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Evidence of using chemical weapons in Syria 'clear, explicit' - Merkel

Date: 2018-04-10 20:49:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:85 - ID:7343376

BERLIN, April 10 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday evidence of the use of chemical weapons in Syria is "clear and explicit", ABC News reported. "I believe that the evidence that chemical weapons were used there is very clear ....

Russia vetoes US resolution on Syria chemical weapons attacks

Date: 2018-04-10 20:14:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:82 - ID:7343653

NEW YORK, April 10 (MENA) - Russia on Tuesday used its veto right to block a US resolution to create new expert body to determine responsibility for Syria's chemical weapons attacks. (MORE) M R E/M A F ....

Macron: France, Saudi agree on need to curb 2 last Paris

Date: 2018-04-10 20:02:15 GMT - France - World - SN:81 - ID:7343553

The French president said: “It is obvious that we will not tolerate any ballistic activity that threatens Saudi Arabia.” After a trip which has seen France and Saudi sign up for major cultural exchanges as well as discussions of war in the Middle ....

Macron: France, Saudi agree on need to curb Iranian ‘expansionism’

Date: 2018-04-10 19:10:51 GMT - France - World - SN:78 - ID:7343536

PARIS, April 10 (MENA) - French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that France agreed with Saudi Arabia on the need to curb Iranian “expansionism” in the Middle East, while also announcing a conference to boost humanitarian support for Yemen, ....

Trump, May agree world 'needs to respond' to Syria chemical attack

Date: 2018-04-10 19:05:41 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7343378

LONDON, April 10 (MENA) - The world "needs to respond" to the suspected chemical attack in Syria, UK Prime Minister Theresa May and US President Donald Trump have agreed after crisis talks, Mirror reported on Tuesday. The pair spoke today on the ....

Airfield employee dies after helicopter accident in Germany

Date: 2018-04-10 17:15:35 GMT - Germany - World - SN:70 - ID:7343353

BERLIN, April 10 (MENA) - German Authorities said an employee at an airfield in southern Germany has died after being hit by flying debris when the rotor blades of a military helicopter collided with the facility's control tower, ABC news reported ....

US Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert resigns

Date: 2018-04-10 15:59:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:7343187

WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - White House Homeland Security Advisor Thomas Bossert resigned Tuesday, just one day after President Trump’s new national security adviser, Ambassador John Bolton, began his tenure in the National Security Council, Fox ....

Trump cancels South America trip to monitor response to Syria

Date: 2018-04-10 14:06:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:55 - ID:7342979

WASHINGTON, April 10 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump scrapped a planned trip to South America, set to begin Friday, to monitor the American response to alleged chemical weapons use in Syria, the White House said on Tuesday. "President Trump ....

4.7-Magnitude quake hits central Italy

Date: 2018-04-10 08:15:44 GMT - Italy - World - SN:12 - ID:7342143

ROME, April 10 (MENA) - A 4.7-magnitude quake shook residents and structures early Tuesday in a region of central Italy that had been struck by a series of powerful quakes in 2016, ABC News reported. No deaths or injuries have been ....

Double-decker tourist bus slams into tree in Malta, 2 dead

Date: 2018-04-09 20:20:04 GMT - Malta - World - SN:71 - ID:7341841

VALLETTA, April 9 (MENA) – An open-top double-decker tourist bus slammed into a low-hanging tree branch in Malta on Monday, killing two people and injuring 45 others, including a dozen children, ABC News reported. The accident happened in ....