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  • UN bans 4 ships from global ports for violating N Korea sanctions

    Date: 2017-10-10 06:17:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:7031836

    NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - The United Nations has banned four ships from visiting any global port, after they were found violating sanctions imposed on North Korea, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Hugh Griffiths, co-ordinator of a UN panel on North ....

  • California declares state of emergency due to wildfires

    Date: 2017-10-09 22:21:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7031771

    WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties because of wildfires that the governor says are threatening thousands of homes, ABC News reported Monday Brown issued the ....

  • Turkey summons another US consulate employee as crisis deepens

    Date: 2017-10-09 22:18:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7031770

    WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors said Monday that they had summoned an employee of the US consulate in Istanbul to testify in a criminal matter, only days after the government’s arrest of another consulate employee set off a bitter and ....

  • May says Britain is preparing for 'every eventuality' on Brexit

    Date: 2017-10-09 20:58:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7031733

    LONDON, Oct 9 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers on Monday her government is preparing for "every eventuality" on Brexit, including getting no deal with Brussels, The Sunday Herald reported. In her first public statement since ....

  • Mattis tells Army to "be ready" on North Korea military options

    Date: 2017-10-09 20:47:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7031712

    WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis says the US Army "must stand ready" in the face of continued provocations by the North Korean regime, CBS News reported. While delivering the keynote address at the Association of the ....

  • US administration to rescind Obama-era carbon emissions rule

    Date: 2017-10-09 17:54:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:7031579

    NEW YORK, Oct 9 (MENA) - The Trump administration announced Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a bitter fight over the future of ....

  • Trump likely to pull out of Iran nuclear deal next week :German FM

    Date: 2017-10-09 16:52:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:64 - ID:7031406

    BERLIN, Oct 9 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that he feared US President Donald Trump would quit the Iran nuclear deal next week. Speaking at a state election campaign event, Gabriel noted that the security ....

  • Taliban denies reports on unity with Daesh

    Date: 2017-10-09 16:42:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:62 - ID:7031470

    KABUL, Oct 9 (MENA) - Afghanistan's Taliban movement denied any possible unity with the terrorist group of Daesh. Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid balked at media reports in this respect as trying to justify the US forces presence in ....

  • Helicopter crash causes stage cancellation

    Date: 2017-10-09 06:45:56 GMT - Latvia - World - SN:6 - ID:7030277

    RIGA, Oct 9 (MENA) - A stage of the final European Rally Championship round in Latvia has been cancelled following a helicopter crash, Interfax news agency reported. ERC officials confirmed that the 11th stage will not run and that cars have been ....

  • German minister warns of another global financial crisis

    Date: 2017-10-08 22:57:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:92 - ID:7029948

    LONDON, Oct 8 (MENA) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble has warned that spiralling levels of global debt and liquidity present a major risk to the world economy. In an interview with the Financial Times, the minister said that there was ....

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