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  • 2 hotels in Paris under armed robbery; perpetrator still at large

    Date: 2017-05-12 14:12:01 GMT - France - World - SN:41 - ID:6808217

    PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - Two hotels in Paris were successively subjected to armed robbery by an unidentified gunman Friday. Local media reported that the perpetrator is still at large after fleeing the scene. An investigation has been launched. ....

  • 6.2-magnitude quake off El Salvador

    Date: 2017-05-12 13:44:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:6808248

    WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - The US Geological Survey said a strong earthquake has struck off the coast of El Salvador, ABC News reported The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, struck at around 4:40 am Friday morning. Its depth was ....

  • Malaysia deports 3 Turks believed to be in militant group

    Date: 2017-05-12 13:33:53 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:39 - ID:6808196

    KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 (MENA) - Malaysian police said Friday they have deported three Turkish men suspected of links to U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, accused of being behind a failed coup attempt in Turkey last year, according to ABC News. ....

  • Bomb blast kills at least 25 in southwestern Pakistan

    Date: 2017-05-12 12:55:31 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:34 - ID:6808195

    ISLAMABAD, May 12 (MENA) - At least 25 people were killed and 35 others injured when a roadside blast targeted a senior politician in southwestern Pakistan, the local GEO TV quoted Pakistani officials as saying Friday. Senate Deputy Chairman ....

  • Over 25 killed in blast in Pakistan

    Date: 2017-05-12 11:00:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:26 - ID:6807973

    ISLAMABAD, May 12 (MENA) - At least 25 people lost their lives while over 30 others were injured in a roadside blast in the Mastung area of Balochistan, Geo news channel quoted police sources as saying on Friday. District Health Officer in ....

  • Double explosion in Rome near post office, bombs found hidden between two cars

    Date: 2017-05-12 10:54:52 GMT - Italy - World - SN:24 - ID:6807926

    ROME, May 12 (MENA) - Two bombs have exploded in Rome, Italy, close to a post office and a United Nations building, the Express newspaper reported on Friday. A car has been badly damaged in the incident, which occurred on Via Marmorata, in the ....

  • Germany says will tell US that the world needs its leadership

    Date: 2017-05-12 10:50:37 GMT - Italy - World - SN:22 - ID:6807924

    ROME, May 12 (MENA) - German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Friday he would tell the U.S. Treasury Secretary that the world needs the United States' leadership. The new administration of President Donald Trump was the focus of ....

  • Trump administration announces deal with China to boost exports

    Date: 2017-05-12 08:12:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:6807721

    WASHINGTON, May 12 (MENA) - After months of bashing China for its trade practices, the US administration said it had agreed with Beijing on a broad range of measures aimed at improving the access of American beef producers, electronic-payments ....

  • Global-PRNewseire(4):2017 U.N. Correspondents Association Awards For Best Journalistic Coverage Of The United Nations And U.N. Agencies

    Date: 2017-05-11 20:46:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:6807554

    2017 U.N. Correspondents Association Awards For Best Journalistic Coverage Of The United Nations And U.N. Agencies WINNERS WILL BE HONORED AT GALA EVENT BY THE U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL H.E. ANTÓNIO GUTERRES MID - DECEMBER 2017 (Date TBD) AT ....

  • Pentagon tries to ease Turkey's concerns with arming Kurds

    Date: 2017-05-11 20:38:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:74 - ID:6807542

    LONDON, May 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis made clear Thursday that America is committed to protecting Turkey after angering its NATO ally with a deal to arm anti-Daesh fighters in Syria that Turkey considers terrorists, ABC News ....

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