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  • Greece seizes ship carrying explosive materials to Libya

    Greece seizes ship carrying explosive materials to Libya

    Date: 2018-01-11 08:59:17 GMT - Greece - International - SN:7 - ID:7185051

    Greece's coastguard Wednesday said it had seized a freighter carrying explosive materials from Turkey to Libya, The Daily Star reported. The ship was found to be carrying 29 crates containing detonators and explosive materials including ammonium ....

  • Airlifts begin moving 13,000 tourists trapped in Swiss ski resort

    Airlifts begin moving 13,000 tourists trapped in Swiss ski resort

    Date: 2018-01-11 08:35:29 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:4 - ID:7184932

    Helicopters have begun airlifts from Zermatt, the exclusive Swiss ski resort, where about 13,000 tourists were stranded by heavy snowfall, as fears grew for a British snowboarder missing in the French Alps, The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. An ....

  • White House blasts judge blocking end of DACA, calling it ‘outrageous’

    White House blasts judge blocking end of DACA, calling it ‘outrageous’

    Date: 2018-01-11 08:32:09 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7184901

    The White House called a judge's decision to temporarily block US President Donald Trump's ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program "outrageous" on Wednesday, hours after the move introduced a new complication to talks on ....

  • Russia to stand up for viability of Iran nuclear deal — Lavrov

    Russia to stand up for viability of Iran nuclear deal — Lavrov

    Date: 2018-01-11 07:16:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7184867

    Russia will stand up for viability of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at his meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday, TASS ....

  • 7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean Sea

    7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean Sea

    Date: 2018-01-10 12:20:00 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7183652

    A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea. As of 10:48 p.m. CST, all tsunami advisories were canceled throughout the Caribbean and Central America. According to the National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC), hazardous tsunami waves are ....

  • France says 3 of its nationals back home after being stabbed in Israel's Eilat

    France says 3 of its nationals back home after being stabbed in Israel's Eilat

    Date: 2018-01-09 16:00:03 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:7182648

    The French Foreign Ministry asserted on Tuesday that the three French tourists who had been stabbed in the Israeli port of Eilat returned to France after receiving appropriate consular support. According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Monday, ....

  • US VP due to visit Jordan on Jan 21

    US VP due to visit Jordan on Jan 21

    Date: 2018-01-09 10:52:09 GMT - Jordan - International - SN:2 - ID:7181752

    US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Jordan on January 21 within the framework of a regional tour, an official source told the Jordanian news agency Petra on Tuesday. Pence is scheduled to meet with Jordanian King Abdullah II, added the ....

  • Washington apologizes for emergency helicopter landings in Japanese Okinawa

    Washington apologizes for emergency helicopter landings in Japanese Okinawa

    Date: 2018-01-09 10:48:51 GMT - Japan - International - SN:1 - ID:7181718

    US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis apologized on Tuesday for two emergency landings made by US military helicopters in a period of less than a week in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, Kyodo News reported. Japanese Defense Minister ....

  • U.S VP to head to Middle East late next week

    U.S VP to head to Middle East late next week

    Date: 2018-01-08 18:54:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:26 - ID:7181151

    U.S Vice President Mike Pence will head next week for a Middle East tour, which will include Egypt, Jordan and Israel, CNN quoted his office as saying on Monday. Pence's Middle East swing is taking place a month later than originally scheduled, ....

  • French president arrives in China

    French president arrives in China

    Date: 2018-01-08 11:40:54 GMT - China - International - SN:15 - ID:7179828

    French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched a state visit to China at the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, a nod to his Chinese counterpart's scheme to revive the famous trading route, France 24 reported. Along with his wife ....

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