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  • Sweden asks Guatemala for explanation over expelling its amb.

    Sweden asks Guatemala for explanation over expelling its amb.

    Date: 2018-05-11 18:09:33 GMT - Sweden - International - SN:11 - ID:7395821

    Sweden looked to Guatemala for an explanation on Friday after the Central American country asked the Swedish ambassador to leave, after accusing Sweden of interfering in its internal affairs, ABC News reported. Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot ....

  • Suspect detained in connection to shooting reported at California high school

    Suspect detained in connection to shooting reported at California high school

    Date: 2018-05-11 17:41:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:7395793

    A suspect was in custody after a shooting was reported Friday morning at Highland High School in Palmdale, California, the Los Angeles Sheriff's Office was quoted by Fox News on Friday. Officials said they received a call about a man with a gun ....

  • Putin, Merkel stress support to Iran nuclear deal

    Putin, Merkel stress support to Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2018-05-11 13:22:50 GMT - Germany - International - SN:5 - ID:7395413

    Russian President Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Germany Angela Merkel at the German side’s initiative, according to a statement released by the Kremlin on Friday. The two leaders discussed the situation ....

  • Lavrov: US embassy move to Al Quds brings settlement to standstill

    Lavrov: US embassy move to Al Quds brings settlement to standstill

    Date: 2018-05-11 12:04:08 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7395261

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the US's decision to relocate its embassy to occupied East Jerusalem brought the Palestinian-Israeli settlement to a standstill, Russia Today channel reported on Friday. During his meeting with UN ....

  • U.S. Treasury imposes new sanctions on Iran - report

    U.S. Treasury imposes new sanctions on Iran - report

    Date: 2018-05-10 20:30:17 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:7394579

    The U.S. Department of Treasury has blackballed six individuals allegedly associated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and three affiliated business entities, just days after the U.S. withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, Sputnik ....

  • 5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Islamabad

    5.3-magnitude earthquake strikes Islamabad

    Date: 2018-05-10 19:28:20 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:9 - ID:7394524

    A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Pakistani capital, various parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and upper parts of the country. The earthquake's epicenter was the bordering area was Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Geo News reported on Thursday. Other ....

  • Merkel stresses Germany's support for Iran nuclear deal

    Merkel stresses Germany's support for Iran nuclear deal

    Date: 2018-05-10 19:03:51 GMT - Germany - International - SN:8 - ID:7394498

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel reaffirmed European powers' continued support for the Iran nuclear deal. This came during a phone conversation with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, ABC News reported on Thursday. Merkel's office said in a ....

  • One dead, two seriously injured in mosque attack in South Africa

    One dead, two seriously injured in mosque attack in South Africa

    Date: 2018-05-10 18:49:31 GMT - South Africa - International - SN:7 - ID:7394479

    One person has been killed at a mosque near Durban in South Africa after three people armed with guns and knives attacked worshipers, slitting the throats of three people before fleeing, Euronews quoted an emergency service official as saying on ....

  • Italian operation arrests 14 allegedly tied to Syria terror

    Italian operation arrests 14 allegedly tied to Syria terror

    Date: 2018-05-10 18:27:50 GMT - Italy - International - SN:6 - ID:7394456

    Italian prosecutors announced the breakup of a terror cell Thursday with the arrest of 11 Syrians and three Moroccans suspected of supplying the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in Syria with fighters and 2 million euros ($2.3 million) in funding, ABC ....

  • UN airlifts 132 migrants from Libya to Niger

    UN airlifts 132 migrants from Libya to Niger

    Date: 2018-05-10 18:04:31 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7394429

    The United Nations refugee agency says it has airlifted 132 vulnerable migrants from Libya to Niger, the first group to be flown out after a two-month halt in such evacuations, Fox News reported Thursday. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees ....

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