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Chris Cline, coal mining entrepreneur, killed in Helicopter crash

Date: 2019-07-05 16:57:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:8011246

WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - Chris Cline, a billionaire entrepreneur, philanthropist and political donor once called the "King of Coal," died Thursday in what local authorities said was a helicopter crash in the Bahamas that killed seven people, The ....

Italian official lauds Egypt's expertise in combating organized crime

Date: 2019-07-05 16:29:52 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:38 - ID:8011065

CAIRO, July 5 (MENA) - The director of the Central Directorate for Immigration and Border Police at Italy's Interior Ministry hailed Egypt's distinct expertise in countering organized crime and illegal migration. Speaking at a celebration held by ....

IAEA to hold emergency meeting to discuss nuclear deal with Iran

Date: 2019-07-05 16:11:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8011067

VIENNA, July 5 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is preparing to hold an emergency meeting in Vienna next weekend to discuss the future of the nuclear deal with Iran, diplomatic sources in IAEA said Friday, Sputnik news agency ....

Malta agrees to take in migrants on Italy NGO boat as part of swap

Date: 2019-07-05 15:37:21 GMT - Malta - World - SN:35 - ID:8011232

VALLETTA, July 5 (MENA) - Malta said on Friday it would take in 54 migrants rescued by an Italian charity boat off Libya this week, after Italy refused to let the vessel dock at one of its ports as it labors to shut down sea migration routes, ....

Germany's Sea-Eye says it rescued 65 migrants off Libya coast

Date: 2019-07-05 14:48:12 GMT - Germany - World - SN:33 - ID:8010978

BERLIN, July 5 (MENA) - German humanitarian group Sea-Eye said its rescue ship has picked up 65 people who were found in a large dinghy about 55 kilometers off Libya's coast, ABC News reported. Sea-Eye said on its Facebook page that the crew of ....

Russia vows mirror response to mid-range missile deployment in NATO countries

Date: 2019-07-05 14:33:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8011019

MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Earlier on Friday NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance would respond with coordinated “defensive” measures in the event of the termination of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, Sputnik news agency ....

Russia hopes launching dialogue with US on strategic stability

Date: 2019-07-05 14:05:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:31 - ID:8010977

MOSCOW, July 5 (MENA) - Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Friday he hoped that at his meeting with US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson in Geneva on July 17-18, they would be able ....

NATO considers missile defense upgrade, risking further tensions with Russia

Date: 2019-07-05 13:46:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:8010979

NEW YORK, July 5 (MENA) - NATO military officials are exploring whether to upgrade their defenses to make them capable of shooting down newly deployed Russian intermediate-range nuclear missiles after a landmark arms treaty dissolves next month, ....

UK police arrested Swedish woman suspected of terrorism

Date: 2019-07-05 13:17:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:28 - ID:8010861

LONDON, June 5 (MENA) - The British police have arrested a Swedish woman at London's Gatwick Airport on suspicion of committing a terrorism offense, according to San Francisco Chronicle. Police said Friday that the 40-year-old suspect was ....

Iran threatens to seize British ship after marines storm super tanker

Date: 2019-07-05 12:32:34 GMT - Iran - World - SN:25 - ID:8010917

TEHRAN, July 15 (MENA) - Iran has threatened to seize a British tanker after Royal Marines held one of their vessels suspected of taking oil to Syria, Sky News reported. Mohsen Rezai, a senior commander in Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, said ....