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  • Theresa May sends condolences to Putin over ‘terrible’ Kemerovo tragedy

    Date: 2018-03-27 19:46:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:7319334

    MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday sent a message of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Kemerovo disaster, TASS quoted the British embassy in Moscow as saying. "Speaking in the House of ....

  • Turkey commences Tal Rifaat operation

    Date: 2018-03-27 18:55:18 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:108 - ID:7319264

    ANKARA, March 27 (MENA) - Turkey has begun its takeover of Tal Rifaat, in the northern Aleppo countryside, where at least 50,000 people displaced from Afrin have sought shelter. Up to 500 people including civilians and members of the Free Syrian ....

  • Nicosia, Ankara to appear in European Court for Turkish Cypriot family murder case reexamination

    Date: 2018-03-27 15:03:56 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:91 - ID:7318972

    NICOSIA, March 27 (MENA) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) holds a hearing on Wednesday concerning the alleged lack of cooperation between the Republic of Cyprus and Turkey in the murder case of three members of a Turkish Cypriot family ....

  • Poland promises sending more troops to Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-03-27 14:59:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:7318906

    KABUL, March 27 (MENA) - The Polish president on Tuesday assured Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Afghan Government Abdullah Abdullah of sending more troops to Afghanistan, Afghan Pajhwok news agency reported. Currently, about 13,500 foreign ....

  • Jimmy Carter calls Trump's decision to hire Bolton 'a disaster for our country'

    Date: 2018-03-27 13:11:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:7318668

    WASHINGTON, March 27 (MENA) - Former president Jimmy Carter, one of the few US officials who has traveled to North Korea and met with its leaders, expressed hope for the planned White House summit with Pyongyang but warned that President Donald ....

  • Moscow: Measures to be taken against every country expelling Russian diplomats

    Date: 2018-03-27 10:00:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:7318042

    MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Moscow will take measures on every country expelling Russian diplomats and respond to the closure of Russia’s Consulate General in Seattle, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Rossiya 1 ....

  • Russian diplomats to leave Canada within ten days — minister

    Date: 2018-03-27 08:25:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:18 - ID:7317852

    MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Four Russian diplomats expelled from Canada will have ten days to leave the country, Canadian Minister of Transport Marc Garneau told reporters. He said "They have been watched for some time," the Russian news agency ....

  • Suspicious packages sent to military locations around DC

    Date: 2018-03-27 06:24:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7317642

    WASHINGTON, March 27 (MENA) - Multiple suspicious packages were mailed to military and intelligence locations throughout the Washington DC area on Monday, a law enforcement official confirmed to NBC News. The FBI is currently examining all the ....

  • Mexican navy says it didn't shoot civilians in border city

    Date: 2018-03-26 22:47:46 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:193 - ID:7317563

    MEXICO CITY, March 26 (MENA) - Mexico's navy said Monday that a helicopter called in to support marines after they were ambushed in the border city of Nuevo Laredo didn't kill the bystanders who died. The navy did not say how many civilians died ....

  • Bodies of 2 men believed to be migrants found in Greece

    Date: 2018-03-26 22:37:31 GMT - Greece - World - SN:191 - ID:7317562

    ATHENS, March 26 (MENA) - Greek authorities said the bodies of two men believed to be migrants who appear to have been killed in a fight have been found in an abandoned building in northeastern Greece, ABC News reported. Police said that the ....

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