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  • Pew poll shows most Europeans want to take back control from Brussels

    Date: 2017-06-18 21:49:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:6860418

    LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - Many in Brussels are anxiously looking out for any sign of what has been termed ‘Brexit contagion’ – the idea that the Brits might encourage others towards leaving the EU, Spectator said. The findings of a major Pew survey ....

  • Trump lawyer says president isn't under investigation, despite tweets

    Date: 2017-06-18 20:41:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:6860414

    WASHINGTON, June 18 (MENA) - A representative from US President Donald Trump's legal team said Trump is not under investigation, despite the President tweeting "I am being investigated" this week. The lawyer, Jay Sekulow, contended the tweet was ....

  • Macron's centrist party wins majority of seats in French legislative elections

    Date: 2017-06-18 20:27:37 GMT - France - World - SN:68 - ID:6860445

    PARIS, June 18 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party looks poised to score a decisive victory following Sunday's second round of parliamentary elections, voting projections suggest according to CNN. Macron's La Republique En ....

  • Russia's Rosneft discovers possible largest-ever oil deposit on Arctic sea shelf

    Date: 2017-06-18 19:43:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:6860363

    MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Russian Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Sergei Donskoi said Sunday that the oil fields discovered by the state-owned energy company Rosneft in the Laptev Sea could be the biggest on the shelf, Sputnik ....

  • Turbulence on Paris-China flight injures 26

    Date: 2017-06-18 17:43:44 GMT - China - World - SN:58 - ID:6860335

    BEIJING, June 18 (MENA) - At least 26 people were injured, four seriously, when turbulence hit a China Eastern Airlines flight from Paris on Sunday, state media reports. The turbulence struck as flight least 26 people were injured, four ....

  • Greece offers Portugal help in fighting deadly wildfires

    Date: 2017-06-18 16:21:53 GMT - Greece - World - SN:53 - ID:6860247

    ATHENS, June 18 (MENA) - Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has offered his Portuguese counterpart Antonio Costa help in fighting the deadly wildfires in his country, ABC News reported. Tsipras called Costa on Sunday afternoon to offer his ....

  • Failure to reach Brexit deal would be very bad for Britain, warns Chancellor

    Date: 2017-06-18 15:42:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:6860239

    LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - British Finance Minister Philip Hammond has warned failing to secure a Brexit deal would be “very, very bad” for Britain ahead of the start of exit talks in Brussels on Monday, according to the BBC. The Chancellor ....

  • 75 Insurgents killed in ongoing Afghanistan's Helmand operations

    Date: 2017-06-18 14:28:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:6860079

    KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - At least 75 Taliban insurgents were killed in ongoing operations in southern Helmand province over the past six days, local officials confirmed. In addition, 36 other insurgents were wounded, TOLO New reported on ....

  • US Navy says bodies of sailors found on ship

    Date: 2017-06-18 12:39:08 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:6859724

    TOKYO, June 18 (MENA) - The U.S. Navy says the bodies of sailors who went missing in the collision between the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship have been found aboard the stricken destroyer, the Daily Mail reported on Sunday. The Navy says in ....

  • Plane evacuated at Stuttgart airport after bomb threat

    Date: 2017-06-18 11:20:14 GMT - Germany - World - SN:24 - ID:6859703

    BERLIN, June 18 (MENA) - A plane has been evacuated after a 'bomb threat' on board a Bulgaria Air aircraft at Stuttgart airport, Daily Star reported Sunday. (MENA) M A E/M H E ....

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