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  • Trump hails Saudi for role against terror

    Date: 2017-06-07 19:55:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:6845656

    WASHINGTON, June 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Wednesday praised Saudi Arabia for its role in fighting terrorism. In a speech earlier in the day, Trump said "they're going to be doing a great job" of stopping the funding of terrorism. ....

  • US Accident-prone Osprey makes emergency landing in Japan's Okinawa

    Date: 2017-06-07 19:34:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:73 - ID:6845650

    TOKYO, June 7 (MENA) - A US military Osprey aircraft made an emergency landing Tuesday night on an island in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa, Japan's Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the tilt-rotor aircraft made the ....

  • Global-PRNewswire (6):Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Launches CareAdvantage, Offering Tailored Support to Help Hospitals and Healthcare Providers in EMEA to Increase Patients' Outcomes and Reduce Costs

    Date: 2017-06-07 15:57:04 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:6845481

    Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Launches CareAdvantage, Offering Tailored Support to Help Hospitals and Healthcare Providers in EMEA to Increase Patients' Outcomes and Reduce Costs NORDERSTEDT, Germany, June 7, 2017/PRNewswire/MENA/ ....

  • Russian embassy in Tehran advises nationals to stay away from attacks' area

    Date: 2017-06-07 12:24:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:6844696

    MOSCOW, June 7 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in Tehran advised its nationals Wednesday to stay away from the areas that witnessed terrorist attacks in the Iranian capital. Assailants armed with Kalashnikov rifles stormed the parliament building ....

  • Daesh claims attacks on Iran parliament, shrine

    Date: 2017-06-07 10:39:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:33 - ID:6844741

    TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed a pair of attacks Wednesday on Iran's parliament and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which have killed two security guards and wounded more than 30 people, with the siege at the ....

  • Iran says 2 killed, 30 wounded in twin attacks

    Date: 2017-06-07 10:36:55 GMT - Iran - World - SN:31 - ID:6844714

    TEHRAN, June 7 (MENA) - Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says two security guards have been killed and more than 30 people wounded in attacks on the parliament building and the shrine of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Assailants armed with ....

  • Imams refuse funeral prayers for 'indefensible' London Bridge attackers: report

    Date: 2017-06-06 21:39:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:58 - ID:6844156

    LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - More than 130 imams and Muslim religious leaders have said they will refuse to say funeral prayers for the perpetrators of Saturday’s attack in London, The Guardian said in a report Tuesday. Muslim religious figures from ....

  • Russia to demand urgent UNSC discussion of new US strike in Syria - Lawmaker

    Date: 2017-06-06 21:09:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:6844158

    MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) - Russia will demand convening an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council in the wake of a fresh US strike on pro-government forces in Syria as it is a flagrant example of military aggression, Tass news agency quoted a senior ....

  • One Turkish soldier killed in PKK attack in Turkey’s Hakkari

    Date: 2017-06-06 21:00:05 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:55 - ID:6844147

    ANKARA, June 6 (MENA) - One Turkish soldier was killed and six were wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Hakkari on June 6, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. PKK militants attacked a ....

  • Lavrov says Russia aware of need for reforming UN

    Date: 2017-06-06 20:18:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:6844070

    KALININGRAD, Egypt, June 6 (MENA) - Moscow is aware of the need for reforming the United Nations and adjusting the organization to the changing realities, Tass news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying after talks with ....

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