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  • Abe, Cameron agree to boost Japan-Britain security coop.

    Date: 2014-05-01 18:36:38 GMT - Japan - World - SN:120 - ID:698494

    TOKYO, May 1 (MENA) – Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed on Thursday with his British counterpart David Cameron to boost bilateral security cooperation, including sharing military supplies and jointly developing defense equipment, the Japan ....

  • PKK frees two kidnapped Turkish sergeants

    Date: 2014-05-01 18:15:14 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:117 - ID:698470

    ANKARA, May 1 (MENA) - The terrorist Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has released two specialist sergeants it kidnapped in eastern Turkey on Saturday, Today's Zaman website reported on Thursday. The kidnapping took place when a group of terrorist ....

  • 13 killed in Afghan suicide attack

    Date: 2014-05-01 18:10:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:116 - ID:698452

    KABUL, May 1 (MENA) – As many as 13 persons were killed in a suicide attack in Panjshir province, northern Afghanistan, a security source said Thursday. Six police officers were killed along with seven civilians, the source told Russia Today ....

  • British police destroys suspicious package

    Date: 2014-05-01 16:57:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:107 - ID:698407

    LONDON, May 1 (MENA) – The British police destroyed Thursday a suspicious package which was found near the Barclays Bank, in the financial district, eastern London. The area was cordoned off as the sappers took care of the threat, a police ....

  • Pro-Russians seize Donetsk prosecutor's office

    Date: 2014-05-01 16:16:11 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:106 - ID:698371

    KIEV, May 1 (MENA) – Hundreds of pro-Russian militants have seized the regional prosecutor's office in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine. The attackers threw rocks at police before storming the building and raising the flag of the self-proclaimed Donetsk ....

  • Foreign Policy Mag: It's not a Russian invasion of Ukraine we should be worried about

    Date: 2014-05-01 15:38:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:102 - ID:698326

    WASHINGTON, May 1 (MENA) – West is fixated on what Russian President Vladimir Putin really intends to do in eastern Ukraine: Will he invade or not? But strategy in conflict situations does not easily lend itself to identification of clear goals on ....

  • UK foreign secretary announces expansion of diplomatic representation in Pakistan

    Date: 2014-05-01 15:29:14 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:99 - ID:698323

    LONDON, May 1 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague announced after a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif increasing the UK diplomatic representation in Pakistan. Hague and Sharif discussed a shared vision for a safe and ....

  • Confrontations between Turkish police, May Day rallies in Turkey

    Date: 2014-05-01 14:43:41 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:93 - ID:698217

    ANKARA, May 1 (MENA) - Clashes erupted between Turkish police and May Day demonstrators in central Istanbul as crowds appeared determined to defy a government ban of any rallies in the area of Okmeydani . Security forces pushed back ....

  • Coordinated suicide attack plot foiled in Kandahar city

    Date: 2014-05-01 14:30:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:89 - ID:698111

    KABUL, May 1 (MENA) - A group of 10 militants were arrested in connection to a suicide attack plot in southern Kandahar city by Afghan intelligence operatives, Khama newspaper reported. National Directorate of Security (NDS) following a statement ....

  • Way to Jerusalem conf. hold US responsible for Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque

    Date: 2014-05-01 14:26:27 GMT - Jordan - World - SN:86 - ID:698188

    AMMAN, May 1 (MENA) - The 1st international conference "The Way to Jerusalem" has held the United States responsible for Israel's continued violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and Islamic and Christian holy places. The US always uses its veto power ....

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