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US attorney general Sessions announces Hezbollah financing and narcoterrorism team
Date: 2018-01-11 16:44:43 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:7186233
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (MENA) - Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Hezbollah Financing and Narcoterrorism Team (HFNT), a group of experienced international narcotics trafficking, terrorism, organized crime, and money laundering ....
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Dutch intelligence: we thwarted 4 terror plots since 2011
Date: 2018-01-11 14:49:35 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:59 - ID:7185899
AMSTERDAM, Jan 11 (MENA) - Dutch security forces have thwarted four planned terror attacks in the Netherlands since late 2011, the country's top spy chief was quoted by France24 news channel as saying. Rob Bertholee said that he could say his ....
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Netanyahu to meet with Trump in Washington in March
Date: 2018-01-11 14:46:51 GMT - Israel - World - SN:57 - ID:7185939
GAZA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he will meet with US President Donald Trump in Washington in March, and possibly before, Haartez newspaper reported Thursday. Addressing potential funding cuts to UNRWA, ....
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Egyptian amb. conveys Sisi's greetings to German president
Date: 2018-01-11 13:49:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:47 - ID:7185764
BERLIN, Jan 11 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador here Badr Abdel Atti conveyed Thursday the greetings of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on the occasion of the new year. This came on the ....
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20 Taliban militants killed in military operations in Afghan Nangarhar
Date: 2018-01-11 13:06:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:7185542
KABUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - At least 20 Taliban militants were killed, including four of the movement's leaders, in a military operation launched by the Afghan Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The military operation was ....
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US uncovers new travel advisories for US travelers
Date: 2018-01-11 12:29:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:7185418
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (MENA) - The US has revamped its warnings about the risks of traveling to other countries, the US State Department announced on Thursday. The improvements aim to provide US citizens with clear, timely, and reliable safety and ....
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UK refuses Ecuador's request for diplomatic immunity for Assange
Date: 2018-01-11 11:35:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:7185416
LONDON, Jan 11 (MENA) - Britain's Foreign Office said it has rejected Ecuador's request to grant diplomatic status to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who has been living in the nation's embassy in London since 2012 to avoid arrest by UK ....
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US military investigates shooting video in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-01-11 09:32:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7185053
KABUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - The US military is investigating a shooting in Afghanistan based on a video posted to the Internet showing what appears to be a US service member firing his weapon into a civilian truck. "I have reviewed the video and I am ....
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Iranian media: 5.1 magnitude earthquake rocks southern Iran
Date: 2018-01-11 08:38:46 GMT - Iran - World - SN:9 - ID:7184917
TEHRAN, Jan 11 (MENA) - Iranian media are reporting that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake has jolted the country’s southern province of Kerman, Fars News Agency reported. The official IRNA news agency says the temblor rocked the village of Hojedk, ....
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Russia's embassy blasts US for pressuring Russian media
Date: 2018-01-11 07:20:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7184874
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (MENA) - The United States continues "unacceptable practices of pressure on Russian media instead of mutually beneficial cooperation," the Russian news agency Tass reported on Thursday, quoting the Russian embassy in ....
