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Spanish rescuers help 94 migrants crossing Mediterranean
Date: 2018-05-26 12:58:12 GMT - Spain - World - SN:32 - ID:7417323
MADRID, May 26 (MENA) - Spain's maritime rescue service says it has saved 94 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea from African to European shores. The service says that it picked up the migrants from four boats intercepted either in ....
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IAEA tells S. Korean PM it is ready to verify N.Korea denuclearization
Date: 2018-05-26 09:33:53 GMT - Austria - World - SN:14 - ID:7416974
VIENNA, May 26 (MENA) - The chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has told visiting South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon that the United Nations body will be ready to verify North Korea's denuclearization if relevant countries ....
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UK commander warns that hundreds of Daesh fighters captured in Syria could still pose threat to Europe
Date: 2018-05-26 09:13:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:7416978
WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - Hundreds of foreign-born Daesh fighters being held in Syria remain a threat to the West, a British military commander warned. Major General Felix Gedney, deputy commander of the coalition fighting Daesh in Syria and ....
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US proposes scrapping international entrepreneur rule
Date: 2018-05-26 07:54:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7416835
WASHINGTON, May 26 (MENA) - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a statement that it has proposed to eliminate the International Entrepreneur Rule, which authorizes certain categories of foreigners to stay in the country on parole ....
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Cuba plane crash death toll rises to 112
Date: 2018-05-25 20:56:13 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:68 - ID:7416729
HAVANA, May 25 (MENA) - The Cuban Health Ministry said Friday the toll from the crash of a passenger jet in Cuba has risen to 112 after another survivor of the catastrophe died. A ministry statement was quoted ABC News as saying that Emiley ....
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Russia urges London to apologize for 'hollow accusations' in Skripal case
Date: 2018-05-25 20:09:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:7416699
MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - The UK must apologize to the Russian side for "hollow accusations" in the poisoning of former Russian military intelligence (GRU) Colonel Sergei Skripal and his daughter, said a commentary of Russian Embassy’s press officer, ....
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Putin cautions unilateral actions on Iran deal lead to dead end
Date: 2018-05-25 18:48:28 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7416650
MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on the Iranian nuclear program has been fixed in a United Nations Security Council resolution and any unilateral actions ....
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European foreign affairs council to hold session on Gaza, Iran, Congo files Monday
Date: 2018-05-25 16:49:00 GMT - France - World - SN:55 - ID:7416510
PARIS, May 25 (MENA) - The European Council on Foreign Relations will hold a session on Monday in Brussels for discussions on current affairs, allowing ministers to review pressing issues on the international agenda including conditions in Gaza, ....
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EU, NATO urge Russia to accept responsibility for taking down MH17
Date: 2018-05-25 16:38:52 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:54 - ID:7416514
BRUSSELS, May 25 (MENA) - The EU and NATO urged Russia on Friday to take responsibility for the 2014 downing of flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine after international investigators concluded that a missile which destroyed the plane came from a Russian ....
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Putin: Russia ready for dialogue with US
Date: 2018-05-25 16:33:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:7416563
MOSCOW, May 25 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said that his country is ready to have a detailed dialogue with the United States since it is long overdue, TASS news agency reported. "Certainly, we cannot be content with the level and ....