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  • Austria's new premier to be sworn in Tuesday

    Austria's new premier to be sworn in Tuesday

    Date: 2016-05-14 09:31:16 GMT - Austria - International - SN:7 - ID:4904165

    Christian Kern, the head of Austria's railway system, will be sworn in as Austria’s next chancellor on Tuesday after receiving endorsements from his Social Democratic Party’s acting head and from the conservative vice chancellor on ....

  • NATO opens anti-extremism center in Albania

    NATO opens anti-extremism center in Albania

    Date: 2016-05-14 08:26:29 GMT - Albania - International - SN:5 - ID:4903673

    NATO will open a center in the Albanian capital of Tirana to help avert Albanians from joining fighters and extremist groups in Syria and Iraq, Albania's defense minister said. The new center, which will be established upon the request of the ....

  • Venezuela president declares emergency over conspiracies

    Venezuela president declares emergency over conspiracies

    Date: 2016-05-14 08:24:32 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:4 - ID:4903665

    Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a two-month state of emergency in light of what he claims local and American conspiracies to overthrow his government. US is taking measures to overthrow the cabinet backed by the fascist rightists ....

  • 5.6-magnitude quake hits northeast Taiwan

    5.6-magnitude quake hits northeast Taiwan

    Date: 2016-05-12 07:46:10 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:4 - ID:4891617

    A 5.6-magnitude quake hit northeast Taiwan on Thursday, with tremors felt in the capital, Taipei, euronews reported. The quake was centred 14 km northeast of the coastal town of Su-ao, the US Geological Survey said. There were no immediate ....

  • US says no decision made on participation in France's Mideast conf.

    US says no decision made on participation in France's Mideast conf.

    Date: 2016-05-12 07:41:27 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:4891581

    The US Department of State was unable to say on Wednesday whether US Secretary of State John Kerry will attend a planned May 30 meeting in Paris over the Middle East peace process, the Daily Mail reported on Thursday. "We remain concerned about ....

  • Hostage rescue in Afghanistan draws praise from Carter

    Hostage rescue in Afghanistan draws praise from Carter

    Date: 2016-05-11 09:35:45 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:4885493

    US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter commended US and Afghan special operations personnel and the Afghan special operations forces for the professionalism and skill they demonstrated in a hostage rescue mission in Afghanistan’s Paktika province. In ....

  • Former PM's son handed over to Pakistan ambassador

    Former PM's son handed over to Pakistan ambassador

    Date: 2016-05-11 09:34:31 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:4 - ID:4885489

    Former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s son Ali Haider Gilani was handed over to Pakistan by Afghan officials on Wednesday, Geo News reported. The Afghan defense minister handed over Ali Haider to the Pakistan ambassador in Kabul Abrar ....

  • British PM pledges to tackle global corruption

    British PM pledges to tackle global corruption

    Date: 2016-05-08 10:59:02 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:8 - ID:4864457

    British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he wants to put tackling corruption at the "top of the international agenda" ahead of a London summit on the issue, according to the BBC. The international anti-corruption summit - the first of its ....

  • Pakistani police Police claims killing three ‘TTP terrorists’ in Haripur

    Pakistani police Police claims killing three ‘TTP terrorists’ in Haripur

    Date: 2016-05-04 08:05:06 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:6 - ID:4840589

    Pakistani police on Wednesday claimed to have killed three terrorists including a woman belonging to the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) here in Khanpur, Geo News TV reported. Khanpur is a large village and one of the 44 union councils, ....

  • Turkish soldier killed in car bomb blast southern Turkey

    Turkish soldier killed in car bomb blast southern Turkey

    Date: 2016-05-04 08:04:08 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:5 - ID:4840581

    A Turkish soldier was killed on Wednesday in a booby-trapped car explosion outside a police station in southern Turkey, Sky News Arabia channel reported. No more details are available about the explosion, the broadcaster said. Last Monday, a ....

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