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15 killed, injured in Pakistan suicide blast
Date: 2018-05-17 16:00:26 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7405698
ISLAMABAD, May 17 (MENA) - A person was killed while 14 others were injured in a suicide attack on a security forces' convoy on Nowshera's Mall Road in Pakistan on Thursday, Geo News reported. The suicide bomber blew himself up near a security ....
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EU to decide on extension of economic sanctions against Russia at June summit - source
Date: 2018-05-17 15:15:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:7405695
MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - The European Union will take a political decision on extension of economic sanctions against Russia at its summit on June 28-29, a source in the EU Council told TASS News Agency on Thursday. "The political decision will be ....
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US launches 17 air strikes against Al Qaeda in Yemen
Date: 2018-05-17 13:20:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:7405403
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - US forces have in the past three months launched 17 airstrikes targeting Al Qaeda in four separate governorates in Yemen, said the US Central Command. "In the past three months, US forces have targeted and disrupted al ....
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Meghan Markle confirms her father won't attend royal wedding
Date: 2018-05-17 12:21:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:7405334
LONDON, May 17 (MENA) - The American actress Meghan Markle has confirmed that her father, Thomas Markle, will not attend her wedding to Britain's Prince Harry on Saturday, the CNN reported on Thursday. "Sadly, my father will not be attending our ....
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US sanctions Hezbollah chief, aides
Date: 2018-05-16 21:43:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:107 - ID:7404697
WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - The US on Wednesday announced sanctions against Lebanon's Hezbollah, citing its involvement with Iran,The Hill reported. The US sanctions, which were also implemented by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, and ....
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Bangladesh Supreme Court orders Khaleda Zia released on bail
Date: 2018-05-16 21:29:10 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:105 - ID:7404694
DHAKA, May 16 (MENA) - Bangladesh's Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's decision to grant bail to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, Voice of America reported. Zia was convicted back in February on charges of embezzling up to $250,000 from a ....
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Police raid home of ousted Malaysian PM Najib
Date: 2018-05-16 21:28:28 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:104 - ID:7404671
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 (MENA) - At least a dozen police officers entered the family home of ousted Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak late on Wednesday, after he had returned home from prayers at a mosque, Euronews reported. Najib's ruling ....
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UN nuclear test watchdog stands ready to visit North Korea
Date: 2018-05-16 21:17:39 GMT - Austria - World - SN:103 - ID:7404691
VIENNA, May 16 (MENA) - The head of the UN's nuclear test ban watchdog said Wednesday that it stands ready to send a team to North Korea to verify the closure of the country's nuclear test site, Daily Mail reported. Lassina Zerbo, executive ....
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Trump: US hasn't been notified about North Korea's threat to cancel summit
Date: 2018-05-16 21:16:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:7404538
WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) – President Donald Trump said Wednesday the US hasn't been notified about North Korea's threat to cancel his planned summit with Kim Jong Un next month, Fox News reported. North Korea threatened earlier in the day to ....
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2 killed in crash of small plane near Belgrade
Date: 2018-05-16 20:52:58 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:100 - ID:7404664
BELGRADE, May 16 (MENA) - Serbia's state TV said two people have been killed in the crash of a small plane on the outskirts of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, ABC News reported. Emergency doctors said the accident happened on Wednesday. The plane ....
