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Drone disrupts operations at Kansai airport
Date: 2019-11-09 15:56:02 GMT - Japan - World - SN:30 - ID:8181163
TOKYO, Nov 9 (MENA) - Operations at Kansai International Airport were suspended for about one hour on Saturday after a drone was seen flying over the airport. It was the second such incident in three days after a drone sighting caused arrival and ....
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Cambodia opposition leader Sam Rainsy arrives in Malaysia
Date: 2019-11-09 11:22:48 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:16 - ID:8180701
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 (MENA) - Cambodia's exiled opposition leader Sam Rainsy has landed in Kuala Lumpur in a bid to return to his homeland to lead a movement to depose long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen, The New York Times reported on ....
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Car bomb explosion in Kandahar leaves one dead
Date: 2019-11-09 11:21:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8180639
KABUL, Nov 9 (MENA)- A car bomb exploded, early on Saturday morning, near a military camp in Shah Wali Kot district in Kandahar, Tolo News channel quoted a statement by provincial police as saying. One policeman was killed and three others were ....
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Airstrikes kill 13 Daesh militants in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-11-09 11:21:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8180562
KABUL, Nov 9 (MENA)- A series of airstrikes killed 13 militants of Daesh Khurasan group in eastern Nangarhar and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan, Khaama Press News Agency quoted military officials as saying. The airstrikes in Achin district of ....
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UK's Labour fall behind Tories in northern strongholds
Date: 2019-11-08 23:02:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:8180439
LONDON, Nov 8 (MENA) - A slump in Labour support since the last election has seen Jeremy Corbyn’s party fall behind the Tories in its northern strongholds, a massive new poll of more than 11,000 people has found. Both Labour and the Conservatives ....
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Brazil's Lula da Silva released from prison
Date: 2019-11-08 22:14:26 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:42 - ID:8180440
BRASILIA, Nov 8 (MENA) - Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva walked out of a Curitiba prison Friday, less than a day after the Supreme Court ruled that a person can be imprisoned only after all the appeals have been exhausted, ABC ....
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Trump to turn over transcript of 2nd call with Ukrainian president
Date: 2019-11-08 22:10:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:8180438
WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would be willing to turn over the transcript of a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that preceded the July conversation between the two leaders that ignited House ....
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NATO continues to play major role - Canadian PM
Date: 2019-11-08 18:10:37 GMT - Canada - World - SN:34 - ID:8180256
OTTAWA, Nov 8 (MENA) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended NATO after France's president suggested a lack of US leadership is causing the 70-year-old military alliance's "brain death." Trudeau, who met Thursday with re-elected, newly ....
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1 killed, 15 injured in Kyrgyzstan explosions
Date: 2019-11-08 18:08:12 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - World - SN:33 - ID:8180199
BISHKEK, Nov 8 (MENA) - Three explosions ripped through a cafe in Bishkek on Friday, leaving at least one dead and 15 injured, Russia Today reported. Firefighters said gas cylinders installed in the cafe may have exploded while further ....
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Russia says Iran's enrichment move does not threaten non-proliferation
Date: 2019-11-08 18:02:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:32 - ID:8180198
MOSCOW, Nov 8 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Iran's latest move to scale back its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal did not pose a threat to the non-proliferation regime, Interfax news agency reported. Iran said on ....