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UN says aid to 9 million Syrian children is in peril
Date: 2017-06-16 12:25:28 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:28 - ID:6857306
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The UN children's agency is warning that a critical funding shortfall is threatening aid to 9 million Syrian children, both in their country and among the refugees in neighboring states, ABC News reported. “This is the ....
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Trump to limit Cuba travel, restrict business deals with military - US officials
Date: 2017-06-16 08:27:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:6857028
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - President Donald Trump on Friday will announce a plan to tighten rules on Americans traveling to Cuba and significantly restrict US companies from doing business with Cuban enterprises controlled by the military, senior ....
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US Vice President Pence hires lawyer for Russia probes
Date: 2017-06-16 08:12:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:6857002
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence has hired a lawyer known for defending government officials in high-profile investigations to help him with probes into whether there were ties between the election campaign of US President ....
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Romania PM refuses to resign after party withdraws support
Date: 2017-06-15 21:49:23 GMT - Romania - World - SN:86 - ID:6856875
BUCHAREST, June 15 (MENA) - Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu has refused to step down even after his left-wing Social Democratic Party (PSD) voted unanimously on Wednesday to withdraw support for him and his cabinet, Deutsche Welle ....
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Turkey jails UN judge in 'breach of diplomatic immunity'
Date: 2017-06-15 20:49:53 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:84 - ID:6856841
ANKARA, June 15 (MENA) - A Turkish court on Wednesday sentenced a top judge who adjudicates war crimes trials for the United Nations to seven years and six months in jail on charges of having links to the group Ankara blames for last summer’s failed ....
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10 people injured, 1 hospitalized as car jumps curb in Manhattan
Date: 2017-06-15 19:27:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:6856783
NEW YORK, June 15 (MENA) - The New York Fire Department said 10 people were injured, including one who was hospitalized after an SUV jumped the curb in midtown, New York, Russia Today reported. The crash happened on West 37th Street and Ninth ....
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US charging at least 10 Turkish security officers in embassy protest
Date: 2017-06-15 19:01:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:6856759
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) – US law enforcement officials plan to announce charges Thursday against a dozen members of the Turkish president’s security detail for their involvement in a brutal attack on protesters outside the Turkish ambassador’s ....
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Suicide bomber strikes near Shiite mosque in Kabul, 1 dead
Date: 2017-06-15 18:59:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:80 - ID:6856776
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - Afghan officials say a suicide bomber struck outside a Shiite mosque in Kabul, killing at least one person and wounding five others. Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish says casualties are expected after Thursday's ....
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US may attack Syrian troops with multiple rocket launchers — Russian Defense Ministry
Date: 2017-06-15 18:44:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:6856715
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - The United States may attack Syrian government troops with the HIMARS multiple rocket launchers moved to the al-Tanf military base in Syria from Jordan, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Thursday. "The ....
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US sanctions Daesh coordinator of Paris, Brussels attacks
Date: 2017-06-15 18:41:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:6856573
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - The US State Department sanctioned three Daesh terrorist group members, including whom it said was a leading coordinator of the Nov. 2015 Paris attacks and the March 2016 attacks in Brussels. Mohammed al Binali, who ....
