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  • Boko Haram may have displaced over million in Nigeria: IOM

    Boko Haram may have displaced over million in Nigeria: IOM

    Date: 2015-01-20 12:39:37 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:15 - ID:1783097

    Nigeria’s displaced population may be close to a million due to the mounting violence by the Boko Haram insurgency, according to International Organization for Migration. Unless the insurgency is stopped, the tragedy could leave many more ....

  • Britain to set up new anti-terror legislations - spokesperson

    Britain to set up new anti-terror legislations - spokesperson

    Date: 2015-01-20 10:12:28 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:9 - ID:1781773

    LONDON, Jan 20 (MENA) - British Foreign Office spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah said the Daesh organization is a clear threat to the United Kingdom and the British government will set up new legislations in fighting terror. In statements to MENA ....

  • UN chief alarmed by ‘severe escalation’ of fighting at Donetsk airport

    UN chief alarmed by ‘severe escalation’ of fighting at Donetsk airport

    Date: 2015-01-20 06:50:10 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:1779841

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is alarmed by the severe escalation of fighting for control of Donetsk airport in eastern Ukraine and implored all sides to make good on their commitments under the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, ....

  • Pope Francis announces US visit

    Pope Francis announces US visit

    Date: 2015-01-20 06:27:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:1779709

    Pope Francis said Monday he hopes to visit Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay this year, as well as the Central African Republic and Uganda. The 2015 trips, still in their planning stages and not confirmed, would come on top of his planned three-city ....

  • Boko Haram kidnaps at least 60 persons in Cameroon

    Boko Haram kidnaps at least 60 persons in Cameroon

    Date: 2015-01-20 06:18:57 GMT - Cameroon - International - SN:2 - ID:1779677

    Boko Haram elements kidnapped nearly sixty people in northern Cameroon, spokesman for police in Cameron said. The police officer said that the militants attacked two villages in the Tourou area and torched their houses. On Saturday, Chad ....

  • France does not offend anyone while defending its ideas: Hollande

    France does not offend anyone while defending its ideas: Hollande

    Date: 2015-01-20 06:11:32 GMT - France - International - SN:1 - ID:1779645

    PARIS, Jan 19 (MENA) - France does not offend anyone while defending its ideas , said French President Francois Hollande during celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Agence France-Presse (AFP). Commenting on the protests against the ....

  • Israeli, Russian FMs to hold talks on ME developments

    Israeli, Russian FMs to hold talks on ME developments

    Date: 2015-01-19 18:08:52 GMT - Russia - International - SN:73 - ID:1778405

    Israel's embassy in Moscow said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman will visit Russia on Jan 26. TASS news agency quoted a source at the embassy as saying that Liberman will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergy Lavrov on conditions ....

  • Kerry to take part in counter-Daesh meeting, WEF

    Kerry to take part in counter-Daesh meeting, WEF

    Date: 2015-01-19 17:14:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:71 - ID:1778129

    US Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to London on January 22 to consult with the UK and other Counter-Daesh Coalition partners on shared efforts to degrade and defeat the organization, the US State Department said in a statement. Kerry ....

  • Muslim countries suffer most from terrorism - Hammond

    Muslim countries suffer most from terrorism - Hammond

    Date: 2015-01-19 16:53:10 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:56 - ID:1777997

    The Muslim countries of the world are the ones who have suffered the greatest burden of terrorism, said British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond. "We need to keep working closely with them to protect everyone," he told reporters ahead of a ....

  • EU to challenge court decision striking Hamas off terror list

    EU to challenge court decision striking Hamas off terror list

    Date: 2015-01-19 16:46:00 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:48 - ID:1777909

    The European Union will challenge a ruling by the bloc’s second highest court striking Hamas off the region’s terror list, ensuring that an asset freeze and other restrictions will remain in place until a final judgment is made. The decision, ....

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