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  • Iran FM, EU foreign policy chief discuss nuclear deal

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:52:07 GMT - Iran - World - SN:20 - ID:7475818

    TEHRAN, July 6 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union (EU) High Representative Federica Mogherini met in Vienna, hours before the start of another meeting of the Joint Commission which is going to be held there, ....

  • Thai authorities say boat death toll rises to 17

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:37:42 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:19 - ID:7475837

    BANGKOK, July 6 (MENA) - Thai authorities said the death toll in a boat accident off the coast of Phuket has climbed to 17, ABC News reported on Friday. The chief of the Phuket Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said Friday afternoon ....

  • Trump to be met by protests during UK visit - paper

    Date: 2018-07-06 09:27:02 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:7475820

    LONDON, July 6 (MENA) - Campaign groups and trade unions have organised a schedule of protests to follow US President Donald Trump on his visit to the UK next week, including a six meter angry baby balloon that will fly over Westminster from ....

  • Thai authorities say Phuket boat death toll hit 10

    Date: 2018-07-06 07:46:35 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:7 - ID:7475677

    BANGKOK, July 6 (MENA) - Thai authorities say the death toll in a boat accident off the coast of Phuket has climbed to 10 and is expected to continue rising, ABC News reported on Friday. Thailand's navy said Friday that nine bodies of Chinese ....

  • Trump announces resignation of environment chief over scandals

    Date: 2018-07-05 22:50:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:120 - ID:7475581

    WASHINGTON, July 5 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced the departure of his environment chief, Scott Pruitt, who faced ever-growing scandals over his spending and conduct in office, CBS announced. “I have accepted the ....

  • UN fails to agree on response to fighting in southwest Syria

    Date: 2018-07-05 21:54:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:117 - ID:7475552

    NEW YORK, July 5 (MENA) - The UN Security Council has failed to agree on any response to the escalating fighting and deteriorating situation in southwest Syria during emergency closed-door consultations, Daily Mail reported. Russia's UN ....

  • Germany's federal court issues arrest warrant for mastermind of 2016 Berlin Attack

    Date: 2018-07-05 20:35:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:108 - ID:7475513

    BERLIN, July 5 (MENA) - Germany's Federal Supreme Court has issued an arrest warrant for a Tunisian man suspected of being the mastermind behind an attack on a Berlin Christmas market in 2016 that killed 12 people, a German newspaper reported on ....

  • Pakistan hopes Afghan Taliban will make use of peace talks offer

    Date: 2018-07-05 19:37:48 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:106 - ID:7475443

    ISLAMABAD, July 5 (MENA) – Pakistani Foreign Office Spokesperson Muhammad Faisal reiterated on Thursday Pakistan's support for the peace talks between the Afghan government and Taliban, Geo News reported. During his weekly press briefing, Faisal ....

  • Fireworks explosion kills 19, injures 31 near Mexico City

    Date: 2018-07-05 18:50:37 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:101 - ID:7475420

    MEXICO CITY, July 5 (MENA) - Nineteen people were killed and at least 31 were injured Thursday when two explosions ripped through fireworks workshops in a town just north of Mexico City, ABC News reported. The dead included four firefighters and ....

  • Surrey has been shaken by its third earthquake in two weeks.

    Date: 2018-07-05 18:20:29 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:7475168

    LONDON, July 5 (MENA) - A 3.1 magnitude quake hit at 10.53 in Newdigate on Thursday, at a depth of 5km, according to the British Geological Survey. The organization initially said it was magnitude 3. The tremor was described as sounding “like two ....

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