEVA, May 16 (MENA) - Four local members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in central Mali, Russia Today reported Tuesday. "Colleagues of the International Committee of the Red Cross ....
