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Russia contacts parties on peaceful solution to Libyan crisis
Date: 2017-05-18 15:09:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:83 - ID:6817157
MOSCOW, May 18 (MENA) – Russia’s Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday Moscow maintains contacts with all parties to a peaceful solution to the Libyan crisis. In statements to Sputnik news agency, Peskov said the Libyan file is on the ....
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How a Trump order on abortion could hurt fight against AIDS in Africa
Date: 2017-05-18 15:08:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:6817067
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - A Trump administration order took effect this week barring U.S. aid for global health organizations that discuss or provide referrals for abortion. But the new policy put another program in the crosshairs: America’s ....
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EU lawmakers criticize member states over refugee failure
Date: 2017-05-18 14:54:57 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:81 - ID:6816982
BRUSSELS, May 18 (MENA) - European Union lawmakers are demanding that the bloc's nations respect pledges to share tens of thousands of refugees in overwhelmed Greece and Italy, ABC News reported. In a resolution adopted Thursday, the lawmakers ....
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Russia against creation of NATO-like blocs for dealing with world problems - Lavrov
Date: 2017-05-18 14:24:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:6817065
MOSCOW, May 18 (MENA) - Russia is against the idea of tackling world security issues, including those in the Middle East, by creating NATO-like military-political alliances, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, when asked about discussions ....
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Two missing Pakistani diplomatic officials released in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-05-18 14:17:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:75 - ID:6816986
ISLAMABAD, May 18 (MENA) - Two Pakistani diplomatic officials who disappeared in Afghan capital have reached Pakistan Embassy in Kabul, Geo News reported. According to Geo News, Hassan Khanzada, a visa assistant, and Munir Shah, driver, were ....
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Daesh creating elite 'chemical weapons cell' in Syria
Date: 2017-05-18 12:44:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:6816857
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - Daesh, on the back foot in Iraq and Syria, is bringing together its top chemical weapons experts in the border area between the two countries with the aim of creating an elite “chemical weapons cell,” US intelligence ....
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Immigration arrests rise sharply as Trump mandate is carried out
Date: 2017-05-18 12:43:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:6816864
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - Immigration arrests shot up 38 percent in the first three months of the Trump administration compared with the same period last year, The New York Times newspaper reported Thursday. While President Trump’s more ....
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2 charged with co-founding far-right terror group in Germany
Date: 2017-05-18 12:00:12 GMT - Germany - World - SN:48 - ID:6816701
BERLIN, May 18 (MENA) - German prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against two alleged co-founders of a far-right group that planned to bomb a refugee home, said ABC news. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that the two German men, identified ....
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UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies
Date: 2017-05-18 11:00:18 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:33 - ID:6816464
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - The United Nations said that up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies between Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorist group militants in the city. “As military operations intensify and move closer to ....
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Afghan intelligence agency foils Taliban terror attacks in Kabul
Date: 2017-05-18 09:09:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6816285
KABUL, May 18 (MENA) -- Afghan intelligence operatives have foiled plans by the Taliban group to carry out a series of attacks in Kabul, Khaama Press reported Thursday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said Wednesday that ....