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  • Trump will not announce embassy's move to Al Quds while in Israel -- official

    Date: 2017-05-17 22:36:45 GMT - Israel - World - SN:78 - ID:6816001

    GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) -US President Donald Trump will not announce US Embassy's move to Al Quds while in Israel, though this remains his ultimate goal, a top US official was quoted by Yediot Ahronot of Israel as saying on Wednesday. The ....

  • Yemen cholera death toll mounts to 209: UNICEF

    Date: 2017-05-17 13:09:53 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:43 - ID:6815255

    NEW YORK, May 17 (MENA) - A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations children's agency said Wednesday, according to the Daily Mail. UNICEF's Yemen ....

  • Moon calls N. Korean missile launch serious threat to peace

    Date: 2017-05-17 10:52:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:27 - ID:6814906

    SEOUL, May 17 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in continued to blast North Korea, calling its recent missile launch a serious threat to global peace and security that should never be tolerated. "North Korea launched a missile four days ....

  • 4 Daesh militants killed in Nangarhar airstrike

    Date: 2017-05-17 10:46:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:25 - ID:6814898

    KABUL, May 17 (MENA) - At least four militants of Daesh terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, Daesh Khurasan, were killed in an airstrike conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of Defense ....

  • US aims to sway China on new North Korea sanctions after test -Haley

    Date: 2017-05-17 07:45:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:6814563

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - The United States said it believed it could persuade China to impose new United Nations sanctions on North Korea following its latest ballistic missile test and warned that Washington would also target and "call out" ....

  • Seoul says it wants to reopen communication with N.Korea

    Date: 2017-05-17 07:28:16 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:6814546

    SEOUL, May 17 (MENA) - South Korea says it wants to re-establish lines of communication with North Korea, as new President Moon Jae-in seeks a two-track policy involving sanctions and dialogue with its reclusive neighbor to rein in its nuclear and ....

  • White House denies Trump asked James Comey to end Michael Flynn investigation

    Date: 2017-05-17 06:19:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:6814504

    WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - The White House is denying a New York Times report that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey — who he fired last week — to shut down the investigation into the administration's former National ....

  • Iran changes course of road to Mediterranean coast to avoid US forces

    Date: 2017-05-16 22:45:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:6814297

    LONDON, May 16 (MENA) - Iran has changed the course of a land corridor that it aims to carve to the Mediterranean coast after officials in Iraq and Tehran feared a growing US military presence in north-eastern Syria had made its original path ....

  • Trump stresses US support for Turkey in fight against terror

    Date: 2017-05-16 22:40:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:6814333

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington supports Ankara in fighting terrorist organizations, especially Daesh and the Kurdistan Workers' Party. The United States supports any efforts to reduce the ....

  • McMaster: Trump’s sharing of sensitive intelligence with Russia was ‘wholly appropriate’

    Date: 2017-05-16 22:11:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:6814272

    WASHINGTON, May 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's national security adviser said Tuesday that the president's decision to reveal highly classified information during a meeting with Russian officials last week was "wholly appropriate" — the ....

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