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Despairing of Trump, Europeans look to Congress to save Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2017-10-04 13:38:56 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:7023399
LONDON, Oct 4 (MENA) - European governments fear a concerted effort to persuade Donald Trump to continue to certify the Iran nuclear deal may have failed and are now looking for other ways to try to salvage the two year-old agreement, the Guardian ....
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Lavrov: Syrian opposition factions escalate confrontation against al Nusra Front
Date: 2017-10-04 13:26:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:7023382
MOSCOW, Oct 4 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that armed Syrian opposition factions have escalated activities against al Nusra Front and that Russia is willing to help factions in such activities. In a statement ....
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Theresa May faces calls to sack Boris Johnson over Libya comments
Date: 2017-10-04 12:50:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:30 - ID:7023374
LONDON, Oct 4 (MENA) - Theresa May is facing calls to sack Boris Johnson from her own backbenchers after he said a war-torn Libyan city only had to “clear the dead bodies away” to become a world-class tourist and business destination, the Guardian ....
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3 Turkish soldiers killed, 4 injured in blast in southeastern Turkey
Date: 2017-10-04 08:34:54 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:16 - ID:7022809
ANKARA, Oct 4 (MENA) - Three Turkish soldiers were killed and four others injured in an explosion in southeastern Turkey. Nobody has claimed responsibility for the blast, Sky News quoted military sources as saying on Wednesday. (MENA) M H K/R ....
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Pakistan executes 3 militants convicted over terror attacks
Date: 2017-10-04 06:48:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7022751
ISLAMABAD, Oct 4 (MENA) - Pakistan's army executed three militants who were sentenced to death by military courts after being convicted of carrying out terror attacks in recent years, ABC news reported. A statement from the military said the ....
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Mattis voices support for Iran deal ahead of deadline
Date: 2017-10-03 22:01:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7022620
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (MENA) - Twelve days before the Trump administration will decide whether or not to re-certify Iran's compliance with the Iran deal, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis told Congress it's in America's national security interest to ....
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Some 1,400 Russian social media ‘death groups’ uncovered since early 2017
Date: 2017-10-03 21:51:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:7022585
MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) - Russia’s Interior Ministry said it uncovered nearly 1,400 ‘death groups’ operating in social networks since the start of 2017, TASS news agency reported. A senior ministry official Alexander Moshkov said "Since the ....
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US new ambassador pledges to rebuild trust in US-Russia relations
Date: 2017-10-03 21:37:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:7022514
MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) - The United States’ newly-appointed Ambassador to Russia, Jon Huntsman, pledged on Tuesday to do his best to rebuild trust in relations between his country and Russia, TASS reported. "As the US Ambassador to the Russian ....
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US-Cuba row: Washington expels 15 Cuban diplomats
Date: 2017-10-03 21:28:47 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:85 - ID:7022539
WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (MENA) - The US has expelled 15 Cuban diplomats, saying Havana failed to protect US diplomats from mysterious acoustic attacks, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The Cuban personnel have been given seven days to leave. The US ....
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Putin lambasts war hysteria over North Korea
Date: 2017-10-03 21:15:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:7022509
MOSCOW, Oct 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that soaring military rhetoric over North Korea is harmful, asserting Moscow is critical of North Korea’s violations of UN Security Council resolutions, TASS news agency reported. ....