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Zelensky urgently returning to Kiev from Oman
Date: 2020-01-08 10:22:31 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:33 - ID:8260580
KIEV, Jan 8 (MENA) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has cut his visit to Oman short and is urgently returning to Ukraine in light of deadly crash of a Ukrainian plane in Iran early Wednesday, Kyiv Post reported. “Ukrainian President ....
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Oil prices jump as Iran launches missile strike against US forces in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 09:17:53 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:24 - ID:8260347
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Oil prices jumped and US stock futures sold off before paring some losses, as Iran launched a missile strike against American forces in Iraq in retaliation for the killing of military commander Qassem Soleimani, Financial ....
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Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister met with Trump
Date: 2020-01-07 22:23:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8259908
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Deputy Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman said he had a meeting with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, CNN reported on Tuesday. On his Twitter account, Prince Khalid wrote that upon ....
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Pompeo: Iran will not get nuclear weapon
Date: 2020-01-07 18:43:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:8259873
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the priority of President Donald Trump and his administration is to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Pompeo said: "President ....
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UN: 54 killed, 60 injured in inter-communal tensions in Darfur
Date: 2020-01-07 13:59:35 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:31 - ID:8259481
GENEVA, Jan 7 (MENA) - At least 54 people have been killed and 60 others injured due to the increased inter-communal tensions that started on December 28, 2019 in and around El Geneina town, state capital of West Darfur, Spokesman for Office for the ....
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No decision yet on sending S. Korean troops to Hormuz Strait-Seoul
Date: 2020-01-07 11:17:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:24 - ID:8259279
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korea has made no decision yet on whether to send its troops to help safeguard the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, Seoul's foreign ministry said Tuesday, amid rising tensions in the Middle East from the US killing ....
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A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico
Date: 2020-01-07 10:08:04 GMT - Puerto Rico - World - SN:17 - ID:8259284
SAJUAN, Jan 7 (MENA) - A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Puerto Rico in the early hours of Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit close to the town of Tallaboa on the island's south coast, at 4:24 a.m. local time (03:24a.m ....
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Defense chief reiterates military readiness for any NK provocation
Date: 2020-01-07 08:35:25 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:8259111
SEOUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo on Tuesday reiterated that South Korea is fully prepared for any provocation by North Korea amid growing speculation about the latter’s "new strategic weapon," The Korea Herald ....
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4 Kenyan residents killed in extremist raid
Date: 2020-01-07 08:32:29 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:11 - ID:8259132
NAIROBI, Jan 7 (MENA) - A Kenyan government official said four residents have been killed by stray bullets during a raid by suspected al-Shabab extremists in eastern Garissa County, according to ABC News. Deputy county commissioner Kibet Bowen ....
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UN chief urges world leaders to stop escalation as geopolitical tensions reach “highest level this century”
Date: 2020-01-06 20:31:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:68 - ID:8258929
NEW YORK, Jan 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to de-escalate geopolitical tensions on Monday, which he described as being “at their highest level this century” as the new decade dawns. The New Year has ....
