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  • 13 Russian nationals indicted for interfering in US elections

    Date: 2018-02-16 19:28:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:7249521

    WASHINGTON, Feb 16 (MENA) – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia on Friday indicted 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities accused of interfering in US elections, Fox News reported on Friday. They are accused of having a ....

  • Brazil army to take control of security in Rio de Janeiro

    Date: 2018-02-16 19:19:27 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:60 - ID:7249554

    BRASILIA, Feb 16 (MENA) - The Brazilian government has appointed an army general to oversee security in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in response to growing gang violence, the BBC News reported. President Michel Temer compared the violence to "a ....

  • Turkey’s naval blockade out of our control -- Eni CEO

    Date: 2018-02-16 18:38:30 GMT - Italy - World - SN:56 - ID:7249402

    ROME, Feb 16 (MENA) - Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi said that Europe, France, Cyprus and Turkey are discussing the situation after Turkey’s naval blockade off Cyprus that has prevented Italian company Eni from drilling in Block 3 of the Cypriot exclusive ....

  • Russia renews its rejection of US allegations of cyber attacks

    Date: 2018-02-16 15:17:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:7249126

    MOSCOW, Feb 16 (MENA) - Russia's Kremlin renewed its refusal of groundless accusations of Russia being behind the NotPetya cyber attack on Ukraine in June 2017, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. "We strongly reject such ....

  • Libya lives in triangle of tragedy of urban violence, vast displacement, perilous migration -- Red Cross

    Date: 2018-02-16 14:36:04 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:40 - ID:7249139

    GENEVA, Feb 16 (MENA) - President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer said Friday that Libya lives in triangle of tragedy of urban violence, vast displacement and perilous migration, according to Relief Web. As ....

  • Turkey: 6 journalists sentenced to life over failed coup

    Date: 2018-02-16 14:23:21 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:37 - ID:7249070

    ANKARA, Feb 16 (MENA) - A court in Istanbul has sentenced six journalists accused of involvement in a 2016 coup attempt to life prison terms, Fox News reported. Those who were sentenced on Friday include Ahmet Altan, the former editor-in-chief of ....

  • Taliban will never win on the battlefield - NATO

    Date: 2018-02-16 14:21:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:7249072

    KABUL, Feb 16 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Taliban has to understand that they will never win on the battlefield, urging them to come to the negotiating table and agree to a political solution, Pajhwok news agency ....

  • Greece warns it will respond to Turkish aggression

    Date: 2018-02-16 13:01:45 GMT - Greece - World - SN:28 - ID:7248966

    ATHENA, Feb 16 (MENA) - Government Spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos has warned Turkey that Greece will respond to any further acts of aggression, ekathimerini reported. “If there is another act of Turkish aggression on Greek territory, there will ....

  • OHCHR urges Iran to stop violating international law by executing juvenile offenders

    Date: 2018-02-16 12:32:54 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:27 - ID:7248887

    GENEVA, Feb 16 (MENA) – Noting a surge in the number of juvenile offenders being executed in Iran, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Friday urged Iran “to abide by international law and immediately halt all ....

  • Ten Taliban militants killed, injured in US airstrikes in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-02-16 10:17:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7248668

    KABUL, Feb 16 (MENA) - Six Taliban insurgents, including one of their local leaders Mullah Ghazi were killed and four others wounded in airstrikes launched by the US forces in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, Afghan security officials said ....

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