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Moscow: Washington’s expansion of anti-Russian sanctions “gift” to Ukraine president
Date: 2017-06-21 21:44:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:6864948
MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - The new sanctions imposed by the United States against Russia over the situation in Ukraine are a “political gift” to Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Kyiv Post quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as ....
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Macron rolls back on ‘Assad must go’ position
Date: 2017-06-21 21:38:46 GMT - France - World - SN:85 - ID:6865043
PARIS, June 21 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said in remarks published on Wednesday that he saw no legitimate successor to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and that France no longer considered his departure a pre-condition to resolving ....
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US will help release S. Korean prisoners in N. Korea as well: envoy
Date: 2017-06-21 21:17:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:83 - ID:6864949
SEOUL, June 21 (MENA) - The United States will do its best to help South Korea win the release of its citizens detained in North Korea, the acting US ambassador to Seoul said Wednesday in a meeting with the host country's new foreign ....
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Daesh destroys iconic al-Nuri mosque in Mosul
Date: 2017-06-21 20:42:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:81 - ID:6865005
MOSUL, Iraq, June 21 (MENA) - Iraq’s Ministry of Defense says Daesh destroyed the al-Nuri mosque in Mosul and the iconic leaning minaret when fighters detonated explosives inside the structures late Wednesday night, Al Arabiya channel said. The ....
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UN renews appeal for humanitarian funds as needs grow
Date: 2017-06-21 15:33:08 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:6864393
GENEVA, June 21 (MENA) - Only a quarter of the $23.5 billion needed for humanitarian assistance programs worldwide this year has been received, the United Nations said on Wednesday in a fresh appeal to donors, the Daily Mail reported. The world ....
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Macron attends Iftar hosted by French Council of Muslim Faith
Date: 2017-06-21 13:39:45 GMT - France - World - SN:45 - ID:6864153
PARIS, June 20 (MENA) - President of France Emmanuel Macron attended an Iftar celebration held by the French Council of Muslim Faith on Tuesday night. Addressing the guests, Macron affirmed that the coming battle will be against terrorism and ....
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Belgian PM: Station attack could have been very dangerous
Date: 2017-06-21 12:07:43 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:36 - ID:6864142
BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel says that the shooting of a suspect at the Brussels Central train station "could have been potentially very dangerous." He said there were more explosives that the suspect carried ....
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Spanish police arrest 3 Moroccans over alleged links to Daesh
Date: 2017-06-21 10:48:21 GMT - Spain - World - SN:30 - ID:6863988
MADRID, June 21 (MENA) - Police in Madrid have arrested three Moroccans including an “extremely dangerous [Daesh] member” who had a sick suicide attack manual, Express reported Wednesday. The 32-year-old man was described as being in an “advanced ....
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Brussels attacker Moroccan, not known for terror
Date: 2017-06-21 10:21:07 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:28 - ID:6863943
BRUSSELS, June 21 (MENA) - A federal magistrate in Belgium says that the suspect who was shot and killed by soldiers at the Brussels central station had Moroccan nationality and wasn't known to authorities for terror activities, abc news ....
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Militants storm school in Philippines, students held hostage
Date: 2017-06-21 09:08:43 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:21 - ID:6863718
MANILA, June 21 (MENA) - About 300 pro-Daesh militants on Wednesday stormed a school in the southern Philippines and are holding students hostage, Fox News reported. Philippine officials say rebels are engaging troops in a gunbattle in Pigcawayan ....
