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  • Ousted Catalan leader calls for end of political repression

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:32:02 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:16 - ID:7072264

    BRUSSELS, Nov 3 (MENA) - The ousted Catalan leader on Friday demanded the release of what he called “the legitimate government of Catalonia” and the end of “political repression”, Euronews quoted an address broadcast by Catalan television. Like ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for Manhattan terrorist attack

    Date: 2017-11-03 06:25:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7072146

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the vehicular terrorist attack that was carried out by Sayfullo Saipov that killed eight people in Manhattan, Russia Today channel reported on Friday. Saipov admitted to ....

  • Russia, Iran sign memorandum supporting gas supplies from Iran to India

    Date: 2017-11-02 20:47:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:103 - ID:7072059

    MOSCOW, Nov 2 (MENA) - Russia and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding to support the project for construction of a 1,200-km long gas pipeline from Iran to India with a branch pipeline, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on ....

  • Tillerson to make 1st trip to Myanmar amid Rohingya crisis

    Date: 2017-11-02 19:19:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7071974

    WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will make his first trip to Myanmar this month to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Rakhine State, the State Department said Thursday. "Secretary of State Tillerson travels to the ....

  • US passports to identify convicted child sex offenders

    Date: 2017-11-02 18:57:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:7071912

    WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (MENA) – The US State Department said on Thursday that citizens registered as child molesters will have their passports revoked and new ones issued with a special note designating them sex offenders, the CNN ....

  • Dutch court convicts suspect of plotting terror attack

    Date: 2017-11-02 17:45:31 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:85 - ID:7071804

    AMESTERDAM, Nov 2 (MENA) – A Dutch court has sentenced a 31-year-old man to four years' imprisonment for plotting a terror attack after police found an automatic rifle, bomb-making instructions, ammunition and fireworks at his home, ABC News ....

  • 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 ....

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