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  • US official: Rohingya should be returned safely to Myanmar

    Date: 2017-11-04 18:13:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7074484

    WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) - A US official visiting Bangladesh said Saturday that Rohingya Muslims should be returned safely to their homes in Myanmar after they were forced to flee the country amid a brutal crackdown by Myanmar security forces, ABC ....

  • South Koreans to protest against 'war maniac' Trump

    Date: 2017-11-04 17:57:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:64 - ID:7074535

    SEOUL, Nov 4 (MENA) - A coalition of around 220 left-wing organizations has announced plans to demonstrate in Seoul during US President Donald Trump's upcoming state visit to South Korea, with the groups fiercely critical of the US leader for ....

  • Venezuela frees 2 opponents as Maduro consolidates power

    Date: 2017-11-04 17:51:41 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:63 - ID:7074530

    CARACAS, Nov 4 (MENA) - Venezuela's government has released two prominent opposition activists it has held for more than a year without trial, ABC News reported Saturday. Yon Goicoechea and Delson Guarate were freed late Friday night from a ....

  • N. Korea not interested in denuclearization talks with US

    Date: 2017-11-04 17:25:36 GMT - south korea - World - SN:61 - ID:7074485

    SEOUL, Nov 4 (MENA) - North Korea has no interest in having talks on denuclearization with the United States, adding possessing nuclear arms is "irreversible" and "inevitable" to strengthen its "war deterrence," Yonhap quoted the North's state media ....

  • Russia says no cooperation with US on N.Korea

    Date: 2017-11-04 17:15:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7074486

    MOSCOW, Nov 4 (MENA) - Russia is not currently cooperating with the United States on discussions about North Korea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reportedly told the Russian RIA news agency. "There is no cooperation so far. Only periodic ....

  • Samoa Earthquake: Huge 6.9 magnitude tremor strikes Ring of Fire sparking tsunami fears

    Date: 2017-11-04 15:23:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:7074011

    LONDON, Nov 4 (MENA) - A huge 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit a collection of islands along the Ring of Fire today sparking fears a tsunami could strike. The quake had a depth of 32 kilometres and struck 192km south-west of Apia, in Samoa, the US ....

  • Belgium says to study Catalan leader arrest warrant

    Date: 2017-11-03 21:21:36 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:77 - ID:7073376

    BRUSSELS, Nov 3 (MENA) – Belgian authorities have received Spain’s arrest warrant for ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and will examine it before handing it over to a judge, Euronews quoted federal prosecutor Eric Van der Sypt as saying on ....

  • Spain issues warrant for Catalan leader

    Date: 2017-11-03 20:29:49 GMT - Spain - World - SN:74 - ID:7073346

    MADRID, Nov 3 (MENA) - A Spanish judge has issued European Arrest Warrants (EAW) for sacked Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont and four of his allies who went to Belgium, the BBC News reported on Friday. The five failed to attend a high court ....

  • Macron, Putin discuss over phone Syria, ties

    Date: 2017-11-03 19:48:37 GMT - France - World - SN:73 - ID:7073302

    MOSCOW, Nov 3 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron held a phone conversation Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Syria and ties. Macron urged Putin to "use his influence" with the Syrian regime to allow aid to reach the ....

  • ICC war-crimes prosecutor seeks investigation into Afghanistan conflict

    Date: 2017-11-03 18:46:18 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:69 - ID:7073245

    AMSTERDAM, Nov 3 (MENA) - The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Friday she's seeking approval to open a formal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Afghanistan, in a case that could examine the role of US forces ....

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