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  • UN Security Council to hold 2 meetings on Monday

    Date: 2018-04-08 20:58:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:7340521

    MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council will gather for a Russia-initiated meeting on Monday to discuss threats to international peace, Fyodor Strzhizhovsky, a spokesman for the Russian mission to the United Nations was quoted ....

  • Erdogan's hegemonic dreams behind escalation of Mideast tension, says Greek FM

    Date: 2018-04-08 20:08:17 GMT - Greece - World - SN:86 - ID:7340453

    ATHENS, April 8 (MENA) - Greece's Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias has blamed Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his dreams of hegemony in the region for the recent escalation in tension between the two countries. In an interview with ....

  • Motorcycle bomb explosion leaves 2 militants dead eastern Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-04-08 19:18:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:83 - ID:7340268

    KABUL, April 8 (MENA) - At least two militants were killed after a motorcycle packed with explosives went off prematurely in eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East ....

  • UN Security Council to hold meeting over Douma's chemical attack on Monday

    Date: 2018-04-08 18:29:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:7340399

    NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council is expected Monday to hold an emergency meeting in response to a reported chemical attack in Syria, according to the United Kingdom Mission to the UN, The Washington Examiner reported on ....

  • After Syria attack, France calls for UN security council meeting

    Date: 2018-04-08 18:07:37 GMT - France - World - SN:77 - ID:7340333

    PARIS, April 8 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Sunday said reports of a chemical attack in a rebel-held town in Syria were extremely worrying and called for the United Nations Security Council to meet quickly to examine the ....

  • German police thwart knife attack on Berlin Half Marathon

    Date: 2018-04-08 16:59:31 GMT - Germany - World - SN:72 - ID:7340261

    BERLIN, April 8 (MENA) - German police have foiled an attack on the Berlin Half Marathon that took place on Sunday, according to German daily newspaper Die Welt. Berlin police detained six men, one of whom was planning a knife attack on ....

  • US says Syria's alleged chemical attack would “demand an immediate response”

    Date: 2018-04-08 16:10:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7340147

    WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - The Syrian government may have again used chemical weapons on its own citizens, according to State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert, who said the U.S. is “closely following disturbing reports,” ABC News reported on ....

  • UN chief urges all parties in Syria to cease fighting

    Date: 2018-04-08 16:08:52 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:66 - ID:7340150

    NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed on Sunday his concern over renewed and intensive violence in Douma in Eastern Ghouta over the last 36 hours, following a period of relative calm. In a statement, his ....

  • Terrorists ‘plot in shadows of the dark net’, report warns

    Date: 2018-04-08 15:29:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:63 - ID:7340093

    LONDON, April 8 (MENA) - Terrorists and extremists are creating growing numbers of safe havens on the “dark net” to plot future attacks, raise funds and recruit new followers, new research reveals. Terrorist organisations and individuals are ....

  • Fire at Trump Tower leaves one killed, six firefighters injured

    Date: 2018-04-08 09:05:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:7339132

    WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - A four-alarm fire on the 50th floor of New York City's Trump Tower left one man dead and six firefighters injured, the CBS News Network reported. The cause of the fire is still unknown. The New York Police ....

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