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  • Israel denies 'utterly false' claims it spied on U.S.

    Israel denies 'utterly false' claims it spied on U.S.

    Date: 2015-03-24 17:32:32 GMT - Israel - International - SN:61 - ID:2235401

    Israel on Tuesday vehemently denied claims that it had spied on the U.S. during the Iranian negotiations, as reported earlier by The Wall Street Journal. Official in the Prime Minister’s Office called the allegations "utterly false." "The ....

  • Spanish king cuts short French state visit after crash

    Spanish king cuts short French state visit after crash

    Date: 2015-03-24 14:09:41 GMT - France - International - SN:26 - ID:2233573

    Spanish King Felipe VI cut short his first state visit to France on Tuesday after 150 people died in a Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps after earlier taking off from Barcelona, Daily Times reported. “We decided to cancel this trip” ....

  • Netanyahu apologizes; White House is unmoved

    Netanyahu apologizes; White House is unmoved

    Date: 2015-03-24 13:01:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:18 - ID:2232909

    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel apologized on Monday for making what were widely condemned as racist comments last week in saying that Arab citizens were voting in “droves.”, the New York Times reported. But even as he spoke with a ....

  • China to take part in Syria conference in Kuwait

    China to take part in Syria conference in Kuwait

    Date: 2015-03-24 12:52:20 GMT - China - International - SN:16 - ID:2232853

    China's Special Envoy on the Middle East Issue Ambassador Gong Xiaosheng will attend the third International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria will be held on March 31 in Kuwait, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said in a ....

  • Plane crashes in French Alps with 148 people on board

    Plane crashes in French Alps with 148 people on board

    Date: 2015-03-24 12:13:07 GMT - France - International - SN:10 - ID:2232421

    A plane has crashed near the village of Digne-Les-Bains in the French Alps, Time reported Tuesday quoting the French Prime Minister. The Germanwings Airbus A320 was flying from Barcelona in Spain to Düsseldorf in Germany. Debris has been found ....

  • David Cameron 'won't serve third term' if re-elected

    David Cameron 'won't serve third term' if re-elected

    Date: 2015-03-23 20:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:2228617

    British Prime Minister David Cameron said that he will not serve a third term as prime minister if the Conservatives remain in government after the general election, the BBC reported Monday. The PM said if re-elected he would serve the full five ....

  • Gasoline bomb thrown at Berlin parliament offices

    Gasoline bomb thrown at Berlin parliament offices

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:44:28 GMT - Germany - International - SN:35 - ID:2224397

    Berlin police say a gasoline bomb was thrown at a parliamentary office building in the capital overnight and they are investigating a possible far-right connection. Police said in a statement that the projectile was thrown at the facade of the ....

  • Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests

    Ebola outbreak 'over by August', UN suggests

    Date: 2015-03-23 11:20:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:32 - ID:2224025

    The Ebola outbreak in West Africa will be over by August, the head of the UN Ebola mission told the BBC. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed admitted the UN had made mistakes in handling the crisis early on, sometimes acting "arrogantly". A year after ....

  • Afghans protest vicious mob killing of woman

    Afghans protest vicious mob killing of woman

    Date: 2015-03-23 10:25:36 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:25 - ID:2223341

    Hundreds of Afghans took to streets on Monday to protest the vicious mob killing of Farkhunda who was wrongly accused of burning the Koran, Fox news reported. The woman was beaten with sticks, run over by a car, and burned to death by men. The ....

  • Israeli president meets with parties in second round of consultations over forming alliance

    Israeli president meets with parties in second round of consultations over forming alliance

    Date: 2015-03-23 10:18:59 GMT - Israel - International - SN:23 - ID:2223253

    Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met on Monday with representatives of Yisrael Beytenu and Meretz to receive their nomination for prime minister in a second round of consultations. Following Monday’s meetings, Rivlin is expected to task Netanyahu ....

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