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4.7 magnitude earthquake rocks Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Kashmir
Date: 2020-01-12 06:59:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8265788
ISLAMABAD, Jan 12 (MENA) - An earthquake has been reported in some areas in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Samaa TV reported. The National Seismic Monitoring Center has reported a 4.7 magnitude earthquake 58km south of Chilas, in Gilgit-Baltistan. The ....
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Trump tweets support, in Farsi, to Iranian protesters
Date: 2020-01-12 06:33:41 GMT - Iran - World - SN:6 - ID:8265769
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday tweeted support for the Iranian people, in Farsi and in English, as they took to the streets after their government admitted unintentionally shooting down an Ukrainian jetliner, ....
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Putin, Abu Dhabi CP discuss Libya crisis over phone
Date: 2020-01-11 14:28:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:8265183
MOSCOW, Jan 11 (MENA) - President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The conversation focused on ....
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Japan's Abe kicks off five-day visit to Middle East amid US-Iran tensions
Date: 2020-01-11 14:25:04 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:8265200
TOKYO, Jan 11 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe embarked on a five-day trip to the Middle East on Saturday as part of Tokyo’s efforts to help reduce tensions in a critical region for resource-poor Japan, The Japan Times reported. The ....
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Two Japanese planes embark on pioneer intelligence-gathering mission in Middle East
Date: 2020-01-11 13:06:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:38 - ID:8265090
TOKYO, Jan 11 (MENA) - Two Japanese patrol planes left Okinawa for the Middle East on Saturday in what will be the Self-Defense Forces’ first long-term intelligence-gathering mission abroad, The Japan Times reported. The dispatch came a day after ....
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Iran admits shooting down Ukrainian flight over Tehran in 'unintentional' missile launch
Date: 2020-01-11 12:43:18 GMT - Iran - World - SN:35 - ID:8264962
MOSCOW/TEHRAN, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Ukrainian passenger jet that crashed after takeoff from Tehran was downed due to "human error" after it flew too close to a military site and triggered a missile launch amid a standoff with the US, Russia Today ....
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Two Eritrean asylum-seekers shot dead in Tripoli
Date: 2020-01-11 12:24:09 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:33 - ID:8265114
GENEVA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Two Eritrean asylum-seekers were shot dead in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, days after the U.N. refugee agency pressed them to leave its facility citing overcrowding, The New York Times reported. The UNHCR confirmed the ....
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Nuke talks only possible when US 'fully' accepts N.K. demands: Pyongyang official
Date: 2020-01-11 11:15:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:8264544
SEOUL, Jan 11 (MENA) - Former North Korean chief nuclear envoy Kim Kye-gwan said Saturday that dialogue with the United States can resume only when it fully accepts Pyongyang's demands, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. In a statement ....
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Ottawa clarifies 57 Canadians killed in Iran crash, not 63
Date: 2020-01-11 07:56:12 GMT - Canada - World - SN:11 - ID:8264541
OTTAWA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Canadian Foreign Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne clarified that 57 Canadians were killed in the Ukraine Airlines plane crash that took place in Iran earlier this week, not 63 as previously reported, according to Canadian ....
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Trump ‘excited’ about post-Brexit trade deal with UK, envoy says
Date: 2020-01-10 16:41:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:37 - ID:8264169
LONDON, Jan 10 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump is "excited" about closer post-Brexit relations with the UK, according to his envoy in London, who said the British government would gain more leverage with the European Union if it secured a ....
