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  • New Year's Eve murders: four young men stabbed to death in London

    Date: 2018-01-01 14:30:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:7169431

    LONDON, Jan 1 (MENA) - Four young men were stabbed to death in London between New Year's Eve and the morning of New Year's Day. Detectives are investigating the four unrelated murders, and a fifth stabbing which occurred that day but did not ....

  • Trump: Time for change in Iran

    Date: 2018-01-01 14:01:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:33 - ID:7169371

    WASHINGTON, Jan 1 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump in a tweet early Monday said that it is time for change in Iran, following protests that have left at least ten people dead. “Iran is failing at every level despite the terrible deal made with ....

  • Kim Jong Un stresses impossibility of war on North Korea

    Date: 2018-01-01 13:17:18 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:29 - ID:7169289

    PYONGYANG, Jan 1 (MENA) - North Korea's President Kim Jong Un affirmed that the war on North Korea is impossible because, its nuclear arsenal is complete, Newsweek magazine reported Monday. Kim said in a broadcast New Year’s address that the ....

  • Venezuela to raise minimum wage despite economic crisis

    Date: 2018-01-01 10:21:40 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:15 - ID:7168769

    CARACAS, Jan 1 (MENA) - Venezuela is set to raise its minimum wage by 40%, in a move expected to worsen already high levels of inflation, BBC reported on Monday. The country is suffering from an economic crisis in which shortages of food and ....

  • White House: Iranian protesters 'deserve to be heard'

    Date: 2018-01-01 09:41:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7168768

    NEW YORK, Jan 1 (MENA) - The White House again voiced its support for the people in Iran protesting its government, while criticizing any efforts by Tehran to censor them, The Hill reported on Monday. "We support the right of the Iranian people to ....

  • Bulgaria takes over EU presidency

    Date: 2018-01-01 08:33:12 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:9 - ID:7168645

    SOFIA, Jan 1 (MENA) - Bulgaria has taken up the rotating six-month EU Council presidency, Deutsche Welle reported on its website Monday. Taking over the EU presidency in the present times poses a serious challenge for Bulgaria. Ongoing Brexit ....

  • 10 Americans killed in Costa Rica plane crash

    Date: 2018-01-01 07:04:54 GMT - Costa Rica - World - SN:3 - ID:7168567

    SAN JOSE, Jan 1 (MENA) - A charter plane crashed in Guancaste, Costa Rica, on Monday, killing 10 American passengers and two Costa Rican pilots, the Costa Rican government said. The plane crashed just moments after takeoff from Punta Islita ....

  • Man with guns arrested in hotel in Texas

    Date: 2017-12-31 22:49:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7168440

    TEXAS, Dec 31 (MENA) - An intoxicated man was arrested at a hotel ahead of a New Year's Eve party for unlawfully carrying a weapon and trespassing after officers found several guns and ammunition in his room, ABC news reported Sunday. ....

  • Suspected perpetrator of St Petersburg bomb attack charged with terror act

    Date: 2017-12-31 22:38:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:7168387

    MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - The Russian Investigative Committee (RIC) reclassified the case of the blast at the Perekrestok supermarket at the Komendantskiy prospect on December 27 for a terror attack, Sputnik news agency reported on Sunday. The ....

  • Spain saves 66 migrants crossing Mediterranean Sea

    Date: 2017-12-31 22:28:21 GMT - Spain - World - SN:82 - ID:7168316

    MADRID, Dec 31 (MENA) - Spain's maritime rescue service said it has saved 66 migrants from two boats in the Mediterranean Sea, ABC News reported. The service said that one boat carrying 58 migrants was intercepted by rescue craft in the Strait of ....

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