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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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Chinese top diplomat’s visit to Russia postponed
Date: 2018-03-27 20:59:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:115 - ID:7319257
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to Moscow has been postponed due to changes in the Russian leaders’ schedule, Tass quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying on Tuesday. "Due to changes in the working ....
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Europe's bailout fund approves 6.7 billion euros for Greece
Date: 2018-03-27 20:29:24 GMT - Luxembourg - World - SN:113 - ID:7319251
LUXEMBOURG, March 27 (MENA) - Europe's bailout fund on Tuesday approved a 6.7 billion euro ($8.32 billion) loan installment to Greece as part of its third international rescue program, with payment of the first 5.7 billion euros expected this week, ....
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Theresa May sends condolences to Putin over ‘terrible’ Kemerovo tragedy
Date: 2018-03-27 19:46:12 GMT - Russia - World - SN:111 - ID:7319334
MOSCOW, March 27 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday sent a message of condolences to Russian President Vladimir Putin over the Kemerovo disaster, TASS quoted the British embassy in Moscow as saying. "Speaking in the House of ....
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Turkey commences Tal Rifaat operation
Date: 2018-03-27 18:55:18 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:108 - ID:7319264
ANKARA, March 27 (MENA) - Turkey has begun its takeover of Tal Rifaat, in the northern Aleppo countryside, where at least 50,000 people displaced from Afrin have sought shelter. Up to 500 people including civilians and members of the Free Syrian ....
