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  • Tanzania: Fuel tanker blast kills dozens

    Date: 2019-08-10 09:02:22 GMT - Tanzania - World - SN:17 - ID:8059486

    DAR ES SALAAM, Aug 10 (MENA) - Tanzanian police said on Saturday that a fuel tanker explosion in the eastern town of Morogoro has killed at least 50 people, German channel broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported. "We have been saddened by reports of ....

  • 651 people relocated as downpour hits Beijing

    Date: 2019-08-10 09:02:06 GMT - China - World - SN:16 - ID:8059447

    BEIJING, Aug 10 (MENA) - Beijing has relocated 651 people and closed 94 scenic spots as of 6:00 p.m. as a heavy rainstorm hit the national capital Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. The city issued a blue geological disaster alert at 4:00 ....

  • Panama ex-president Martinelli acquitted of espionage, corruption

    Date: 2019-08-10 08:08:30 GMT - Panama - World - SN:14 - ID:8059400

    PANAMA CITY, Aug 10 (MENA) - Panama's ex-president Ricardo Martinelli was acquitted on charges of spying on political foes and misappropriation of public funds in a court decision Friday, France 24 reported. The case marked the first time a ....

  • 13 dead, 16 missing as Typhoon Lekima strikes eastern China

    Date: 2019-08-10 08:05:17 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:8059414

    BEIJING, Aug 10 (MENA) - At least 13 people were killed Saturday after Typhoon Lekima stuck the coast south of Shanghai, knocking down houses and trees, the China Daily quoted Chinese state TV as saying. Another 16 people are missing after Lekima ....

  • US threatens to withdraw troops from Germany

    Date: 2019-08-10 08:04:37 GMT - Germany - World - SN:12 - ID:8059416

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - The United States is considering withdrawing some of the US troops stationed in Germany, with Poland mooted as a possible new deployment, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle quoted US ambassador to Germany as saying. The ....

  • N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles into East Sea: JCS

    Date: 2019-08-10 08:00:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:8059395

    SEOUL, Aug 10 (MENA) - North Korea again fired two more projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of saber-rattling moves against the joint exercise ....

  • Blast hits Copenhagen police station, second explosion in Danish capital in 4 days

    Date: 2019-08-10 06:49:27 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:4 - ID:8059393

    COPENHAGEN, Aug 10 (MENA) - An explosion has occurred outside a local police station in Copenhagen, Russia Today quoted law enforcement as saying Saturday. The blast comes just days after an explosive device was detonated near a government ....

  • Powerful explosions rock ammo depot in Russia; 10 injured

    Date: 2019-08-09 21:55:10 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:8059300

    MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - Two new powerful explosions have occurred at the ammo depot near Achinsk, Krasnoyarsk Region in Russia's Siberia, TASS reported Friday. According to the preliminary data, ten people were injured in the explosions. "There ....

  • 5 people injured in new explosion at ammo depot near Achinsk

    Date: 2019-08-09 16:45:32 GMT - Russia - World - SN:45 - ID:8059131

    MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - At least five people were injured on Friday following new explosions near the artillery ammunition depot near the town Achinsk in Russia's Krasnoyarsk Territory, a spokesman for the regional emergency services told ....

  • Russia irked by clashes in Yemen's Aden city

    Date: 2019-08-09 16:14:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:8058949

    MOSCOW, Aug 9 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed its concern over clashes that have recently flared up in Yemen's largest city of Aden, Russia Today reported. Spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said that the ....

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