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600 flights cancelled in Germany as Lufthansa cabin crew strike enters its 2nd day
Date: 2019-11-08 09:58:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:13 - ID:8179713
BERLIN, Nov 8 (MENA) - About 600 flights were cancelled on Friday as a 48-hour Lufthansa cabin crew strike entered its second day, DW reported. Germany's flagship airline cancelled the flights departing mainly from the Munich and Frankfurt hubs, ....
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Russia's security service detains Daesh ‘fundraisers’ who amassed over $150,000 for terrorists
Date: 2019-11-08 09:05:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8179602
MOSCOW, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained supporters of Daesh international terrorist organization that had collected at least 10 million rubles ($157,000) for the terrorists, in the Dagestan Region, Tass news ....
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Paris authorities clear large migrant camps on edge of city
Date: 2019-11-07 09:09:20 GMT - France - World - SN:15 - ID:8178164
PARIS, Nov 7 (MENA) - Police launched an operation early Thursday to clear roughly 3,000 refugees and migrants living in camps on the edge of the French capital, according to France 24. About 600 police officers escorted the camp’s residents in ....
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OPEC chief: Cooperation among oil producers to yield positive outcome in petroleum industry
Date: 2019-11-06 12:40:25 GMT - Austria - World - SN:41 - ID:8176830
VIENNA, Nov 6 (MENA) - Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, the OPEC Secretary General, expected the upcoming meeting of energy ministers, members of the organization, and their independent producer partners, to enhance cooperation relations in terms of ....
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20% of teenagers worldwide experience mental health:UNICEF
Date: 2019-11-05 13:00:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:49 - ID:8175319
GENEVA, Nov 5 (MENA) - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) said up to 20 percent of the world’s adolescents have a mental health or behavioral problem and around 15 percent of adolescents in low-and middle-income ....
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Afghanistan: 5 Taliban killed in Logar
Date: 2019-11-05 06:27:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8174739
KABUL, Nov 5 (MENA) - At least five Taliban members were killed in a police special forces operation in central Logar province, Tolo News Agency reported Tuesday. The operation was launched in Shena Qala village of Barak-e-Barak district to clear ....
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US notifies UN it will withdraw from Paris climate deal
Date: 2019-11-05 06:00:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8174703
WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (MENA) - The US has notified the UN that it will begin its withdrawal from the 2015 Paris climate agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions. "President Donald Trump made this decision because the Paris Agreement unfairly ....
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Reward for ex-FBI agent missing in Iran jumps to $25m - Pompeo
Date: 2019-11-04 23:29:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:8174648
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (MENA) - The US State Department announced Monday a major increase in reward money for information on the whereabouts of a retired FBI agent missing in Iran for over a decade, Fox News reported. US Secretary of State Mike ....
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Putin sacks 11 generals of interior, emergencies ministries, investigative committee
Date: 2019-11-04 19:18:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:8174537
MOSCOW, Nov 4 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree dismissing more than ten generals of the Russian Investigative Committee, and Emergencies and Interior Ministries, TASS news agency reported. According to the ....
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EU denounces new Israeli settlement in West Bank
Date: 2019-11-04 15:45:46 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:60 - ID:8173828
BRUSSELS, Nov 4 (MENA) - The EU condemned Israel's advancement of over 2,000 new homes in West Bank settlements. The European Union's position on Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territory is clear and remains unchanged: all ....