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New migrant arrivals on Lesvos and Chios reach 350 in one day

Date: 2018-05-06 22:35:20 GMT - Greece - World - SN:96 - ID:7386877

ATHENS, May 6 (MENA) - A total of 350 undocumented migrants landed on the islands of Lesvos and Chios on Sunday, official figures showed amid rising concerns about a growing influx of refugees from both the land and sea borders, Kathimerini ....

Efforts underway to rescue 7 Indian engineers kidnapped by Afghan militants

Date: 2018-05-06 22:23:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:95 - ID:7386922

KABUL, May 6 (MENA) - Local security officials in the northern Afghan province of Baghlan said that efforts are underway by the Afghan forces and the government officials as well as local tribal elders for the release of Indian engineers who were ....

Singapore likely to be rendezvous between Trump, Kim Jong Un for talks

Date: 2018-05-06 22:13:13 GMT - China - World - SN:94 - ID:7386913

BEIJING, May 6 (MENA) - The US and North Korean leaders are likely to meet in Singapore in mid-June, according to South Korean media reports, as tensions ease on the Korean peninsula following the first inter-Korean summit in over a decade. US ....

38 militiamen killed in military operation southern Afghanistan

Date: 2018-05-06 19:55:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:82 - ID:7386774

KABUL, May 6 (MENA)- At least 38 militiamen were killed in a military operation in the Afghan southern province of Zabul, the governor’s spokesman Islam Sayal said Sunday. Sayal told an Afghan TV channel that the military operation is still ....

Two children injured in shooting northwestern London

Date: 2018-05-06 18:40:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7386876

LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - The Metropolitan Police has confirmed that two boys were shot within minutes of each other on Sunday afternoon in Harrow, north-west London, Daily Star newspaper reported. A spokeswoman for Metropolitan Police said: ....

Pakistani interior minister injured in assassination attempt

Date: 2018-05-06 17:17:43 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:69 - ID:7386660

ISLAMABAD, May 6 (MENA) - Pakistani Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal was shot at and injured during a corner meeting in Narowal's Kanjrur tehsil on Sunday, in what Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif described as an "assassination attempt," Pakistan's ....

Boris Johnson hopes US visit can save Iran nuclear weapons deal

Date: 2018-05-06 10:16:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:7385643

LONDON, May 6 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is travelling to the US as part of a diplomatic effort to persuade US President Donald Trump not to scrap the Iran nuclear deal, The Guardian reported on Sunday. Trump has fiercely ....

9 found killed in southern Mexico

Date: 2018-05-05 22:31:23 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:71 - ID:7385257

MEXICO CITY, May 5 (MENA) - Mexican authorities said nine men have been found murdered in the back of a small cargo truck in the southern state of Guerrero, Fox News reported on Saturday. State prosecutors said in a statement that the men were ....

Cuba to host Colombia peace talks with ELN rebels

Date: 2018-05-05 20:45:24 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:67 - ID:7385218

BOGOTA, May 5 (MENA) – Colombia's government and its last major rebel movement have agreed to continue peace talks in Cuba after Ecuador last month withdrew as host for the negotiations, Fox News reported on Saturday. Peace talks with the ....

Gas explosion kills 6 miners in southwest Pakistan

Date: 2018-05-05 19:44:21 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:64 - ID:7385155

ISLAMABAD, May 5 (MENA) - A government official has said that a methane gas explosion in a coal mine killed at least six miners in southwest Pakistan on Saturday, Fox News reported. Senior government official Javed Anwar said eleven coal miners ....