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Malta election: PM Joseph Muscat wins snap poll
Date: 2017-06-04 16:45:33 GMT - Malta - World - SN:38 - ID:6840920
VALLETTA, June 4 (MENA) - Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has won the snap general election he called a month ago amid corruption allegations concerning his wife, the BBC reported. The full results have yet to be announced. But Muscat ....
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Chechen leader says ready to help UK in confronting terrorism
Date: 2017-06-04 15:19:08 GMT - Chechnya - World - SN:30 - ID:6840643
GROZNY, June 4 (MENA) - Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said Sunday he is ready to help the UK authorities to uproot terrorism in their countries, Russia Today reported. Offering condolences over London terror attacks, Kadyrov added that he offers ....
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Pope Francis prays for London attack victims
Date: 2017-06-04 12:34:31 GMT - Italy - World - SN:19 - ID:6840467
ROME, June 4 (MENA) - Pope Francis has offered prayers for the victims of the London attacks during a traditional Sunday blessing following Mass that marked the Pentecost holiday. Francis invoked prayers that the Holy Spirit “grants peace to the ....
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May warns of new terrorism trend after London attack kills seven
Date: 2017-06-04 12:05:40 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:16 - ID:6840362
LONDON, June 4 (MENA) - Prime Minister Theresa May said the U.K. faces “a new trend” in terrorism, with attackers inspiring each other, after seven people were killed and 48 injured in a Saturday night rampage in London -- days before the general ....
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London police: Death toll of London attacks increased to 7
Date: 2017-06-04 10:31:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:10 - ID:6840247
LONDON, June 4 (MENA) - London Metropolitan Commissioner Cressida Dick announced that the death toll of London attacks had increased from 6 to 7, ABC news reported. At a press conference held on Sunday, She added, "We believe there were 3 ....
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Six people killed, 50 others injured in London terror attacks
Date: 2017-06-04 06:47:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:2 - ID:6839913
LONDON, June 4 (MENA) - Six people have been killed and at least 48 injured in a terror incident in London in which three male attackers were shot dead by police, the BBC reported. A white van hit pedestrians on London Bridge at about 22:00 BST ....
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Afghan president deplores Kabul's blasts
Date: 2017-06-03 21:41:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:6839759
KABUL, June 3 (MENA) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned three back-to-back explosions that ripped through a funeral held for one of the demonstrators killed during anti-government protests Friday, the Washington Post reported on Saturday. ....
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5 Indian soldiers killed as Pakistani troops respond to firing along Line of Control
Date: 2017-06-03 21:18:01 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:68 - ID:6839760
ISLAMABAD, June 3 (MENA) – Five Indian soldiers were killed during a cross-border exchange of fire as Pakistani troops responded to an "unprovoked" ceasefire violation in the Tatta Pani sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Saturday, Dawn ....
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Gunman attacks bar in northern Mexico, 6 killed, 22 hurt
Date: 2017-06-03 21:00:54 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:67 - ID:6839735
MEXICO CITY, June 3 (MENA) - Authorities say a gunman attacked a group of people at a bar in northern Mexico, killing six and wounding 22 others, ABC News reported. A statement from the Chihuahua state prosecutor's office said the attack was ....
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WFP chartered cargo plane crash lands in Somalia
Date: 2017-06-03 20:57:41 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:66 - ID:6839736
MOGADISHU, June 3 (MENA) – A plane chartered by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) crash landed in Garbaherey town in Gedo region of southern Somalia on Saturday, Xinhua quoted a UN official as saying. WFP spokesperson Amor Almagro said the cargo ....