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  • Trump orders US flags to be flown at half-staff after Texas attack

    Date: 2017-11-06 06:00:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7076488

    WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (MENA) - President Donald Trump has ordered that U.S. flags be flown at half-staff to honor those killed in the mass shooting at a Texas church, Fox News reported. Trump, who is in the midst of a lengthy tour of Asia, issued a ....

  • White House: Russia should have a role in resolving crisis around North Korea

    Date: 2017-11-05 20:37:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:97 - ID:7076415

    WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - Russia should have a certain role in finding solutions to the crisis triggered by North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs, TASS quoted a spokesperson for the White House as saying on Sunday. "Russia borders ....

  • At least 20 dead, 30 injured in Texas church shooting

    Date: 2017-11-05 20:36:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7076406

    WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed and 30 injured in a Texas church shooting, law enforcement sources was quoted by ABC News on Sunday. A witness reported seeing a man walk into the church and begin shooting. The alleged ....

  • Pentagon misled UK over case for Iraq invasion, says former British PM

    Date: 2017-11-05 19:35:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7076130

    LONDON, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US defence department knew that Saddam Hussein did not have weapons of mass destruction but kept Britain in the dark, according to an explosive new claim from former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. In an ....

  • 15 Daesh militants killed in US airstrikes on east Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-11-05 15:25:33 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:65 - ID:7075887

    KABUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US forces based in Afghanistan carried out Sunday a series of airstrikes on terrorist Daesh group hideouts in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, leaving 15 militants dead, Khaama Press reported. The provincial ....

  • Ex-leader of Catalonia hands himself in to police

    Date: 2017-11-05 13:28:31 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:46 - ID:7075693

    BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (MENA) - Catalonia's deposed leader Carles Puigdemont and four former advisers have turned themselves in to Belgian police, a Belgian prosecutor was quoted by the BBC News as saying on Sunday. He said an investigating judge would ....

  • Human rights must be among top priorities in implementing Paris agreement, UN experts say

    Date: 2017-11-05 12:16:43 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:33 - ID:7075472

    GENEVA, Nov 5 (MENA) - Human rights and UN experts called Sunday to prioritize human rights as an essential element in implementing Paris climate agreement. The experts also demanded in a statement on the eve of the 23rd Bonn Climate Change ....

  • American woman, jailed for calling Mugabe a 'sick man,' faces 20 years in prison in Zimbabwe

    Date: 2017-11-04 20:00:29 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:81 - ID:7074659

    HARARE, Nov 4 (MENA) - An American woman charged with subversion in Zimbabwe for allegedly insulting the country’s president will remain in police custody this weekend, Fox News reported Saturday. Martha O’Donovan, 25, had been accused of ....

  • Palestine's accession to UNESCO major reason of US withdrawal: US official

    Date: 2017-11-04 19:43:14 GMT - France - World - SN:79 - ID:7074657

    PARIS, Nov 4 (MENA) - The chief US envoy at UNESCO Chris Hegadorn said that Palestine's admission to UNESCO is one of the most significant reasons of US withdrawal from UNESCO, ABC News reported Saturday. Hegadorn said at the agency's Paris ....

  • UN notifies its staff to be cautious in South Sudan

    Date: 2017-11-04 18:41:11 GMT - South Sudan - World - SN:71 - ID:7074568

    JUBA, Nov 4 (MENA) - The United Nations issued an emergency notification advising staff in the capital of South Sudan, Juba, to remain vigilant, ABC News reported Saturday. Tensions were high in South Sudan's capital on Saturday after South ....

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