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  • Spanish judge jails eight members of deposed Catalan government

    Date: 2017-11-02 17:07:33 GMT - Spain - World - SN:80 - ID:7071791

    MADRID, Nov 2 (MENA) - A judge in Madrid has ordered eight members of the deposed Catalan government to be remanded in custody pending possible charges over last week’s declaration of independence, while Spanish prosecutors are seeking a European ....

  • UN: Daesh committed 'serious' crimes amid Mosul campaign

    Date: 2017-11-02 15:05:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:72 - ID:7071331

    GENEVA, Nov 2 (MENA) – A new United Nations report has found that Daesh terrorist group committed serious "international crimes" such as using civilians as human shields during the Iraqi military's nine-month campaign to liberate the city of Mosul, ....

  • Russia sees risks of chemical weapons’ use outside Iraq and Syria

    Date: 2017-11-02 14:59:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:7071347

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Moscow sees high risks that terrorists will use chemical weapons outside Iraq and Syria, Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department Mikhail Ulyanov said. "In our estimate, there ....

  • British FM to travel to US in bid to save Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2017-11-02 14:58:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:7071333

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Borris Johnson will travel to Washington next week in a bid to persuade US senators not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal or impose fresh sanctions against Tehran that could jeopardize the deal. In ....

  • Six Russian strike Daesh Posts in Deir- ezzor

    Date: 2017-11-02 14:34:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:7071279

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry announced that six Tu-22M3 strategic bombers had launched a massive strike on Daesh outposts in Syrian Deir-Ezzor. In a statement, the ministry said that the operation came within the framework ....

  • Rostec CEO reveals bulk of Russia’s S-400 deal with Turkey

    Date: 2017-11-02 13:32:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:7071318

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Russia’s deal to supply S-400 Triumf missile systems to Turkey exceeds $2bln, Rostec state corporation’s CEO Sergey Chemezov said. "The deal on S-400 with Turkey is worth more than $2bln," Chemezov said according to TASS News ....

  • First UK interest rate rise in 10 years

    Date: 2017-11-02 13:27:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:7071287

    LONDON, Nov 2 (MENA) - For the first time in more than 10 years, the Bank of England has raised interest rates. The official bank rate has been lifted from 0.25% to 0.5%, the first increase since July 2007, the BBC reported on Thursday. The ....

  • Too early to talk about 5th de-escalation zone in Syria – official

    Date: 2017-11-02 13:05:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:7071128

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Russia believes that it is too early to talk about the creation of the fifth de-escalation zone in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said. “The work is ongoing both in Astana and there are contacts ....

  • Myanmar's Suu Kyi visits troubled Rakhine

    Date: 2017-11-02 07:59:25 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:12 - ID:7070481

    NAY PYI TAW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Myanmar's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi has arrived in Rakhine for the first time since violence erupted in the state in late August, the BBC reported Thursday. She is visiting the regional capital Sittwe and other ....

  • India power plant explosion leaves at least 22 dead, 100 injured

    Date: 2017-11-02 07:57:26 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7070437

    NEW DELHI, Nov 2 (MENA) - At least 22 people have been killed and as many as 100 injured in a blast at a coal-fired power plant in north India's Uttar Pradesh state, the BBC quoted officials as saying. About 80 people have been rushed to the ....

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