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Pelosi announces House to vote Thursday on limiting Trump's war powers on Iran
Date: 2020-01-09 07:39:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8262021
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced Wednesday that the House will vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to limit the Trump administration's military actions against Iran, NBC reported. The announcement ....
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S. Korea closely watching Middle East developments after Iran's rocket attack
Date: 2020-01-09 06:40:56 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8261978
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Korea has been closely watching developments in the Middle East after Iran launched strikes on US troops in Iraq, while preparing for measures to ensure the safety of its troops and citizens in the region, the Korean news ....
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Prince Harry and Meghan to step back from royal family
Date: 2020-01-08 21:56:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:94 - ID:8261870
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to step back from public life and work towards financial self-sufficiency after a period marked by open warfare with the media over claimed intrusion and bullying. It is understood that no ....
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Fugitive ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn blasts Japanese justice
Date: 2020-01-08 21:03:21 GMT - Lebanon - World - SN:89 - ID:8261779
BEIRUT, Jan 8 (MENA) - Carlos Ghosn has used his freedom to blast Japan's legal system and denounce his arrest as part of a plot to topple him as head of the world's most powerful auto alliance, CNN reported. "I did not escape justice. I fled ....
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Trump says Iranian strike caused no American or Iraqi deaths
Date: 2020-01-08 19:24:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:8261662
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) – No Americans were killed or wounded when Iranian forces launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles against two military bases in Iraq early Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said in an address to the nation from the ....
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German Foreign Ministry renews warning on traveling to Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:47:58 GMT - Germany - World - SN:73 - ID:8261233
BERLIN, Jan 8 (MENA) - German Foreign Ministry, urged its citizens to stop traveling to Iraq because of security concerns amid tensions currently there. In a statement released on Wednesday, the ministry asked German citizens to stay away from ....
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NATO condemns Iranian attacks in Iraq
Date: 2020-01-08 15:40:30 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:71 - ID:8261237
BRUSSELS, Jan 8 (MENA) - Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg condemned the Iranian missile attacks on the US troops and coalition forces in Iraq. "I condemn the Iranian missile attacks on US & coalition forces in Iraq," Stoltenberg wrote ....
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Iran refuses to hand over crashed Ukrainian Boeing 737's black box
Date: 2020-01-08 15:22:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:67 - ID:8261317
TEHRAN, Jan 8 (MENA) - Iranian authorities are refusing to hand over a flight recorder recovered from Wednesday's plane crash in Iran to Boeing, the plane's manufacturer, according to Business Insider. Crash investigators had found one of the two ....
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Sworn in as prime minister, Spain’s Sánchez readies Cabinet
Date: 2020-01-08 11:45:53 GMT - Spain - World - SN:41 - ID:8260870
MADRID, Jan 8 (MENA) - Socialist leader Pedro Sánchez took the oath as Spanish prime minister Wednesday, a day after his proposal to form a leftist coalition government narrowly won a parliamentary confidence vote with support from smaller parties, ....
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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 ....