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1 million children refugees from South Sudan's civil war
Date: 2017-05-08 19:59:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:68 - ID:6802921
LONDON, May 8 (MENA) - Two UN agencies said Monday that more than 1 million children have fled South Sudan's civil war, contributing to the world's fastest growing refugee crisis. The UN's child and refugee agencies said in a statement Monday ....
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11 dead, 200 missing in fresh refugee shipwrecks in Mediterranean
Date: 2017-05-08 19:42:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:66 - ID:6802920
GENEVA, May 8 (MENA) - At least 11 people have reportedly been killed and 200 more people remain unaccounted for following two separate shipwrecks involving refugees in the central Mediterranean, Press TV reported on Monday. The Libyan Red ....
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Russia presents draft resolution on de-escalation zones in Syria to UNSC
Date: 2017-05-08 07:51:31 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:6801536
NEW YORK, May 8 (MENA) - Russia presented a draft resolution in support of the memorandum on de-escalation zones in Syria signed at the international meeting in Astana on May 4 to the UN Security Council, Russia’s permanent mission to the UN told ....
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Gas leak in Chinese coal mine kills 18 miners
Date: 2017-05-08 06:55:48 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:6801464
BEIJING, May 8 (MENA) - A gas leak in a coal mine in central China has killed 18 people, CTV reported Monday. The leak happened on Sunday morning when miners were working in the shaft of the mine in Youxian county in Hunan province, according to ....
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Chinese president congratulates Macron on French election win
Date: 2017-05-08 06:11:27 GMT - China - World - SN:3 - ID:6801425
BEIJING, May 8 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping congratulated Emmanuel Macron on Monday for winning France's presidential election, Xinhua news agency reported. The Chinese president said China was willing to further ties between the two UN ....
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Daesh leader in Afghanistan killed
Date: 2017-05-07 22:38:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:6801236
KABUL, May 7 (MENA) - The head of Daesh in Afghanistan has been killed, according to an Afghan government statement. Abdul Hasib was killed in a raid in the early hours of last Thursday in Nangarhar province, in which 50 US special forces and 40 ....
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Sputnik denied permanent Capitol Hill press credentials: Report
Date: 2017-05-07 20:26:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:6801200
WASHINGTON, May 7 (MENA) - Sputnik, a news service owned and operated by the Russian government, has lost its bid to be permanently credentialed on Capitol Hill over its direct ties to Moscow. The Congressional Periodical Press Gallery has denied ....
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North Korea seizes another American citizen as crisis heats up
Date: 2017-05-07 19:46:04 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:60 - ID:6801185
PYONGYANG, May 7 (MENA) - North Korea announced Sunday it detained another American over the weekend, raising to four the number of US citizens being held by the communist nation's regime. Kim Hak-song had worked at the Pyongyang University of ....
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Macron wins French presidency by decisive margin over Le Pen
Date: 2017-05-07 18:38:02 GMT - France - World - SN:55 - ID:6801144
PARIS, May 7 (MENA) - The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency with a decisive victory over the far-right Marine Le Pen that his supporters hailed as holding back the tide of populism. Macron, 39, a former economy ....
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Rescuing Mediterranean migrants 'matter of life or death' - UN
Date: 2017-05-07 18:24:19 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:54 - ID:6801056
GENEVA, May 7 (MENA) - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said Sunday saving lives of asylum seekers and migrants crossing the Mediterranean to cross into Europe must be the top priority for all and, in light of the recent ....
