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  • Blast in Italian port kills two men

    Date: 2018-03-28 17:14:46 GMT - Italy - World - SN:102 - ID:7321199

    ROME, March 28 (MENA) - An explosion at an industrial cistern in the Tuscan port of Livorno, one of Italy's biggest passenger and commercial harbors, has killed two people, an official said. The two men had been doing maintenance work on the ....

  • French Embassy in Cairo flies flag at half-mast over Trèbes attack

    Date: 2018-03-28 13:24:03 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:74 - ID:7320759

    CAIRO, March 28 (MENA) - The French Embassy in Cairo flew its flag at half-mast over Trèbes terror attack, which occurred on Friday in Trèbes city in southern France. The embassy's staff stood a moment of silence, honoring Arnaud Beltrame, the ....

  • 15 people injured due to chemical spill in Chicago

    Date: 2018-03-28 11:46:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:7320423

    WASHINGTON, March 28 (MENA) - A chemical spill at a suburban Chicago medical clinic sent at least 15 people to hospitals, including employees and patrons, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the JenCare Senior Medical Center after ....

  • Facebook founder to testify before Congress on Cambridge Analytica leak

    Date: 2018-03-28 06:05:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7319707

    WASHINGTON, March 28 (MENA) - Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress on the Cambridge Analytica leak and the company's data practices in the coming weeks, CNN reported. Zuckerberg has been invited to testify by no ....

  • Man arrested over suspicious packages in Washington

    Date: 2018-03-27 22:49:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:122 - ID:7319380

    WASHINGTON, March 27 (MENA) - A Washington state man has been taken into custody after suspicious packages were found at military bases and CIA headquarters in the Washington, D.C. area, according to the FBI, ABC News reported on Tuesday. Thanh ....

  • Taliban controls half of Afghanistan, claims Moscow

    Date: 2018-03-27 22:41:25 GMT - Uzbekistan - World - SN:121 - ID:7319420

    TASHKENT, March 27 (MENA) - Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has claimed that the Taliban group has full or partial control over half of the territory of Afghanistan, according to Khaama Press. In his speech at the Tashkent conference on ....

  • Afghan air force drops first laser-guided bomb during combat

    Date: 2018-03-27 22:17:09 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:120 - ID:7319360

    BRUSSELS, March 27 (MENA) - NATO says the Afghan air force dropped its first laser-guided bomb during combat after completing training on how to use the sophisticated weapons system, ABC News reported. A NATO statement on Tuesday said the bomb ....

  • Belgium to expel Russian diplomat in spy dispute

    Date: 2018-03-27 21:55:44 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:119 - ID:7319381

    BRUSSELS, March 27 (MENA) - Belgium has decided to expel one diplomatic staff member from the Russian mission in the wake of the nerve agent attack in Britain, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The prime minister's office said the official ....

  • Albanian police arrest 5 transporting Syrian migrants

    Date: 2018-03-27 21:40:13 GMT - Albania - World - SN:118 - ID:7319361

    TIRANA, March 27 (MENA) - Police in Albania have arrested five Albanians who were transporting 23 Syrian migrants toward neighboring Montenegro, The Washington Post reported. A statement Tuesday said the five were transporting the Syrians in ....

  • Briton who tried to kill Muslim woman, girl jailed for life

    Date: 2018-03-27 21:12:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:116 - ID:7319260

    LONDON, March 27 (MENA) - A British man who tried to kill a Muslim woman and run over a 12-year-old girl in “revenge” for terror attacks has been jailed for life, The Independent reported Tuesday. Paul Moore was handed a minimum sentence of 20 ....

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