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70% of Americans trust government to protect them from terrorism - Poll
Date: 2017-06-20 12:36:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:6862609
WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - Seventy percent of Americans have "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of confidence in the US government to protect its citizens from future acts of terrorism according to a new Gallup poll, The Washington Times reported ....
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French defense minister quits over new EU fake jobs inquiry
Date: 2017-06-20 10:21:56 GMT - France - World - SN:25 - ID:6862499
PARIS, June 20 (MENA) - French Defense Minister Sylvie Goulard announced her resignation on Tuesday over a fake jobs scandal that has hit her small centrist MoDem party, allied with President Emmanuel Macron's party, France 24 reported. Goulard, ....
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Putin, Brazilian president to discuss economic cooperation
Date: 2017-06-20 10:19:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:24 - ID:6862384
MOSCOW, June 20 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will have talks Wednesday with his Brazilian counterpart Michel Temer on boosting economic cooperation between the two countries, according to the Kremlin press office. In the statement ....
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Moon deplores North Korea's rights violations after U.S. student's death
Date: 2017-06-20 08:29:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:13 - ID:6862286
SEOUL, June 20 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in deplored North Korea's human rights violations Tuesday, expressing condolences to the family of a US student who died following 17 months of captivity in the communist North, the Korean news ....
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Death of detained U-Va. student could lead to North Korea travel ban
Date: 2017-06-20 08:20:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:6862287
WASHINGTON, June 20 (MENA) - Otto Warmbier, 22, was in a coma when he was returned to his family in Ohio last week after being held in North Korea for nearly a year and a half after he allegedly tried to steal a propaganda poster. His death on ....
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UN official: Increase in refugees, asylum seekers proves 'disheartening failure of international diplomacy'
Date: 2017-06-20 08:08:45 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:11 - ID:6862281
GENEVA, June 2 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said the increase in the number of refugees and asylum seekers proved a disheartening failure of international diplomacy, the BBC reported Tuesday. "The world seems to have ....
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US responds to Russian threat after shoot-down of Syrian jet
Date: 2017-06-19 21:54:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:6862117
WASHINGTON, June 19 (MENA) - US pilots operating over Syria won't hesitate to defend themselves from Russian threats, a Pentagon spokesperson said Monday in the latest escalation between the two superpowers since a US jet shot down a Syrian aircraft ....
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UN warns of escalation in Syria
Date: 2017-06-19 20:55:15 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:80 - ID:6862093
NEW YORK, June 19 (MENA) - The recent developments in Syria, specifically the shooting down of the Syrian Su-22 by the US-led coalition heightens the risk of escalating the Syrian conflict, the UN warned on Monday. “It does bring up more broadly a ....
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Trump opens door to conflict with Iran in Syria once Daesh collapses
Date: 2017-06-19 20:48:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:6862085
LONDON, June 19 (MENA) - US forces have opened fire on Iranian-backed forces in Syria three times in the past month, amid mounting tensions that observers and former officials worry could easily turn into an unplanned conflict, The Guardian reported ....
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Government spyware targets Mexican journalists, their families
Date: 2017-06-19 20:22:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:6862088
NEW YORK, June 19 (MENA) - Mexico’s most prominent human rights lawyers, journalists and anti-corruption activists have been targeted by advanced spyware sold to the Mexican government on the condition that it be used only to investigate criminals ....
