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US looks at extending laptop ban to all flights
Date: 2017-05-19 12:12:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:6818166
LONDON, May 19 (MENA) - The Trump administration is considering extending a ban on laptops in aircraft cabins to all flights to the US from anywhere in the world, in a move that would create major disruption for passengers and airlines, Financial ....
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Sweden drops rape investigation against Julian Assange
Date: 2017-05-19 10:53:42 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:37 - ID:6818073
STOCKHOLM, May 19 (MENA) - Sweden's top prosecutor said Friday she is dropping an investigation into a rape claim against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after almost seven years. The Swedish Prosecution Authority said in a statement Friday that ....
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Five dead, 19 missing after Haiti rains, flooding - officials
Date: 2017-05-19 10:17:11 GMT - Haiti - World - SN:33 - ID:6818050
PORT-AU-PRINCE, May 19 (MENA) - Five people were killed and 19 went missing after torrential rains and flooding hit Haiti, its Department of Civil Protection said. Streams, rivers and ravines overflowed causing the casualties and damage to ....
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UN official: Europe faces return of dangerous Daesh fighters after defeat in Syria, Iraq
Date: 2017-05-19 06:11:34 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:2 - ID:6817744
BRUSSELS, May 19 (MENA) - Europe will face an exodus of Daesh fighters defeated in Syria and Iraq this year, more dangerous and battle hardened than previous returnees, the head of the United Nations Security Council's counter-terrorism agency has ....
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8 Syrian opposition factions pull out of Geneva talks
Date: 2017-05-18 23:08:05 GMT - Syria - World - SN:115 - ID:6817701
DAMASCUS, May 18 (MENA) – Representatives of eight armed opposition groups have suspended their proposal to participate in the Geneva talks' main session as of Thursday. According to the higher negotiation panel, the groups said they would not ....
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Pakistan: ICJ has no jurisdiction over national security matters
Date: 2017-05-18 21:39:24 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:110 - ID:6817670
ISLAMABAD, May 18 (MENA) – Pakistan’s Foreign Office Spokesman Nafees Zakaria said on Thursday that no institution can be a party when it comes to the country’s national security, Geo News reported. Zakaria’s remarks came shortly after the ....
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UNICEF: 300,000 children migrating solo - up nearly fivefold
Date: 2017-05-18 20:30:44 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:106 - ID:6817545
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - Authorities have documented more than 300,000 children migrating alone worldwide over a two-year period, marking a dramatic escalation of a trend that has forced many young refugees into slavery and prostitution, the UN ....
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Russia dismisses as false Politico’s publication saying Lavrov sought meeting with Obama
Date: 2017-05-18 19:04:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:102 - ID:6817467
MOSCOW, May 18 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed as false a Politico publication which cited "two former senior White House officials" saying that the Obama administration had refused to grant Russian ....
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At least 22 injured as car hits pedestrians in New York's Times Square
Date: 2017-05-18 18:43:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:98 - ID:6817490
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - At least 22 people have been injured and one is dead after a speeding car struck pedestrians in New York City's Times Square, Sky News reported. A witness said they saw seven people being loaded onto stretchers, shoes ....
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France calls for building national Libyan army under civilian authority
Date: 2017-05-18 18:41:41 GMT - France - World - SN:97 - ID:6817465
PARIS, May 18 (MENA) - French Foreign Ministry spokesman Romain Nadal said on Thursday that Libya needs to build a national army that is led by a civilian authority and in which all forces, including those of Commander Khalifa Haftar, will take ....
