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  • Italian priest kidnapped in Nigeria released

    Date: 2017-10-18 14:28:09 GMT - Italy - World - SN:55 - ID:7046333

    ROME, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Italian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday an Italian priest kidnapped last week in Nigeria has been freed and is in good condition. The Rev. Maurizio Pallu was released late Tuesday, five days after being kidnapped in ....

  • French parl't to give final vote on new anti-terror law today

    Date: 2017-10-18 11:46:43 GMT - France - World - SN:26 - ID:7045805

    PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - France's upper house of Parliament, the Senate, is set to give a final vote on a new anti-terror law on Wednesday. The new legislation is pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron in light of the growing terrorist threat ....

  • Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for Quetta attack

    Date: 2017-10-18 10:35:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7045618

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bombing, which took place in the Saryab Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, Voice of America reported Wednesday. A car bomb attack struck ....

  • AI accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity

    Date: 2017-10-18 07:04:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:7045240

    LONDON, Oct 18 (MENA) - Amnesty International has accused Myanmar’s security forces of committing crimes against humanity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya women, men, and children have fled the country, ABC News reported. In a report released ....

  • 29 people killed, injured in Pakistan's Quetta

    Date: 2017-10-18 06:32:08 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:5 - ID:7045204

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - At least seven people including five policemen were martyred and 22 others injured in a blast targeting a police truck on Sariab road in the southwestern city of Quetta on Wednesday. Talking to the media, Balochistan ....

  • White House slams 'dangerously flawed' court decision to strike down latest travel ban

    Date: 2017-10-18 06:17:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7045181

    WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - The White House called the federal court decision to strike down President Donald Trump's latest attempt at a travel ban "dangerously flawed" Tuesday, a statement released by the White House said. "Today's dangerously ....

  • Daesh vows to target 2018 World Cup in Russia

    Date: 2017-10-17 22:46:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:103 - ID:7044974

    LONDON, Oct 17 (MENA) - Daesh terrorists have issued a chilling threat to attack the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Mirror reported on Tuesday. They have swamped social media with an image of a rifle-carrying terrorist and a bomb bearing the regime’s ....

  • Korea to donate $4 mln dollars to UNDP to help rebuild Iraq

    Date: 2017-10-17 22:40:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:102 - ID:7044878

    SEOUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - South Korea has pledged to donate US$4 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in order to help rebuild Iraq, the UNDP said, Yonhap news agency reported Tuesday. In a statement by the UNDP, the donation ....

  • UK official says EU tries to drag out Brexit talks to get more money

    Date: 2017-10-17 22:35:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:101 - ID:7044780

    LONDON, Oct 17 (MENA) - UK Brexit secretary David Davis accused the EU of trying to drag out the Brexit talks to try to get more money out of the UK, The Guardian reported. The UK was ready to start discussions on the future trading relationship, ....

  • FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow

    Date: 2017-10-17 22:24:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:7044815

    WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - Before the (former US president Barack) Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear ....

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