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NATO, Afghanistan join forces to fight terrorism
Date: 2019-10-15 08:08:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8145408
KABUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO allies and partners stand shoulder to shoulder with Afghanistan to make its security forces stronger in order to fight international terrorism and achieve lasting peace. He ....
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Afghan special forces kill, detain 7 Taliban militants in security operations
Date: 2019-10-15 06:27:22 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:3 - ID:8145300
KABUL, Oct 15 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed 4 Taliban militants, arrested 3 others and destroyed multiple caches of weapons in 5 provinces in southern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The military officials said the special Forces ....
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13 police killed by suspected cartel gunmen in west Mexico
Date: 2019-10-15 06:10:38 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:1 - ID:8145280
MEXICO CITY, Oct 15 (MENA) - At least 13 police officers were killed and three others injured Monday in an attack by gunmen in the western state of Michoacan, a region where violence attributed to organized crime groups has risen in recent months, ....
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Typhoon death toll nears 60
Date: 2019-10-14 15:40:58 GMT - Japan - World - SN:42 - ID:8144765
TOKYO, Oct 14 (MENA) - The death toll from Typhoon Hagibisnow stands at 58 as cleanup efforts are underway in many areas, according to NHK World- Japan. A Panamanian-registered cargo ship with a capacity of 12 people sank off the coast of ....
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2 Americans, French win 2019 Nobel Economic Sciences Prize
Date: 2019-10-14 12:56:27 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:33 - ID:8144315
STOCKHOLM, Oct 14 (MENA) - The 2019 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer for their ....
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Japan ramps up rescue efforts
Date: 2019-10-14 09:00:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:8143871
TOKYO, Oct 14 (MENA) - Japan ramped up rescue efforts on Sunday for survivors of a typhoon that brought record-breaking amounts of rain, flooding huge swaths of residential districts and leaving at least 35 dead and nearly 20 others missing, Kyodo ....
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New African swine fever case reported in NW China
Date: 2019-10-14 08:22:22 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:8143914
BEIJING, Oct 14 (MENA) - China has confirmed a new case of African swine fever in its northwestern Gansu Province, Xinhua reported Monday. The disease was detected in a cooperative in Minxian County, Dingxi City. Among the 287 pigs in the ....
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Mortar rounds land close to parliament building in Kabul, no casualties reported.
Date: 2019-10-14 08:19:39 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8143953
KABUL, Oct 14 (MENA) - Three mortar rounds landed close to parliament building in Kabul city on Monday but caused no harm or damage, Khaama Press reported. Officials in Kabul Police Headquarters confirmed that the mortar rounds landed close to ....
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Indian soldier killed as Pakistan violates ceasefire in J&K's Baramulla
Date: 2019-10-14 07:39:54 GMT - India - World - SN:12 - ID:8143872
NEW DELHI, Oct 14 (MENA) - An Indian army soldier was killed when Pakistani troops violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, NDTV quoted an army official as saying Monday. The Pakistani ....
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S. Korea on alert over potential spread of swine fever via wild boars
Date: 2019-10-14 06:57:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8143802
SEOUL, Oct 14 (MENA) - South Korea's quarantine authorities have remained alert over the potential nationwide spread of African swine fever (ASF) after wild boars were found dead with traces of the disease north of Seoul, Yonhap news agency reported ....