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  • US military not planning to leave Syria until Geneva process success- Mattis

    Date: 2017-11-14 06:48:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7089571

    WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said that a US-led coalition will forge ahead in its fight against Daesh terrorist group in Syria and Iraq until a UN peace process makes further headway. In a press conference held at ....

  • North Korea says US carrier groups raise nuclear war threat

    Date: 2017-11-13 22:29:20 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:68 - ID:7089483

    NEW YORK, Nov 13 (MENA) - North Korea said the unprecedented deployment of three US aircraft carrier groups "taking up a strike posture" around the Korean peninsula is making it impossible to predict when nuclear war will break out, FOX News ....

  • Hate crimes in US increased last year -- FBI

    Date: 2017-11-13 22:18:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7089509

    WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (MENA) - More hate crimes were carried out in the United States last year, with an uptick in incidents motivated by bias against Jews, Muslims and LGBT people, among others, according to new FBI data released Monday. There were ....

  • Greece police pursue, shoot migrant trafficking suspect

    Date: 2017-11-13 21:51:29 GMT - Greece - World - SN:65 - ID:7089485

    ATHENS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Police in northern Greece have shot a migrant trafficking suspect who allegedly was transporting 10 Pakistani migrants inside a van that crashed during a highway chase, ABC News reported on Monday. The 22-year-old suspect ....

  • Russia vows to continue supplying weapons to Philippines

    Date: 2017-11-13 20:17:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7089402

    MOSCOW, Nov 13 (MENA) - Moscow will continue supplying weapons to Manila in order to facilitate the fight against terrorism, TASS quoted Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as saying at a meeting with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on ....

  • UK Parliament to get binding vote on final Brexit deal

    Date: 2017-11-13 20:09:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:7089360

    LONDON, Nov 13 (MENA) - UK Parliament is to be given a take-it-or leave-it vote on the final Brexit deal before the UK leaves the EU, The BBC News reported Monday. Brexit Secretary David Davis said the terms of the UK's exit, such as money, ....

  • Johnson apologizes for comments on British woman detained in Iran

    Date: 2017-11-13 19:15:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:7089285

    LONDON, Nov 13 (MENA) - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has apologized for incorrect comments, which risked lengthening the prison sentence of a British woman incarcerated in Iran, The Independent reported Monday. Johnson has faced calls to ....

  • Egypt's consul in Paris attends ceremony marking anniversary of 'Paris attacks'

    Date: 2017-11-13 14:17:11 GMT - France - World - SN:35 - ID:7088741

    PARIS, Nov 13 (MENA) - Egypt's Consul General in Paris Serenad Gamil on Monday attended a ceremony marking the second anniversary of 'Paris attacks of November 13' that had left more than 130 victims including an Egyptian citizen, Salah el ....

  • 8 Afghan policemen killed by Taliban

    Date: 2017-11-13 08:30:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7088197

    KABUL, Nov 13 (MENA) - An Afghan official saids a Taliban attack in western Farah province has killed eight police officers, ABC news reported. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the Taliban attacked a police check ....

  • UK minister dismisses the EU's two-week deadline for Britain to set out 'divorce' bill commitment

    Date: 2017-11-12 22:54:32 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7087629

    LONDON, Nov 12 (MENA) - Brexit Secretary David Davis has dismissed the two-week deadline set by the chief EU Brexit negotiator for the UK setting out how it will meet its financial obligations, The Independent reported. The secretary laughed in ....

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