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Catalonian government 'de facto' suspended by Spain, President of region says
Date: 2017-09-20 22:12:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:7001579
LONDON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Catalonia’s regional government has been “de facto” suspended by Spain’s central government in Madrid, the President of the would-be breakaway region has said. Carles Puigdemont said in a statement on Wednesday that ....
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Sisi meets Trump in New York
Date: 2017-09-20 20:52:41 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:76 - ID:7001601
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi met on Wednesday with US President Donald Trump in New York. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the meetings of the UN General Assembly. (MENA) A H E/M A F ....
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Sisi takes part in UNSC meeting on Libya
Date: 2017-09-20 19:56:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:72 - ID:7001436
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) – Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi took part Wednesday in an ad-hoc session on Libya at the UN Security Council. During the session, Libya’s Presidency Council (PC) head Fayez Al-Sarraj thanked Egypt and Libya’s ....
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Contradiction buried in Trump’s Iran, North Korea policies - report
Date: 2017-09-20 19:49:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:7001471
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump is now fully engaged in two nuclear confrontations, one with Iran over a nuclear accord he finds an “embarrassment” and the other with North Korea that is forcing the Pentagon to contemplate for ....
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UNSC approves resolution on reforming peacekeeping operations
Date: 2017-09-20 17:19:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:60 - ID:7001186
NEW YORK, Sept 20 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved Wednesday unanimously on resolution 2378/2017 on reforming international peacekeeping operations during the Security Council summit on the reform of UN peacekeeping ....
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Clinton brands Trump's UN speech 'dark and dangerous'
Date: 2017-09-20 14:17:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:7000674
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Hillary Clinton has branded Donald Trump’s speech to the UN “dark and dangerous” after the President threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea. Trump gave his first ever address to the body on Tuesday in a strident ....
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Death toll rises after Mexico rocked by huge earthquake
Date: 2017-09-20 08:48:47 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:18 - ID:7000195
MEXICO CITY, Sept 20 (MENA) - A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has rocked central Mexico and its capital, killing at least 224 people and destroying buildings, Euronews reported Wednesday. According to the US geological survey, the ....
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Mexico earthquake kills more than 140 people
Date: 2017-09-20 03:05:53 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:6 - ID:7000012
MEXICO CITY, Sept 20 (MENA) - A strong earthquake has struck central Mexico, killing more than 140 people and toppling dozens of buildings in the capital, Mexico City, reported the BBC on Wednesday. Rescuers are searching for survivors and there ....
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Tillerson: Iran nuclear deal 'really has to be revisited'
Date: 2017-09-20 01:48:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:7000004
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has said that the 2015 nuclear deal between the U.S., five other world powers and Iran "really has to be revisited." Tillerson told Fox News network that a key sticking point in the ....
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Congressmen arrested for protesting over immigration outside Trump Tower Tal Kopan
Date: 2017-09-20 01:18:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:7000000
WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - Three congressmen were among a group of protesters arrested outside Trump Tower, where they were participating in a demonstration in support of immigrants and protections recently ended by the Trump ....