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Germany approves Gulf arms exports
Date: 2015-06-27 09:07:29 GMT - Germany - International - SN:8 - ID:2872693
Germany's coalition government has approved several arms exports to the Gulf region, German daily "Die Welt" reported on Saturday. Among the exports approved by the Federal Security Council were 15 patrol boats destined for Saudi Arabia, the ....
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UK Armed Forces Day: Public urged to turn out after 'Daesh plot foiled'
Date: 2015-06-27 09:06:26 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:7 - ID:2872681
The UK police have encouraged the public to attend Armed Forces Day events as normal after reports Daesh had planned to target a London parade, the BBC reported Saturday. Daesh had plotted to detonate a pressure cooker bomb at a parade in Merton, ....
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US places electoral assistance to Burundi on hold
Date: 2015-06-27 08:12:13 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:2872417
In light of Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza’s continued efforts to violate the Arusha Agreement, seek a third term and press ahead with electoral dates absent the conditions necessary for credible elections, the United States is placing on ....
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France PM orders tightening security measures near 'sensitive' sites
Date: 2015-06-26 16:38:00 GMT - France - International - SN:18 - ID:2870617
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls ordered heightening security measures on Friday at "sensitive sites" near the gas factory that was attacked in eastern France, News 24 reported. Valls, who is on an official trip to South America, asked Interior ....
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Hollande quits European Summit after terrorist attack on factory in France
Date: 2015-06-26 11:01:44 GMT - France - International - SN:9 - ID:2867509
French President Francois Hollande left the European Summit held in Brussels and returned to Paris after the terrorist attack that targeted a factory in southeastern France, according to the Elysée. It is expected that Hollande will deliver a ....
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Israeli PM: Air force key in meeting future Iran threat
Date: 2015-06-26 10:25:53 GMT - Israel - International - SN:5 - ID:2867257
Days before the deadline for an Iranian nuclear deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told young pilots Thursday that they would be at the forefront of safeguarding Israel, according to Al Arabiya News. “Foremost among the threats ....
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Deal between Iran, world powers ‘90 percent’ ready – Moscow
Date: 2015-06-26 10:21:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:2867237
The text of a deal between Iran and six world powers is about 90 percent complete, Russia Today quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov as saying on Thursday. He noted, however, that “this concerns the amount of the text, not the ....
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Former Russian PM dies at 86
Date: 2015-06-26 10:17:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:2867205
Yevgeny Primakov, former prime minister of the Russian government, who also served on the position of the foreign minister, died on June 26, 2015. He was 86 years old. "Yevgeny Maksimovich Primakov has passed away today after a long disease," a ....
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France summons US ambassador over spy claims
Date: 2015-06-24 09:44:30 GMT - France - International - SN:18 - ID:2854749
France has summoned the US ambassador after claims the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the past three French presidents, Sky News reported Wednesday. Material released by WikiLeaks claims the NSA wiretapped former presidents Jacques ....
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S. Korea reports 4 new MERS cases with no additional deaths
Date: 2015-06-24 08:29:07 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:2854077
South Korea reported four new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) Wednesday but no additional deaths from the disease, the Korean news agency Yonhap reported. The latest cases raised the total number of people diagnosed with the ....