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5 killed in shooting in southern Russia

Date: 2018-02-18 19:51:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:97 - ID:7252772

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (MENA) - Five people have been killed and several others injured in a gun attack on a crowd of churchgoers in Dagestan in southern Russia, the local police said. The shooting happened in the city of Kizlyar, a provincial capital ....

Trump: I never said Russia didn't meddle in election

Date: 2018-02-18 15:38:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:7252534

WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (MENA) - President Trump on Sunday claimed he never said Russia didn't meddle in the 2016 US presidential race, noting the Russian "hoax" was that his campaign colluded with Russia, The Hill reported. "I never said Russia did ....

Iran nuclear deal must survive: John Kerry

Date: 2018-02-18 14:45:05 GMT - Germany - World - SN:72 - ID:7252432

MUNICH, Feb 18 (MENA) - Former US Secretary of State John Kerry said it is "absolutely critical" to make sure that world powers' nuclear agreement with Iran survives, ABC News reported Sunday. US President Donald Trump is deeply skeptical about ....

Putin offers condolences to Rouhani over plane crash in Iran

Date: 2018-02-18 11:39:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:38 - ID:7251950

MOSCOW, Feb 18 (MENA) - Russia’s President Vladimir Putin send a telegram to Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani offering condolences over deaths of passengers and crew of the plane, which crashed on Sunday in Iran’s Isfahan, the Kremlin’s press service ....

Couple, 10-year-old child die in French plane accident

Date: 2018-02-18 11:38:06 GMT - France - World - SN:37 - ID:7252003

PARIS, Feb 18 (MENA) - A couple and a 10-year-old child have died in a plane crash in eastern France, the police said according to Radio France Internationale on Sunday. The gendarmerie in the Jura region started a search after being notified of ....

IMF Head: Greece will remain under supervision despite exit from bailout program

Date: 2018-02-18 10:59:25 GMT - Greece - World - SN:32 - ID:7251857

ATHENS, Feb 18 (MENA) - Greece will likely remain under some kind of foreign supervision despite exiting its bailout program in August as it has been claimed, said Head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde. Lagarde said that ....

5 Daesh militants killed in Afghan commandos operations in Deh Bala

Date: 2018-02-18 09:26:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7251552

KABUL, Feb 18 (MENA) - At least five militants belonging to Daesh terrorist group were killed in Deh Bala district of Nangarhar province, the Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Sunday. The 201st Silab Corp said the militants were killed ....

Pakistan denies existence of military camps on its lands

Date: 2018-02-17 20:19:51 GMT - Germany - World - SN:81 - ID:7251196

MUNICH, Feb 17 (MENA) - Pakistani Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Qamar Javed Bajwa denied existence of any camps for armed militants in the Pakistani territories, Geo News reported Saturday. Addressing Munich Security Conference 2018, the army ....

Polish PM says Europe needs more steel tanks than think tanks

Date: 2018-02-17 18:24:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:74 - ID:7251061

MUNICH, Feb 17 (MENA) - Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Saturday called on European nations to beef up military spending in the coming period. Addressing the Munich Security Conference, Morawiecki said Europe needs "more steel tanks ....

French PM calls for creation of pan-European defense strategy

Date: 2018-02-17 18:01:31 GMT - France - World - SN:72 - ID:7250996

PARIS/MUNICH, Feb 17 (MENA) - French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe on Saturday stressed the need to create a pan-European defense strategy in light of the on-going tensions around the world, including the Middle East, Sputnik reported. "We want ....