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  • Taliban executes one of abducted civilians in Herat province

    Date: 2018-03-30 09:01:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7324132

    KABUL, March 30 (MENA) - The Taliban insurgents have executed one of the abducted civilians hours after they were kidnapped from a highway in western Herat province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported Friday. According to local ....

  • UN Human Rights Office says appalled at horrific deaths of 68 people in Venezuela cells

    Date: 2018-03-29 22:56:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:143 - ID:7323567

    GENEVA, March 29 (MENA) – The United Nations Human Rights Office said it was appalled at the horrific deaths of at least 68 people in Venezuela after a fire swept through a police station jail on Wednesday amid reported clashes between detainees and ....

  • Russia views Patriot missile system deliveries to Poland as security threat — diplomat

    Date: 2018-03-29 22:40:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:141 - ID:7323558

    MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) – The deliveries of US Patriot air and anti-ballistic missile defense systems to Poland may be viewed as a threat to Russia’s security, Tass news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on ....

  • Cyprus supports UNSG's efforts to strengthen peacekeeping operations

    Date: 2018-03-29 22:10:51 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:139 - ID:7323566

    NICOSIA, March 29 (MENA) - Cyprus has expressed full support to the UN Secretary-General’s efforts to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of the UN peacekeeping operations, Cyprus news agency reported. The position of Cyprus was outlined ....

  • Cancer vaccine that cured 97% of tumors in mice to be tested on humans

    Date: 2018-03-29 21:53:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:138 - ID:7323844

    LONDON, March 29 (MENA) - A cancer vaccine that cured 97 percent of blood tumours in mice will be tested on humans with low-grade lymphoma later this year, the Daily Mail reported. If approved, researchers do not expect the treatment to be ....

  • Lavrov: Russia to expel 60 US diplomats

    Date: 2018-03-29 20:53:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:135 - ID:7323752

    MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) - Moscow will expel the same number of American diplomats as Washington and will shut down the US Consulate General in Saint Petersburg, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Thursday. The minster specified ....

  • Trump: US is leaving Syria very soon, let other people take care of it

    Date: 2018-03-29 20:14:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:132 - ID:7323788

    WASHINGTON, March 29 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump said Thursday the US would leave Syria "very soon" and "let the other people take care of it," the Washington Examiner reported. Trump made the announcement in an Ohio speech pushing ....

  • US has no right to expel unilaterally diplomats accredited at UN headquarters - diplomat

    Date: 2018-03-29 19:42:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:130 - ID:7323572

    MOSCOW, March 29 (MENA) - Washington does not have the right to expel unilaterally the diplomats accredited at the UN headquarters, the Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, told a news briefing. "The US doesn't have ....

  • Russian ex-spy's daughter no longer in critical condition - report

    Date: 2018-03-29 17:20:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:120 - ID:7323549

    LONDON, March 29 (MENA) - The daughter of a Russian ex-spy who was poisoned in a nerve-agent attack along with her father is improving rapidly and is out of critical condition, the hospital treating the pair said Thursday. Yulia Skripal's ....

  • French police seek driver who tried to run down soldiers in Alps

    Date: 2018-03-29 09:55:55 GMT - France - World - SN:67 - ID:7322478

    PARIS, March 29 (MENA) - French Police are searching for a driver who appeared to ram his vehicle into soldiers jogging outside their base in the French Alps, the army has said. Army spokesman Colonel Benoit Brulon said that the man first ....

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