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  • Police make 2 more arrests over Manchester bombing

    Police make 2 more arrests over Manchester bombing

    Date: 2017-05-25 08:12:04 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:6826895

    Police have arrested two more people and are searching a new site in Manchester suspected of links to the bombing that killed 22 people at a pop concert, Sky news reported. Greater Manchester Police say two men were arrested overnight in ....

  • Theresa May upgrades terrorist threat level to 'critical' and puts soldiers on UK streets

    Theresa May upgrades terrorist threat level to 'critical' and puts soldiers on UK streets

    Date: 2017-05-24 08:42:55 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:6 - ID:6825275

    Theresa May has announced the terror threat level in the UK is being raised to "critical" and soldiers will now be deployed on the streets to protect key sites, in a significant escalation of the policing response following the Manchester attack, ....

  • Pope Francis receives Trump at Vatican

    Pope Francis receives Trump at Vatican

    Date: 2017-05-24 08:41:46 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:5 - ID:6825272

    Pope Francis of Vatican received US President Donald Trump at the Vatican on Wednesday, CNN reported. Trump received a tribute from the Swiss Guard in a Vatican courtyard where he was greeted by Archbishop Georg Ganswein, the prefect of the ....

  • 19 people killed, more than 50 injured in Manchester Arena blast

    19 people killed, more than 50 injured in Manchester Arena blast

    Date: 2017-05-23 06:30:42 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:2 - ID:6823375

    Nineteen people have been killed and more than 50 injured in a suspected terror attack at Manchester Arena. The blast happened at 22:35 BST on Monday following a pop concert by the US singer Ariana Grande. Home Secretary Amber Rudd said it was ....

  • North Korea confirms 'successful' new ballistic missile test

    North Korea confirms 'successful' new ballistic missile test

    Date: 2017-05-22 07:48:18 GMT - North Korea - International - SN:4 - ID:6821841

    North Korea has confirmed it "successfully" launched another medium-range ballistic missile on Sunday, the BBC reported. The state-run KCNA news agency said the weapon was now ready to be deployed for military action. The White House said the ....

  • Turkey's state of emergency will not end soon: Erdogan

    Turkey's state of emergency will not end soon: Erdogan

    Date: 2017-05-22 07:00:56 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:6821799

    Turkey’s president said Sunday that the country’s ongoing state of emergency will not be lifted until Turkey achieves peace and welfare. At a congress of the ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party set to return him to the party helm, Recep ....

  • Israel approves confidence-building measures before Trump visit

    Israel approves confidence-building measures before Trump visit

    Date: 2017-05-22 06:32:26 GMT - Israel - International - SN:2 - ID:6821756

    On the eve of US President Donald Trump's visit, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet approved several confidence-building measures, ABC News reported. Such measures include construction permits for Palestinians near ....

  • Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election

    Hassan Rouhani wins Iran's presidential election

    Date: 2017-05-20 10:42:01 GMT - Iran - International - SN:6 - ID:6819339

    Iran's reformist President Hassan Rouhani has won the country's presidential election, according to official results, fending off a challenge by rival, Ebrahim Raisi, according to Sky News. With nearly 40 million votes in Friday's hard-fought ....

  • White House denies Trump asked James Comey to end Michael Flynn investigation

    White House denies Trump asked James Comey to end Michael Flynn investigation

    Date: 2017-05-17 07:59:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6814610

    The White House is denying a New York Times report that President Donald Trump asked former FBI Director James Comey — who he fired last week — to shut down the investigation into the administration's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, ....

  • Seoul says it wants to reopen communication with N.Korea

    Seoul says it wants to reopen communication with N.Korea

    Date: 2017-05-17 07:57:53 GMT - south korea - International - SN:2 - ID:6814609

    South Korea says it wants to re-establish lines of communication with North Korea, as new President Moon Jae-in seeks a two-track policy involving sanctions and dialogue with its reclusive neighbor to rein in its nuclear and missile programs, ....

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