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  • Shooting reported in US college campus; 2 injured

    Date: 2018-02-23 20:15:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:7261855

    WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) – Two people were injured after gunshots were fired early Friday on a college campus in Louisiana, ABC quoted school officials as saying. Southeastern Louisiana University spokeswoman Erin Cowser said the incident ....

  • Mexico finds 103 migrants abandoned in freight trailer

    Date: 2018-02-23 20:14:38 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:64 - ID:7261854

    MEXICO CITY, Feb 23 (MENA) – Mexican immigration agents say they have found 103 Central American migrants in a freight trailer left by a roadside near the US border, ABC News reported. Mexico's National Immigration Institute said Friday the trailer ....

  • Arab coalition jets attack Houthi sites in western Yemen

    Date: 2018-02-23 19:51:39 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:63 - ID:7261871

    HEIS, Yemen, Feb 23 (MENA) - Jets of the Arab Coalition Forces, led by Saudi Arabia, have conducted air aids on military reinforcements of Houthi militias in Al-Jah district of Al-Duraihami Directorate and in Al-Saleef Directorate in western Yemen, ....

  • Trump reignites call for border wall with Mexico

    Date: 2018-02-23 16:43:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:7261575

    WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Friday reignited his calls for a wall along the US-Mexican border with a tweet attacking the governments of El Salvador and Mexico, The Hill reported. In an early-morning tweet, the ....

  • Trump to impose new sanctions on North Korea

    Date: 2018-02-23 16:38:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7261576

    WASHINGTON, Feb 23 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump will announce the "largest-ever set of sanctions on the North Korean regime" on Friday when he speaks to a gathering of conservative activists, The Hill reported. The White House tipped its ....

  • Two people killed near UBS branch in Swiss city

    Date: 2018-02-23 16:34:22 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:50 - ID:7261634

    BERN, Feb 23 (MENA) - The police said that two people have been shot dead outside a branch of the UBS bank in the Swiss city of Zurich, the BBC News reported. The shooting took place shortly before 14:30 local time (13:30 GMT) on Lagerstrasse in ....

  • Reports say Iran temporarily bans ATR aircraft after crash

    Date: 2018-02-23 14:52:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:45 - ID:7261435

    TEHRAN, Feb 23 (MENA) - Iranian media are reporting the country's aviation organization has temporarily banned flights of all ATR-72 aircraft after a deadly crash that killed 65, ABC News reported Friday. Iran's Aviation Organization said Aseman ....

  • Britain will sign up to EU rules on 'voluntary basis' after Brexit

    Date: 2018-02-23 14:51:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:44 - ID:7261434

    LONDON, Feb 23 (MENA) - Britain will continue to sign up to EU rules on a "voluntary basis" after Brexit to avoid a collapse in trade, cabinet ministers have agreed, The Times reported Friday. An eight-hour meeting at Chequers, the UK prime ....

  • Moon, Ivanka stress need for peace, but differ on how to achieve goal

    Date: 2018-02-23 14:49:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:43 - ID:7261442

    SEOUL, Feb 23 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in reiterated the need to maintain the ongoing mood of dialogue and reconciliation between his country and North Korea on Friday while Ivanka Trump, currently leading a United States delegation ....

  • Greece, Cyprus coordinate stances on Turkey ahead of EU Summit

    Date: 2018-02-23 13:51:48 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:38 - ID:7261255

    NICOSIA, Feb 23 (MENA) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will support the stance of Cyprus on Turkey`s interference in Cyprus's economic zone after a coordination meeting with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades last night in Brussels, a Greek ....

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