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  • Pope sends sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate bishop

    Date: 2018-01-30 16:02:52 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:63 - ID:7218846

    VATICAN CITY, Jan 30 (MENA) - Pope Francis is sending the Vatican's most respected sex crimes expert to Chile to investigate a bishop accused by victims of covering up for the country's most notorious pedophile priest, ABC News reported. The ....

  • The Latest: Putin says US list of Russians is ‘hostile step’

    Date: 2018-01-30 14:50:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:55 - ID:7218607

    MOSCOW, Jan 30 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says the Trump administration’s list of top officials and business people is a “hostile step” that harms relations between Russia and the United States, The Washington Post reported. Just ....

  • Arab countries need to do more to create jobs, empower SMEs, IMF chief says

    Date: 2018-01-30 14:31:34 GMT - Morocco - World - SN:52 - ID:7218311

    MARRAKESH, Jan 30 (MENA) - IMF managing director said Arab countries need to do more to create jobs, empower small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) and bolster inclusive growth as the region grapples with the highest youth unemployment rate in ....

  • Sweden charges Uzbek man with terrorist crime last year in Stockholm

    Date: 2018-01-30 13:11:48 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:37 - ID:7218213

    STOCKHOLM, Jan 30 (MENA) - An Uzbek man who rammed a stolen truck into a crowd in downtown Stockholm in April, killing five and injuring 14, was charged Tuesday with terrorism, attempts to carry out a terror act and causing others to be endangered, ....

  • UNICEF seeks $3.6 billion in emergency assistance for 48 million children caught up in catastrophic humanitarian crises

    Date: 2018-01-30 13:05:26 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:36 - ID:7218206

    NEW YORK, Jan 30 (MENA) - UNICEF appealed on Tuesday for $3.6 billion to provide lifesaving humanitarian assistance to 48 million children living through conflict, natural disasters and other emergencies in 51 countries in 2018. A statement ....

  • Price of conflict is too high': hunger at crisis levels in eight countries

    Date: 2018-01-30 10:07:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:18 - ID:7217851

    LONDON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The number of hungry people living in conflict zones is rising, with eight countries recording crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity in at least a quarter of their people, food agencies warned the United Nations ....

  • Trump declines to implement new Russia sanctions

    Date: 2018-01-30 10:04:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:7217806

    WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (MENA) - The Trump administration told US Congress that bipartisan legislation passed last year authorizing new sanctions on Russia is already "serving as a deterrent," and there's no need to actually implement the penalties at ....

  • Top U.S. Air Force officials vow 'extended deterrence' for S. Korea

    Date: 2018-01-30 07:19:52 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:7217676

    SEOUL, Jan 30 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson assured South Korea on Tuesday of an extended deterrence commitment, during a meeting with a top defense official here, Yonhap News Agency reported. She discussed alliance ....

  • Seven persons killed, injured in IED blast in Pakistan

    Date: 2018-01-30 06:40:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:2 - ID:7217637

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 30 (MENA) - Six people, including three women, lost their lives when a roadside bomb blew off near their car in the Maqbal area of Kurram Agency in Pakistan, Geo News reported. Another person was injured in the explosion near the ....

  • Russian says it intercepted US spy plane over Black Sea

    Date: 2018-01-29 22:17:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:7217553

    MOSCOW, Jan 29 (MENA) - A Russian Su-27 jet has forced an American Lockheed EP-3 surveillance plane to abort its mission over the Black Sea. The jet "took all necessary precautions," the Russian Ministry of Defense was quoted by Russia Today as ....

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