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  • Four injured in stabbing at Manchester shopping center

    Date: 2019-10-11 12:40:07 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:8140493

    LONDON, Oct 11 (MENA) - A man in his 40s has been arrested on suspicion of serious assault after several people were stabbed outside the Arndale Centre in the centre of Manchester, Sky News quoted the police as saying Friday. "We are on the ....

  • Migrants block US-Mexico border crossing, force closure

    Date: 2019-10-11 10:45:32 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:28 - ID:8140297

    MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - Hundreds of Central American migrants blocked a border crossing Thursday between the Mexican city of Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas, demanding the United States let them in to apply for asylum, France 24 reported ....

  • Fire hits Indonesian embassy building in Bangkok

    Date: 2019-10-11 08:10:59 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:15 - ID:8140121

    BANGKOK, Oct 11 (MENA) - Bangkok emergency services say a fire broke out at a two-story building in the Indonesian Embassy compound in the Thai capital, but no casualties have been reported. The city's emergency services say the blaze erupted ....

  • Seoul, Tokyo to hold talks over WTO dispute this week

    Date: 2019-10-11 06:39:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:8140010

    SEOUL, Oct 11 (MENA) - South Korea's trade ministry said it will hold bilateral talks with Japan this week to discuss the on-going trade row between the two Asian neighbors, the first step toward resolving the dispute at the World Trade Organization ....

  • South Korean railway services affected as 72-hour strike begins

    Date: 2019-10-11 06:13:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8140009

    SEOUL, Oct 11 (MENA) - Railway services across South Korea are expected to be affected Friday and throughout the weekend as workers began a 72-hour strike demanding better working conditions, Yonhap news agency reported. Around 20 to 60 percent of ....

  • France calls for urgent meeting of international anti-Daesh coalition

    Date: 2019-10-10 20:44:46 GMT - France - World - SN:92 - ID:8139929

    PARIS, Oct 10 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Thursday called for an emergency meeting of the US-led coalition against Daesh, the day after Turkey launched an offensive in northern Syria. “The international coalition should ....

  • US ambassador says Trump didn't endorse Turkey's military action into Syria

    Date: 2019-10-10 19:55:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:8139866

    NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft told reporters that Trump did not endorse Turkey's military action in Syria. "We just finished our consultations on Syria, and as the President has made abundantly clear, ....

  • Italian PM calls on Turkey to stop military operation in northeastern Syria

    Date: 2019-10-10 19:12:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:87 - ID:8139721

    ROME, Oct 10 (MENA) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on Turkey to immediately stop its military operation in northeastern Syria. “I follow with deep concern the latest developments in north-east Syria,” Conte posted on ....

  • India: Turkey's offensive in Syria can undermine stability in region

    Date: 2019-10-10 18:03:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:83 - ID:8139720

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that Turkey's military offensive in northeast Syria can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism. The ministry expressed its deep concern at the ....

  • Nobel Prizes in Literature awarded to Austrian, Polish authors

    Date: 2019-10-10 12:23:38 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:41 - ID:8139093

    STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (MENA) - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke, while the 2018 award, postponed from last year, was given to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the CNN reported on Thursday. Two prizes ....

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