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Top UN rights body votes for inquiry on Gaza clashes
Date: 2018-05-18 18:21:15 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:12 - ID:7407046
The UN Human Rights Council voted Friday to set up a commission of inquiry to look into a deadly crackdown on protesters in Gaza by Israeli forces, the Washington Post reported. Meeting in a special session in Geneva, the council voted 29-2 with ....
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8 killed in shooting at Texas' Santa Fe High School, CNN affiliates report
Date: 2018-05-18 16:02:34 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:7406951
At least eight people have died as a result of a shooting Friday morning at a high school in the southeastern Texas city of Santa Fe, CNN affiliates are reporting. This is the third school shooting in eight days, and the 22nd since the beginning ....
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Shoukry leads Egypt's delegation to OIC summit on Palestine
Date: 2018-05-18 15:54:06 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:10 - ID:7406941
Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry left on Friday for Turkey, leading Egypt’s delegation to the extraordinary summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on the latest Israeli aggression on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Shoukry will ....
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Washington decries chemical attacks on Syria's Saraqeb
Date: 2018-05-18 10:09:43 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:7406442
The US Department of State condemned in the strongest possible words the chemical weapon attack in the Syrian town of Saraqeb near Idlib last February. Al Hurra channel quoted a statement issued by the States Department as saying that Assad's ....
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Military production, social solidarity ministers sign protocol to establish drug treatment centers
Date: 2018-05-18 09:54:42 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:8 - ID:7406413
The ministries of Military Production and Social Solidarity signed a cooperation protocol to establish drug rehabilitation centers. Military Production Minister Mohammed Saeed el Assar along with Social Solidarity Minister Ghada Wali inked a ....
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Russia's arms exports register dlrs 13.4 bln in 2017 despite sanctions: Rostec
Date: 2018-05-18 09:32:01 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:7406360
In spite of sanctions, Russia has managed to build up weaponry export in 2017 to dlrs 13.4 billion, compared to dlrs 13.1 billion in 2016, TASS quoted head of the Rostec State Corporation Sergei Chemezov as saying to Russian President Vladimir Putin ....
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ICAO calls for maintaining safety of civil aviation after UAE concerns
Date: 2018-05-18 09:23:41 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:7406347
In view of the serious incidents of civil aviation safety violation by Qatar involving its military aircraft coming in close proximity to UAE-registered civilian aircraft since early 2018, the International Civil Aviation Organization Council (ICAO) ....
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8 Daesh militants killed in US-led coalition airstrike in Syria's Deir Ez-Zour
Date: 2018-05-18 09:16:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:7406331
As many as eight Daesh militants were killed in an US-led coalition airstrike on Al-Susah town in the eastern countryside of Syria's Deir Ez-Zour governorate, Syrian opposition source said on Friday. On the other side of the borders, the ....
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IMF staff reaches staff-level agreement on 3rd review for Egypt’s Extended Fund Facility
Date: 2018-05-18 09:10:47 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:4 - ID:7406320
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team and the Egyptian authorities have reached a staff-level agreement on the third review of Egypt’s economic reform program, which is supported by the IMF’s SDR 8.597 billion (about $12 billion) ....
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Sisi says he gave instructions to keep Rafah border crossing opened all throughout Ramadan
Date: 2018-05-18 09:09:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:7406319
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi said he issued directives to continue opening Rafah Border Crossing all throughout the holy fasting month of Ramadan. He added in a post on his Facebook page and Twitter account that he instructed the authorities ....
