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France deplores Nigeria's mosque attack
Date: 2017-11-22 15:13:32 GMT - France - World - SN:65 - ID:7103629
PARIS, Nov 22 (MENA) – France has condemned the terrorist attack that rocked a mosque in Mubi town in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least 50 people and injuring scores. In a statement released on Wednesday, Spokeswoman for the French Foreign ....
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Israel won’t allow Iran to gain foothold in Syria, Netanyahu tells Putin
Date: 2017-11-22 14:03:44 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7103518
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (MENA) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin during their phone conversation that Israel wouldn’t accept Iran’s attempts to gain a foothold in Syria, his press secretary said. "A ....
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Syrian government forces shell several areas in Deraa
Date: 2017-11-22 13:18:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:54 - ID:7103416
LONDON, Nov 22 (MENA) - The London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Wednesday that the regime forces targeted with heavy machine guns areas in neighborhoods of Deraa al Balad in Daraa city, southern Syria. The Syrian troops ....
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Ratko Mladic jailed for life over Bosnia war genocide
Date: 2017-11-22 12:42:24 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:51 - ID:7103395
THE HAGUE, Nov 22 (MENA) - Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been jailed for life for genocide and other atrocities in the 1990s Bosnian war. Known as the "Butcher of Bosnia", Mladic led forces during the massacre of Bosnian Muslims ....
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US Justice Department: Grand jury indicts Manhattan attacker
Date: 2017-11-22 09:09:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:7102823
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - The US Justice Department said that a federal grand jury has indicted Sayfullo Saipov on terrorism and murder charges stemming from last month's truck attack in Lower Manhattan in which eight people were killed, Sky News ....
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US navy aircraft crashes off Japan
Date: 2017-11-22 08:27:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:7102749
WASHINGTON, Nov 22 (MENA) - A US Navy aircraft carrying 11 crew and passengers has crashed into the sea off the coast of Japan, the BBC reported. The cause of crash is unknown and the names those onboard are being withheld while next of kin are ....
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Russian troops receive over 3,000 advanced weapon systems
Date: 2017-11-21 22:53:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:109 - ID:7102377
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Russian troops have received 3,400 latest weapon systems as part of the 2017 defense procurement program, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin said while opening a meeting with the country’s top brass and defense industry ....
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Putin informed Trump of meeting with Assad in phone call focused on Syria – Kremlin
Date: 2017-11-21 22:52:29 GMT - Russia - World - SN:108 - ID:7102359
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Russian president’s recent meeting with his Syrian counterpart was one of the issues discussed on the phone by Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump. Other matters talked about ranged from Ukraine to Afghanistan ....
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Russia may seek to marginalize Geneva talks, entrench Assad’s position in power - report
Date: 2017-11-21 22:51:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:7102218
LONDON, Nov 21 (MENA) - The Guardian newspaper highlighted a meeting between the Russian and Syrian presidents that took place on Monday in Sochi in Russia. In a report on Tuesday, the newspaper said that Russian President Vladimir Putin met his ....
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US urges free, fair elections in Zimbabwe as Mugabe resigns
Date: 2017-11-21 22:50:05 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:106 - ID:7102449
HARARE, Nov 21 (MENA) - The United States on Tuesday called for free and fair elections and unwavering respect for the rule of law in Zimbabwe following what it called the "historic moment" of Robert Mugabe's resignation as president, the Daily Mail ....