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Theresa May upgrades terrorist threat level to 'critical' and puts soldiers on UK streets
Date: 2017-05-23 21:19:24 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:110 - ID:6824999
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Theresa May has announced the terror threat level in the UK is being raised to "critical" and soldiers will now be deployed on the streets to protect key sites, in a significant escalation of the policing response following ....
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Ethiopia’s Adhanom elected as WHO director general
Date: 2017-05-23 20:30:36 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:107 - ID:6824795
GENEVA, May 23 (MENA) - Ethiopia’s former health and foreign affairs minister Tedros Adhanom was elected Tuesday as director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) to be the first African ever to head the agency. Dr. Adhanom ultimately ....
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Foreign, Defense Ministers from Egypt, Russia to discuss situation in Syria, Libya: diplomat
Date: 2017-05-23 20:06:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:106 - ID:6824847
MOSCOW, May 23 (MENA) - The Egyptian and Russian ministers of foreign affairs and defense are scheduled to hold a meeting in Cairo to discuss developments in Syria and Libya, Egyptian Ambassador to Russia Mohamed el Badry said. Speaking to the ....
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Somali suicide bomber kills 4 at Puntland checkpoint
Date: 2017-05-23 19:57:45 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:105 - ID:6824843
MOGADISHU, May 23 (MENA) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military checkpoint in northern Somalia's semiautonomous state of Puntland, killing at least four people, ABC News quoted a Somali police officer as saying Tuesday. The bomber ....
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Martial rule declared in besieged south Philippines
Date: 2017-05-23 19:05:57 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:102 - ID:6824794
MANILA, May 23 (MENA) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the country's south under martial rule for 60 days and cut short a visit to Moscow on Tuesday after extremists allied with the Daesh terrorist group laid siege to a southern city, ....
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Manchester Arena attacker named as Salman Ramadan Abedi
Date: 2017-05-23 17:51:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:6824783
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - The man who murdered 22 people and injured 59 others in Manchester has been named as Salman Ramadan Abedi, a Mancunian of Libyan descent, The Guardian reported. Police confirmed the 22-year-old’s identity after officials ....
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Jamiat-e-Islami eyes major role in Afghan presidential elections
Date: 2017-05-23 16:08:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:92 - ID:6824495
KABUL, May 23 (MENA) - The Jamiat-e-Islami of Afghanistan led by Salahuddin Rabbani and Ata Mohammad Noor eyes A major role in the next presidential elections of Afghanistan by expanding the leadership council of the party. Speaking during a ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for Manchester Arena attack
Date: 2017-05-23 14:19:34 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:6824388
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed responsibility for the blast that hit an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, leaving at least 22 people, including children, dead. The group offered no evidence to support its claim, CNN ....
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UK police evacuates Manchester's Arndale shopping center
Date: 2017-05-23 11:58:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:61 - ID:6823999
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Manchester’s Arndale shopping center has been re-opened after briefly being evacuated hours after an attack on Manchester Arena killed 22 people who had been attending an Ariana Grande concert. Manchester's Arndale ....
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Manchester attack: British PM condemns 'sickening, cowardly' act
Date: 2017-05-23 11:54:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:59 - ID:6823931
LONDON, May 23 (MENA) - Prime Minister Theresa May has said the "callous terrorist attack" in Manchester, which left 22 dead, was one of the worst ever experienced in British history, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The prime minister said the ....
