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Pentagon: 'active preparations' by Syria for chemical attack
Date: 2017-06-27 15:57:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:6871159
WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - The Pentagon said it detected "active preparations" by Syria for a chemical weapons attack, giving weight to a White House statement hours earlier that the Syrian government would "pay a heavy price" if it carried out ....
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Hackers strike across Europe - report
Date: 2017-06-27 15:39:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:43 - ID:6871158
LONDON, June 27 (MENA) - Major firms, airports and government departments in Ukraine have been struck by a massive cyber attack which began to spread across Europe. In Ukraine, government departments, the central bank, a state-run aircraft ....
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Lavrov and Gabriel discuss Syrian settlement, Minsk agreements on Wednesday
Date: 2017-06-27 14:43:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:6871078
MOSCOW, June 27, (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel will discuss at their meeting on Wednesday combating international terrorism along with Minsk agreements and the peace process in Syria, the ....
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Over 8,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in 48 hours
Date: 2017-06-27 14:14:18 GMT - Italy - World - SN:39 - ID:6871073
ROME, June 27 (MENA) - More than 8,000 migrants have been rescued in waters off Libya during the past 48 hours in difficult weather conditions, Italy's coastguard said. "On Monday, we rescued about 5,000 people from four large boats, one smaller ....
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Ukrainian serviceman killed in car bomb
Date: 2017-06-27 10:06:43 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:20 - ID:6870690
KIEV, June 27 (MENA) - Ukrainian Police said in a statement that the driver of a luxury car was killed instantly as the vehicle blew up at a Kiev intersection Tuesday morning, Russia Today reported. Local media sources said that two persons were ....
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US President Trump prepares to meet Putin at G20 — source
Date: 2017-06-27 09:42:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:6870697
WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - The White House does not rule out that the meeting of the presidents of Russia and the United States on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg will happen, although a final decision has not yet been made, a senior ....
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Indonesia police find Daesh propaganda targeting children
Date: 2017-06-27 06:49:48 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:6870587
BANGKOK, June 27 (MENA) - Indonesian police have found hundreds of books containing Daesh propaganda targeting children at the home of a suspect arrested in connection with the stabbing death of an officer, Bangkok Post quoted a police spokeswoman ....
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Niger authorities: 52 migrants die during desert crossing
Date: 2017-06-27 06:21:28 GMT - Niger - World - SN:8 - ID:6870583
NIAMEY, June 27 (MENA) - Fifty-two migrants have been found dead in the deserts of central Niger, near Séguédine, the BBC reported Tuesday. A group of 75 set out in three vehicles but were abandoned by traffickers, who feared the security ....
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Russian submarine successfully test-fires Bulava intercontinental missile
Date: 2017-06-27 06:09:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:6870574
MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said that the Russian Northern Fleet’s Project 955 underwater missile cruiser Yuri Dolgoruky has successfully test-fired a Bulava missile from the Barents Sea and hit all the designated targets ....
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Trump says N.Korea threat must be 'dealt with rapidly'
Date: 2017-06-27 05:52:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:6870562
WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump called on Monday for the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic programs to be "rapidly" tackled, Sky News channel reported Tuesday. "The North Korean regime is causing ....
