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Suspect in New York stabbing incident arrested
Date: 2019-12-29 07:54:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:8247699
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - A suspect was arrested after five people were stabbed Saturday night at a rabbi's home in Monsey, New York, CNN reported quoting police as saying. Ramapo Police Chief Brad Weidel said a man armed with a blade attacked ....
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Venezuela asks Brazil to turn over 'deserters' suspected of raid
Date: 2019-12-29 07:22:18 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:10 - ID:8247691
CARACAS, Dec 29 (MENA) - Venezuela on Saturday asked Brazil to hand over five military “deserters” who are suspected of involvement in a raid on a remote military outpost in southern Venezuela last weekend, Russia Today reported quoting ....
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3 people stabbed at Monsey Synagogue in NYC
Date: 2019-12-29 06:39:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:8247661
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) - Three people have reportedly been stabbed in an attack on a Rabbi’s home in New York‘s Rockland County, CBC reported. A man entered Rabbi Rottenburg’s Shul in Monsey and stabbed several people just before 10 p.m. ....
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French demonstrators protest over pension reform
Date: 2019-12-28 19:51:25 GMT - France - World - SN:38 - ID:8247459
PARIS, Dec 28 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters marching against the French government’s planned pension reform clashed with the police in Paris on Saturday as officers fired teargas to disperse groups of demonstrators. They included members of ....
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Violent clashes in new round of Chile protests
Date: 2019-12-28 09:02:31 GMT - Chile - World - SN:14 - ID:8246655
SANTIAGO, Dec 28 (MENA) - Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Santiago in a fresh round of anti-government demonstrations that erupted more than two months ago in Chile, France 24 reported on Saturday. The rally took place in the Plaza ....
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10 Afghan army troops killed in Helmand attack
Date: 2019-12-28 08:32:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8246624
KABUL, Dec 28 (MENA) - At least 10 members of the Afghan Army were killed and four others wounded in an attack on their outpost by Taliban terrorist movement in Sangin district, Helmand province, the 215 Maiwand Corps confirmed in a ....
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US court: 17-year term in attack on FBI agent 'shockingly low'
Date: 2019-12-28 08:21:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:8246546
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - A 17-year sentence for a New York City man who sought to aid Daesh extremist group by trying to kill an FBI agent is “shockingly low," a federal appeals court said as it ordered a judge to re-sentence him, according to ....
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Explosion at Kansas aircraft plant injures 15
Date: 2019-12-28 08:15:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8246545
WASHINGTON, Dec 28 (MENA) - More than a dozen people were injured Friday in an explosion at a Beechcraft aircraft manufacturing plant in Kansas that caused part of a building to collapse, NBC News quoted officials as saying. A 3-inch nitrogen line ....
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US Congress wants to force Trump’s hand on human rights in China
Date: 2019-12-27 22:54:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8246486
WASHINGTON, Dec 27 (MENA) – US lawmakers aim to pass veto-proof legislation in 2020 that would punish China over its treatment of ethnic Uighur Muslims, The New York Times reported Friday. In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Republicans and ....
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France summons Iranian amb. over detention of two academics
Date: 2019-12-27 18:45:11 GMT - Iran - World - SN:31 - ID:8246309
PARIS, Dec 27 (MENA) - The French Foreign Ministry on Friday said it summoned the Iranian ambassador over the "intolerable" detention of two French academics, expressing "grave concern" that one was now on hunger strike, FRANCE 24 reported. The ....