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Dozens die in northern India as monsoon rains trigger floods
Date: 2019-09-30 06:13:09 GMT - India - World - SN:5 - ID:8124426
NEW DELHI, Sept 30 (MENA) - A heavy spell of retreating monsoon rains has flooded wide areas of northern India, killing dozens of people in the past week. A spokeswoman for the Disaster Management and Relief Department, Sandhaya Kureel, said ....
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Democrats eyeing Trump-Putin calls - House intelligence committee chief
Date: 2019-09-29 22:06:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:8124293
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said on Sunday that Congress is looking to obtain US President Donald Trump's calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid allegations that the White House is ....
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Budapest has no plans to leave EU: Hungarian PM
Date: 2019-09-29 19:26:28 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:62 - ID:8124208
BUDAPEST, Sept 29 (MENA) - Hungary has no plans to leave the European Union, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Sunday. “We are a member of the Union and will remain a member,” Euronews quoted the premier as saying during a congress of his ....
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Russian security council lauds 'constructive' dialogue with US on Arctic
Date: 2019-09-29 17:57:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:8124146
MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MENA) - Russia and the US are engaged in a constructive dialogue on the Arctic which benefits regional security, the deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council said in an interview out Sunday. "Although less publicized than ....
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Pelosi: Impeachment worth losing House in 2020
Date: 2019-09-29 07:10:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8123130
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) indicated Saturday that successfully pursuing impeachment of President Donald Trump would be worth losing the Democrats' House majority in 2020, The Hill reported. During an interview ....
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UN, coast guard say boat with 50 migrants capsizes off Libya
Date: 2019-09-28 21:40:29 GMT - Libya - World - SN:57 - ID:8122951
TRIPOLI, Sept 28 (MENA) - A boat carrying at least 50 Europe-bound migrants capsized Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the U.N. refugee agency and the country's coast guard said. Coast guard spokesman Ayoub Gassim said that a shipwreck ....
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Polls close in Afghanistan presidential election: Official
Date: 2019-09-28 14:14:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:32 - ID:8122500
KABUL, Sept 28 (MENA) - Polling centers in a presidential election closed in Afghanistan on Saturday, Al Arabiya reported. Preliminary results are not expected before October 17 and final results not until November 7. If no candidate gets 51 ....
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Pakistan: Six killed as gunmen attack bus in Hangu
Date: 2019-09-28 14:10:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:31 - ID:8122436
ISLAMABAD, Sept 28 (MENA) - At least six people were killed and four others injured when gunmen opened fire on a passenger bus on Saturday in Hangu district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region, northwest Pakistan, Geo News reported. According to police, ....
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Pakistani PM returns to New York after plane develops technical fault
Date: 2019-09-28 10:51:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8122186
NEW YORK, Sept 28 (MENA) - A plane carrying Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his entourage returned to New York on Friday night after developing a technical fault while heading to Pakistan. The Pakistani premier had taken off from New ....
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Afghanistan: Election day violence leaves multiple casualties
Date: 2019-09-28 08:20:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8122043
KABUL, Sept 28 (MENA) - Two blasts and a rocket attack have marred the opening of Afghanistan's presidential election, DW reported on Saturday. Explosions and a rocket attack left two people dead and several others wounded in Afghanistan on ....