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Eurogroup chief calls on Greece to stick to economic reforms
Date: 2018-05-06 22:39:16 GMT - Greece - World - SN:97 - ID:7386766
ATHENS, May 6 (MENA) - Eurogroup Chairman Mario Centeno called on Greece to stick to economic reforms and avoid sliding back to policies that will not help the country emerge from the economic crisis. The remark was made in an exclusive interview ....
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New migrant arrivals on Lesvos and Chios reach 350 in one day
Date: 2018-05-06 22:35:20 GMT - Greece - World - SN:96 - ID:7386877
ATHENS, May 6 (MENA) - A total of 350 undocumented migrants landed on the islands of Lesvos and Chios on Sunday, official figures showed amid rising concerns about a growing influx of refugees from both the land and sea borders, Kathimerini ....
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Efforts underway to rescue 7 Indian engineers kidnapped by Afghan militants
Date: 2018-05-06 22:23:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:95 - ID:7386922
KABUL, May 6 (MENA) - Local security officials in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan said that efforts are underway by the Afghan forces and the government officials as well as local tribal elders for the release of Indian engineers who were ....
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Singapore likely to be rendezvous between Trump, Kim Jong Un for talks
Date: 2018-05-06 22:13:13 GMT - China - World - SN:94 - ID:7386913
BEIJING, May 6 (MENA) - The US and North Korean leaders are likely to meet in Singapore in mid-June, according to South Korean media reports, as tensions ease on the Korean peninsula following the first inter-Korean summit in over a decade. US ....
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38 militiamen killed in military operation southern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-05-06 19:55:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:82 - ID:7386774
KABUL, May 6 (MENA)- At least 38 militiamen were killed in a military operation in the Afghan southern province of Zabul, the governor’s spokesman Islam Sayal said Sunday. Sayal told an Afghan TV channel that the military operation is still ....
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Two children injured in shooting northwestern London
Date: 2018-05-06 18:40:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7386876
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that two boys were shot within minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon in Harrow, north-west London, Daily Star newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for Metropolitan Police said: ....
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Pakistani interior minister injured in assassination attempt
Date: 2018-05-06 17:17:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:69 - ID:7386660
ISLAMABAD, May 6 (MENA) - Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot at and injured during a corner meeting in Narowal's Kanjrur tehsil on Sunday, in what Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif described as an "assassination attempt," Pakistan's ....
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Boris Johnson hopes US visit can save Iran nuclear weapons deal
Date: 2018-05-06 10:16:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:7385643
LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is travelling to the US as part of a diplomatic effort to persuade US President Donald Trump not to scrap the Iran nuclear deal, The Guardian reported on Sunday. Trump has fiercely ....
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9 found killed in southern Mexico
Date: 2018-05-05 22:31:23 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:71 - ID:7385257
MEXICO CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Mexican authorities said nine men have been found murdered in the back of a small cargo truck in the southern state of Guerrero, Fox News reported on Saturday. State prosecutors said in a statement that the men were ....
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Cuba to host Colombia peace talks with ELN rebels
Date: 2018-05-05 20:45:24 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:67 - ID:7385218
BOGOTA, May 5 (MENA) – Colombia's government and its last major rebel movement have agreed to continue peace talks in Cuba after Ecuador last month withdrew as host for the negotiations, Fox News reported on Saturday. Peace talks with the ....