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  • Death toll of Pakistan's train fire reaches 65, scores injured

    Date: 2019-10-31 06:06:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:1 - ID:8168279

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (MENA) - At least 65 people were killed and scores injured when a train caught fire near the city area of Liaquatpur on Thursday, according to Geo news. The train, Tezgam, was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi, when a gas ....

  • Twitter to ban all political ads as of Nov. 22

    Date: 2019-10-30 23:33:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:8168217

    WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Twitter will ban all political advertising, the company’s CEO has announced, in a move that will increase pressure on Facebook over its controversial stance to allow politicians to advertise false statements. The new ....

  • Jammu and Kashmir to be formally split as unrest continues

    Date: 2019-10-30 21:56:57 GMT - India - World - SN:77 - ID:8168125

    NEW DELHI, Oct 30 (MENA) - India is to formally split Jammu and Kashmir into two separate territories on Thursday, following months of security clampdowns, Sky News reported. The state will be divided into the territories of Jammu and Kashmir, ....

  • Russian-made reactors are safest in the world- Nuclear expert

    Date: 2019-10-30 18:02:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:8167876

    MOSCOW, Oct 30 (MENA) - The nuclear reactors constructed by Russia’s nuclear giant Rosatom Corp. are the safest in the world, when compared to American or Japanese reactors, Deputy Director of Russia's National Research Nuclear University Georgy ....

  • Rising sea levels on track to destroy the homes of 300 million people by 2050

    Date: 2019-10-30 10:48:44 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:20 - ID:8167096

    LONDON, Oct 30 (MENA) - Rising sea levels are on track to affect about three times more people by 2050 than originally thought, the Guardian newspaper reported. New research suggests that 300 million homes will be affected by coastal flooding in ....

  • US House approves Turkey sanctions in rare bipartisan rebuke of Trump

    Date: 2019-10-29 23:12:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:103 - ID:8166818

    WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - The US House of Representatives on Tuesday easily approved sanctions against Turkey over its offensive in northern Syria against Kurdish forces, The Hill reported. The measure passed 403-16, with 176 Republicans voting ....

  • Facebook sues Israeli company over WhatsApp spyware

    Date: 2019-10-29 23:05:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:101 - ID:8166805

    WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - Facebook sued the Israeli hacker-for-hire company NSO Group on Tuesday in US federal court for allegedly targeting some 1,400 users of its encrypted messaging service WhatsApp with highly sophisticated spyware, ABC News ....

  • British parliament votes in favour of general election on 12 December

    Date: 2019-10-29 22:52:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:98 - ID:8166802

    LONDON, Oct 29 (MENA) - British MPs voted on Tuesday night to finally resolve their Brexit deadlock by calling a general election, setting the stage for a 12 December contest that could be the most unpredictable in a generation, the Guardian ....

  • Trump says US has killed al-Baghdadi's 'number one replacement'

    Date: 2019-10-29 17:56:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:8166460

    WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the US had killed the "number one replacement" to Daesh leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, who was killed in a US raid over the weekend, Euronews reported. "Just confirmed that Abu ....

  • UK Labor to back early general election

    Date: 2019-10-29 11:38:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:37 - ID:8165834

    LONDON, Oct 29 (MENA) - Despite denying Boris Johnson his election on three other occasions, Labor are said to be ready to whip to vote for a general election, Sky News reported on Tuesday. In a statement, they said the "condition of taking no ....

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