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  • Police: 1 killed, others wounded in Spain shooting incident

    Date: 2017-06-29 13:50:27 GMT - Spain - World - SN:41 - ID:6873342

    MADRID, June 29 (MENA) – Police in northeastern Spain are looking for a person who fired shots in a coastal town of Catalonia, killing one person and wounding several others before fleeing, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. A spokesman with ....

  • US sets new visa rules for 6 mainly Muslim nations, refugees

    Date: 2017-06-29 07:35:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:6872723

    WASHINGTON, June 29 (MENA) - The US Administration has set new criteria for visa applicants from six mainly Muslim nations and all refugees that require a "close" family or business tie to the United States, ABC News reported. The move came ....

  • Car rams gate of presidential palace in Brazil

    Date: 2017-06-29 05:05:06 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:2 - ID:6872637

    BRASILIA, June 29 (MENA) - A car has rammed the gate of the Brazilian palace in the capital Brasilia as pressure grows on Brazilian President Michel Temer to resign, the BBC reported Thursday. Security forces fired warning shots and the driver, ....

  • Moscow expects Putin, Trump to meet on sidelines of G20 summit in Hamburg

    Date: 2017-06-28 22:55:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:6872540

    MOSCOW, June 28 (MENA) - Moscow believes that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump will take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister ....

  • Russia to react 'with dignity' to any US pre-emptive intervention in Syria – FM

    Date: 2017-06-28 21:02:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:59 - ID:6872489

    MOSCOW, June 28 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Russia will react to possible US provocations against the Syrian Army "proportionately and with dignity," Sputnik reported. "We will react with dignity, proportionally to the real ....

  • UN personnel kidnapped in Libya freed

    Date: 2017-06-28 20:41:15 GMT - Libya - World - SN:58 - ID:6872426

    TRIPOLI, June 28 (MENA) - The UN personnel who were kidnapped earlier on Wednesday in Libya were released, said security sources. A group of six UN personnel were kidnapped by militants in the Libyan city of Zawiya. According to a Libyan ....

  • French, Iranian FMs to discuss Vienna agreement, Mideast crises

    Date: 2017-06-28 19:40:02 GMT - France - World - SN:55 - ID:6872412

    PARIS, June 28 (MENA) – French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif will discuss on Thursday in Paris several files, including implementation of Vienna deal on Iranian nuclear program, a spokesman for ....

  • Sisi greets Queen Elizabeth on birthday

    Date: 2017-06-28 18:39:35 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:52 - ID:6872421

    CAIRO, June 29 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi delegated on Wednesday presidential secretary Hossam Za'tar to the British Embassy here to offer greetings on the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. (MENA) M A A/M A F ....

  • UN personnel kidnapped by militants in Libya

    Date: 2017-06-28 17:38:02 GMT - Libya - World - SN:49 - ID:6872385

    TRIPOLI, June 28 (MENA) – UN personnel were kidnapped Wednesday by militants in the Libyan city of Zawiya. Sky News said that the personnel were driving a UN vehicle when it was intercepted by a group affiliated to the Al Qaeda. (MENA) M I N/M A ....

  • Donald Trump accepts Macron's invitation to attend Bastille day celebrations in Paris

    Date: 2017-06-28 16:37:08 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:6872301

    PARIS, June 28 (MENA) - The Élysée Palace announced on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump has just accepted the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron to attend July 14 celebrations in France. This invitation comes within the ....

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