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Car bomb explosion leaves 2 dead, many wounded in Afghanistan's Laghman province
Date: 2019-10-16 10:23:12 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:26 - ID:8147187
KABUL, Oct 16 (MENA) - A car bomb explosion left at least two people dead and many others wounded in the eastern Laghman province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of Interior said militants detonated the car bomb close to the ....
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Taliban claims responsibility for suicide bombing in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2019-10-16 08:33:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8147062
KABUL, Oct 16 (MENA) - The Taliban movement on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that took place in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan, leaving two persons killed and 26 others injured, Tolo News TV reported. The ....
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Volkswagen delays final approval for Turkey plant following Syria incursion
Date: 2019-10-15 14:22:16 GMT - Germany - World - SN:57 - ID:8146165
BERLIN, Oct 15 (MENA) - Automotive giant Volkswagen AG has delayed final approval for building a new car plant in Turkey, becoming the first major international company to reconsider an investment in the country following its incursion in northern ....
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China urges Turkey to halt military action in Syria
Date: 2019-10-15 11:06:29 GMT - China - World - SN:30 - ID:8145577
BEIJING, Oct 15 (MENA) - China’s foreign ministry urged Turkey on Tuesday to stop military action in Syria and “come back to the right track.” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the comments at a daily briefing in Beijing, National ....
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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 ....
