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  • UN begins evacuating refugees from Libya to Niger

    Date: 2017-11-12 19:19:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:7087605

    NEW YORK, Nov 12 (MENA) - A group of vulnerable refugees from several African countries, who had been stuck in war-ravaged Libya, have been evacuated to Niger, Voice of America cited the UN as saying on Sunday. The UN refugee agency said the ....

  • Marine drill instructor gets 10 years in prison for hazing recruits, especially Muslims

    Date: 2017-11-11 20:17:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7086302

    WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (MENA) - A military jury has sentenced a Marine Corps drill instructor to 10 years behind bars for tormenting and physically abusing young recruits, especially Muslims, ABC News reported Saturday. Joseph Felix on Thursday was ....

  • Three US carriers begin drill in Sea of Japan

    Date: 2017-11-11 19:47:49 GMT - Japan - World - SN:73 - ID:7086269

    TOKYO, Nov 11 (MENA) - The United States navy has begun a rarely performed drill in the Sea of Japan, mobilizing three aircraft carriers. The exercise is an apparent show of might against North Korea, Japan's NHK World TV reported Saturday. The ....

  • Huge rally in Barcelona demands jailed separatists' release

    Date: 2017-11-11 19:40:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:72 - ID:7086270

    MADRID, Nov 11 (MENA) - Hundreds of thousands of people backing Catalonia's bid to secede from Spain packed the streets in downtown Barcelona Saturday to demand the release of jailed separatist leaders, ABC News reported. The rally's grassroots ....

  • Croatia's government survives no-confidence vote

    Date: 2017-11-11 19:14:01 GMT - Croatia - World - SN:69 - ID:7086251

    ZAGREB, Nov 11 (MENA) - The center-right Croatian government has survived a no-confidence vote launched by the opposition over the cabinet's handling of the debt crisis at Agrokor, the country's largest private food and retail company, ABC News ....

  • Putin: Lack of formal meeting with US president reflects continuing tense ties

    Date: 2017-11-11 14:56:38 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:44 - ID:7085815

    HANOI, Nov 11 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin says the lack of a formal meeting with US President Donald Trump at a conference in Vietnam reflects continuing tense relations between their countries. Putin and Trump had several brief ....

  • Military plane crashes in south Iran, pilot killed

    Date: 2017-11-11 09:18:39 GMT - Iran - World - SN:14 - ID:7085245

    TEHRAN, Nov 11 (MENA) - A military aircraft operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has crashed in the southern Iranian province of Fars, killing the pilot, Press TV reported Saturday. The plane went down in the province’s ....

  • Marine drill instructor sentenced to 10 years in prison for targeting Muslim recruits

    Date: 2017-11-11 07:48:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:7085105

    WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (MENA) - A military jury sentenced a former Marine drill instructor to 10 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge from the service Friday for subjecting Muslim recruits to verbal and physical abuse, including one young man ....

  • Moscow calls on Kabul to investigate into death of civilians from US airstrikes

    Date: 2017-11-10 21:39:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:73 - ID:7084870

    MOSCOW, Nov 10 (MENA) – The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday said Moscow calls on Kabul and the global community to investigate into the death of civilians in northern Afghanistan in the US airstrikes, TASS news agency reported. The ministry ....

  • Suspect in bombing of German team bus to go on trial Dec. 21

    Date: 2017-11-10 19:30:02 GMT - Germany - World - SN:66 - ID:7084813

    BERLIN, Nov 10 (MENA) - A man charged in the bombing of a German soccer team's bus seven months ago will go on trial December 21, ABC News reported. Borussia Dortmund defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were injured when three explosions ....

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