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  • Protesters take control of Seversk in Donetsk region

    Date: 2014-04-18 15:55:08 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:84 - ID:675402

    KIEV, April 18 (MENA) - Activists of the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic took control of the town of Seversk in the Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, ITAR-TASS reported on Friday. Flags were changed on the administration and police ....

  • Two NATO warships in Black Sea

    Date: 2014-04-18 13:30:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:675255

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - Two NATO warships, the US "Donald Cook" with the Aegis missile defense system on board and the large French reconnaissance ship "Dupuy de Lome", are in the Black Sea for the present, ITAR-TASS reported on Friday. The ....

  • Iran will firmly stand up to any aggression- Rouhani

    Date: 2014-04-18 13:28:57 GMT - Iran - World - SN:65 - ID:675110

    Tehran, April 18 (MENA) - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Friday that Iran's Armed Forces will not allow any act of aggression against the country, the Press TV reported. During a speech at a ceremony marking the National Army Day, Rouhani ....

  • Ukraine’s security service puts Yanukovych’s son on wanted list

    Date: 2014-04-18 10:28:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:674865

    MOSCOW, April 18 (MENA) - The Security Service of Ukraine has put the son of president Viktor Yanukovych, Oleksandr, on wanted list, Itar-Tass reported quoting the official website of the country’s Ministry of Interior Affairs in the search ....

  • Mount Everest's deadliest avalanche' kills 12

    Date: 2014-04-18 09:54:45 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:28 - ID:674774

    KATHMANDU, April 18 (MENA) - At least 12 Sherpa guides have been killed after an avalanche swept down the slopes of Mount Everest, Sky News reported. The avalanche hit the area just below Camp 2 at 6,400 metres (21,000ft). Helicopters and ....

  • Obama phones Cameron over Ukraine crisis

    Date: 2014-04-18 09:07:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:23 - ID:674664

    WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama spoke via phone to British Prime Minister David Cameron late Thursday about Moscow's growing presence in eastern Ukraine, the White House said. Both leaders said they "are prepared to take ....

  • Kerry condemns call for Jews to register in Ukrainian city

    Date: 2014-04-18 08:49:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:674665

    WASHINGTON, April 18 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that Jews in a city in eastern Ukraine had been ordered to register with the authorities, calling the idea intolerable, The Washington Post reported. "Just in the ....

  • Japan parliament OKs civil nuclear pacts with Turkey, UAE

    Date: 2014-04-18 07:40:15 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:674561

    TOKYO, April 18 (MENA) - The Japanese parliament on Friday approved civil nuclear agreements with Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that will help Japan export atomic power reactors to the rapidly developing economies, in line with Prime Minister ....

  • Radical Islamic cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on trial in New York

    Date: 2014-04-17 20:47:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:164 - ID:674271

    WASHINGTON, April 17 (MENA) - The trial of Abu Hamza al-Masri, a radical Islamic cleric accused of conspiring to kidnap Americans in Yemen and planning to establish a jihad training camp in rural Oregon, began on Thursday in federal court in ....

  • All parties should refrain from violence in Ukraine- Kerry

    Date: 2014-04-17 20:33:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:161 - ID:674205

    GENEVA, April 17 (MENA) – US Secretary of State John Kerry urged all sides in Ukraine to refrain from violence or provocative behavior and rejects all forms of intolerance, including anti-Semitism, which Kerry said had emerged as a worry in eastern ....

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