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S. Korea announces conditional delay in terminating int'l pact with Japan
Date: 2019-11-22 13:16:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:8199205
TOKYO, Nov 22 (MENA) - South Korea has decided conditionally delay its earlier plan to terminate a military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan by midnight Friday, following 11th-hour negotiations with its neighbor, the presidential office ....
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German amb.: Turkey should explain charges against arrested lawyer
Date: 2019-11-22 13:10:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:24 - ID:8199199
ANKARA, Nov 22 (MENA) - The arrest of a Turkish lawyer hired by the German embassy is "incomprehensible" and he is pressing Ankara to clarify the charges, Euronews quoted German ambassador to Turkey as saying. "This arrest is incomprehensible for ....
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Russia’s FSB detains two ringleaders, seven members of Hizb ut-Tahrir
Date: 2019-11-22 10:38:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:13 - ID:8198974
MOSCOW, Nov 22 (MENA) - Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained two ringleaders and seven members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir organization outlawed in Russia, who were involved in creating clandestine networks, TASS news agency reported on ....
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Two US airmen killed in “aircraft mishap” in Oklahoma state
Date: 2019-11-21 19:07:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8198594
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - Two airmen were killed in an “aircraft mishap” on Thursday at Vance Air Force Base in Oklahoma, Fox News reported according to military officials. The Air Force said in a news release that the accident occurred around ....
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US Speaker:Evidence against Trump is clear, he used office for personal gain
Date: 2019-11-21 18:45:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:8198564
WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday said there was clear evidence that Donald Trump used his office for his own personal gain and undermined national security, as lawmakers continue their impeachment inquiry into ....
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1,106 children killed in Syria this year - UNICEF
Date: 2019-11-21 18:05:53 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:67 - ID:8198422
GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - This year, 1,106 children were killed in Syria fighting – the highest number of children killed in a single year since the start of the war, Fran Equiza, UNICEF representative in Syria, warned. With more than 5 million ....
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Moscow on Pompeo's remark: US doing everything possible for Iranian to suffer
Date: 2019-11-21 18:05:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:8198398
MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has slammed the recent comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Iranian protests as "hypocritical", adding that Washington is one of the reasons that the ....
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Japan urges Iran to abide by nuclear agreement
Date: 2019-11-21 17:58:41 GMT - Japan - World - SN:64 - ID:8198392
TOKYO, Nov 21 (MENA) - Japan's foreign minister has urged his Iranian counterpart to halt action that would undermine the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and six world powers, NHK reported on Thursday. Toshimitsu Motegi held a telephone ....
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Pope Francis calls for protecting dignity, rights of migrants, refugees
Date: 2019-11-21 13:51:46 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:45 - ID:8198002
BANGKOK, Nov 21 (MENA) - Pope Francis called for migrants to be made welcome and women and children to be protected from exploitation, abuse and enslavement as he began a busy two days of activities in Thailand on Thursday, the Bangkok Post ....
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US mulls withdrawing 4,000 soldiers from S.Korea
Date: 2019-11-21 08:15:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:17 - ID:8197355
SEOUL, Nov 21 (MENA) - The United States is considering a significant cut in the number of troops in South Korea if Seoul does not contribute more to the cost of deployment, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported Thursday. The United States ....