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Armenia to develop dialogue with UK - FM
Date: 2018-07-06 22:04:01 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:70 - ID:7476838
YEREVAN, July 6 (MENA) - Armenia is committed to continuing and broadening its relations with the United Kingdom, Interfax quoted Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan as saying Friday. "Armenia is committed to continuing and broadening ....
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Turkish journalists sentenced for terror-related charges
Date: 2018-07-06 20:34:02 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:63 - ID:7476755
ANKARA, July 6 (MENA) - A court in Istanbul convicted six journalists of terror-related charges Friday. The staff members of a now-defunct newspaper received lengthy prison sentences, ABC News reported. However, the court acquitted five other ....
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AI urges transfer of jailed activist in Iran to cancer treatment center
Date: 2018-07-06 20:26:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:7476772
LONDON, July 6 (MENA) - Amnesty International has urged Iranian authorities to transfer imprisoned human rights activist Arash Sadeghi to a cancer treatment center. "Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has been diagnosed with a bone tumor ....
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Macron to attend FIFA World Cup semifinal in Russia
Date: 2018-07-06 19:13:14 GMT - France - World - SN:58 - ID:7476767
PARIS, July 6 (MENA) – French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Russia to watch the FIFA World Cup semifinal that the national team of France will play on July 10, Tass quoted the Elysee Palace as saying on Friday. "President Macron will ....
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30 killed when bus in Cameroon drives into a river
Date: 2018-07-06 16:44:09 GMT - Cameroon - World - SN:50 - ID:7476550
YAOUNDE, July 6 (MENA) - Authorities in Cameroon said at least 30 people are dead after a bus crashed on the road that links the political capital, Yaounde, with the western regional capital, Bafoussam, ABC News reported. Governor Naseri Paul Bea ....
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Iran reiterates its commitment to nuclear deal - Lavrov
Date: 2018-07-06 16:42:02 GMT - Austria - World - SN:49 - ID:7476577
VIENNA, July 6 (MENA) - Iran has once again pledged it will not abandon the nuclear deal despite Washington’s withdrawal from it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday after a ministerial meeting of the Joint Commission of the Joint ....
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Netherlands expels two Iranian embassy staff
Date: 2018-07-06 16:14:50 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:46 - ID:7476469
AMSTERDAM, July 6 (MENA) - The Netherlands has expelled two Iranian embassy staff, RadioFarda quoted the Dutch Intelligence service AIVD as saying on Friday. "We can confirm that the Netherlands has expelled two persons accredited to the Iranian ....
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Vatican Pope denounces 'sterile hypocrisy' of anti-migrant policies
Date: 2018-07-06 13:29:19 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:37 - ID:7476190
VATICAN CITY, July 6 (MENA) - Pope Francis thanked aid groups that rescue and care for migrants on Friday and denounced the "sterile hypocrisy" of those who turn a blind eye to the world's poor seeking security and a dignified life, ABC ....
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Afghan army arrests 25 armed men in Faryab province
Date: 2018-07-06 11:15:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:7476004
KABUL, July 6 (MENA) - A group of 25 armed men were arrested in a crackdown by the Afghan National Army’s Special Force Unit in Faryab province, an army official confirmed. The operation was conducted at a house near Faryab Airport in Maimana ....
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Cyprus protests at UN against Turkey’s violations of airspace, territorial waters
Date: 2018-07-06 10:55:23 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:26 - ID:7475882
NICOSIA, July 6 (MENA) - Nicosia has protested at UN level against Turkey’s infringements of the Republic of Cyprus’ airspace and territorial waters in April, Cyprus News Agency reported Friday. Cyprus’s Permanent Representative at the UN, ....
