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  • Russia 'skeptical' about OPCW statement on BZ chemical

    Date: 2018-04-18 22:29:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:7357949

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - Russia remains skeptical about the OPCW Technical Secretariat’s statement on chemical BZ and urges to disclose all information related to the Skripal case, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told TASS on ....

  • UN says more security needed at Douma site

    Date: 2018-04-18 22:22:35 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:105 - ID:7357948

    NEW YORK, April 18 (MENA) - The United Nations Said further steps are needed to secure the suspected site of a chemical attack in Douma and a security team will need to make another visit before a fact-finding mission can go there, ABC News ....

  • 24 killed as truck falls off bridge in India

    Date: 2018-04-18 22:00:23 GMT - India - World - SN:102 - ID:7357989

    NEW DELHI, April 21 (MENA) - At least 24 people were killed and many others were severely injured after a mini-truck they were travelling in fell off a bridge over the Sone river in Madhya Pradesh's Sidhi district of India, state media reported on ....

  • French FM: Health of Libya’s Haftar improved

    Date: 2018-04-18 21:48:54 GMT - France - World - SN:101 - ID:7357990

    PARIS, April 18 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar's health is improving after receiving treatment at a military hospital in Paris. The top diplomat made the remark behind closed doors at the ....

  • Moscow denies Russian officer injured in Douma of Syria

    Date: 2018-04-18 21:23:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:99 - ID:7357835

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry has denied media reports that a Russian officer had been wounded in a skirmish in the Syrian town of Douma as the Russian military personnel were not present at the site at the time, Sputnik ....

  • Woman killed in US plane engine blast

    Date: 2018-04-18 21:08:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:98 - ID:7357830

    NEW YORK, April 18 (MENA) - A woman was killed and seven others sustained minor injuries on a Southwest Airlines flight from New York to Dallas when an engine exploded in midair, The New York Times reported. The blast shattered a window that ....

  • Russia proves Novichok agent patented in US as a chemical weapon — OPCW envoy

    Date: 2018-04-18 21:04:11 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:97 - ID:7357788

    THE HAGUE, April 18 (MENA) - Russia has submitted the proof that the Novichok agent was produced and patented in the United States as a chemical weapon in 2015, Russia’s Permanent Representative at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical ....

  • Bus crash in Switzerland leaves 15 hurt

    Date: 2018-04-18 20:39:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:96 - ID:7357950

    BERN, April 18 (MENA) - Swiss police said on Wednesday that 15 people have been injured, one of them seriously, when a bus carrying foreign tourists crashed into a truck on a highway in northern Switzerland. The driver of the bus and a travel ....

  • Afghanistan: 68 militants killed, wounded in air, ground operations

    Date: 2018-04-18 18:44:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:7357741

    KABUL, April 18 (MENA) - The Afghan Ministry of Defense said that 68 militants were killed and wounded during air and ground operations in various provinces of the country in the past 24 hours, Khaama Press reported. The ministry's spokesman, ....

  • Erdogan calls snap elections for June

    Date: 2018-04-18 15:26:39 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:76 - ID:7357479

    ANKARA, April 18 (MENA) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country will hold early parliamentary and presidential elections on June 24. Erdogan made the announcement on Wednesday after talks with Devlet Bahceli, the leader of ....

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