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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....