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Immigration arrests rise sharply as Trump mandate is carried out
Date: 2017-05-18 12:43:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:6816864
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - Immigration arrests shot up 38 percent in the first three months of the Trump administration compared with the same period last year, The New York Times newspaper reported Thursday. While President Trump’s more ....
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2 charged with co-founding far-right terror group in Germany
Date: 2017-05-18 12:00:12 GMT - Germany - World - SN:48 - ID:6816701
BERLIN, May 18 (MENA) - German prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against two alleged co-founders of a far-right group that planned to bomb a refugee home, said ABC news. Federal prosecutors said Thursday that the two German men, identified ....
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UN says 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies
Date: 2017-05-18 11:00:18 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:33 - ID:6816464
NEW YORK, May 18 (MENA) - The United Nations said that up to 200,000 more people could flee Mosul as fighting intensifies between Iraqi forces and Daesh terrorist group militants in the city. “As military operations intensify and move closer to ....
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Afghan intelligence agency foils Taliban terror attacks in Kabul
Date: 2017-05-18 09:09:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6816285
KABUL, May 18 (MENA) -- Afghan intelligence operatives have foiled plans by the Taliban group to carry out a series of attacks in Kabul, Khaama Press reported Thursday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) in a statement said Wednesday that ....
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Venezuela: 2,600 soldiers sent to quell looting amid protests
Date: 2017-05-18 06:22:35 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:6 - ID:6816096
CARACAS, May 18 (MENA) - Venezuela said it is sending 2,600 troops to the western region of Tachira to quell looting and rioting amid continuing anti-government protests, the BBC reported. Speaking on state television on Wednesday, Defense ....
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2 killed in small plane crash in Mexico
Date: 2017-05-18 06:05:50 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:3 - ID:6816102
MEXICO CITY, May 18 (MENA) - A small private aircraft crashed on Wednesday near Toluca International Airport, in the central State of Mexico, killing the two pilots on board, ABC news reported Thursday. Aviation authorities told the press that ....
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Trump willing to make peace through engagement with N. Korea: S. Korean envoy
Date: 2017-05-18 06:05:41 GMT - south korea - World - SN:2 - ID:6816089
SEOUL, May 18 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump told a special envoy of South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he looks forward to working closely with Moon to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue and is willing to make peace through engagement ....
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Iran nuclear: Trump extends Obama's 'worst deal ever'
Date: 2017-05-17 22:57:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:6815988
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - Donald Trump's White House has renewed sanctions relief for Iran, despite the US president's past criticism, BBC News reported. The easing of sanctions is part of a crucial nuclear deal brokered in 2015 under ....
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Trump will not announce embassy's move to Al Quds while in Israel -- official
Date: 2017-05-17 22:36:45 GMT - Israel - World - SN:78 - ID:6816001
GAZA CITY, May 17 (MENA) -US President Donald Trump will not announce US Embassy's move to Al Quds while in Israel, though this remains his ultimate goal, a top US official was quoted by Yediot Ahronot of Israel as saying on Wednesday. The ....
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Yemen cholera death toll mounts to 209: UNICEF
Date: 2017-05-17 13:09:53 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:43 - ID:6815255
NEW YORK, May 17 (MENA) - A cholera outbreak in Yemen has killed 209 people in recent weeks with 17,200 suspected cases across the war-torn country, the United Nations children's agency said Wednesday, according to the Daily Mail. UNICEF's Yemen ....
