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  • NATO: Alliance's missile defense is neither designed nor directed against Russia

    Date: 2018-03-02 16:44:07 GMT - Germany - World - SN:54 - ID:7274322

    MUNICH, March 2 (MENA) - NATO spokeswoman Oana Lungescu said that the alliance's missile defense is neither designed nor directed against Russia, Russia Today reported Friday. "As we have repeatedly made clear, the alliance's missile defense is ....

  • Two killed in shooting at Central Michigan University

    Date: 2018-03-02 16:01:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:7274226

    WASHINGTON, March 2 (MENA) - Two persons have been killed in a shooting at the Central Michigan University campus on Friday, Alhurra news channel reported. The broadcast quoted Police in Michigan as saying that the Central Michigan University ....

  • Global-PRNewswire(2):Miami International Holdings, Inc. Reports Record Activity for February 2018; MIAX Exchange Group Sets New Daily and Monthly Records

    Date: 2018-03-02 14:39:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:7274099

    Miami International Holdings, Inc. Reports Record Activity for February 2018; MIAX Exchange Group Sets New Daily and Monthly Records PRINCETON, New Jersey, March 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ MENA/-- Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported ....

  • Philippine president dismisses 400 police officers over corruption

    Date: 2018-03-02 14:05:51 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:41 - ID:7273897

    MANILA, March 2 (MENA) - Nearly 400 police officers have been dismissed in Philippines crackdown since mid-2016, police said separately, as Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte also pushes to rid the force of other abuses. Most dismissals were ....

  • Russian, Iranian, Turkish FMs to meet in Astana on March 16 for talks on Syria

    Date: 2018-03-02 14:05:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7273873

    MOSCOW, March 2 (MENA) - The foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey will meet in Astana on March 16 to discuss the situation in Syria, RIA Novosti reported Friday. In statements to reporters, the charge d' affairs of the Russian embassy in ....

  • Explosion in Afghan capital kills young girl, wounds 15

    Date: 2018-03-02 11:08:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7273591

    KABUL, March 2 (MENA) - A large explosion that hit the eastern part of the Afghan capital on Friday morning killed at least one person; a young girl, and wounded 15, Afghan officials said. Mohammad Musa Zahir, a doctor at the area's Wazir Akbar ....

  • US ambassador to Mexico resigns amid strained relations

    Date: 2018-03-01 22:29:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:118 - ID:7273248

    WASHINGTON, March 1 (MENA) - The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Roberta Jacobson, is resigning from her post this spring amid strained relations between the two countries and on the heels of other notable departures from the State Department, ABC News ....

  • Cyprus rules out Peace Talks After Turkey blockade

    Date: 2018-03-01 21:02:10 GMT - Greece - World - SN:111 - ID:7273190

    ATHENS, March (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has said Turkey’s “illegal” actions were impeding reunification talks for the island, Greek Reporter reported. Anastasiades said fresh negotiations were unlikely any time soon because ....

  • 2 Syrian refugees on trial in Germany on terrorism charges

    Date: 2018-03-01 20:47:19 GMT - Germany - World - SN:110 - ID:7273193

    BERLIN, March 1 (MENA) - Two Syrians have gone on trial in Berlin on allegations they fought with Islamic extremist organizations in their home country, ABC News reported. Abdulmalk A., 31, and Anas Ibrahim A.S., 26, who came to Germany as ....

  • Britain urges UN human rights council meeting over Syria onslaught

    Date: 2018-03-01 18:15:42 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:94 - ID:7272953

    GENEVA, March 1 (MENA) – Britain has called for the UN Human Rights Council to hold an urgent meeting on the deteriorating situation in the Syrian suburb of Eastern Ghouta, after ceasefires there failed to stem the violence, the Telegraph ....

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