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Trump’s national security adviser says North Korea is violating UN resolutions
Date: 2019-05-25 08:55:10 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:7954951
TOKYO, May 25 (MENA) – John Bolton, national security adviser to president of the United States, said there is no doubt North Korea violated United Nations Security Council resolutions by testing ballistic missiles earlier this month, The Washington ....
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600,000 Afghan children are at risk over malnutrition - UNICEF
Date: 2019-05-25 08:32:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:7954909
WASHINGTON, May 25 (MENA) – Among the 2 million children under the age of five years who are suffering from acute malnutrition, 600,000 children are currently suffering from severe acute malnutrition in Afghanistan, UNICEF warned. UNICEF detailed ....
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At least 13 injured in Lyon explosion
Date: 2019-05-24 21:12:28 GMT - France - World - SN:49 - ID:7954764
PARIS, May 24 (MENA) - At least 13 people have been injured in an explosion in the French city of Lyon, officials said. The prosecutor's office said a suspected parcel bomb was the cause of the explosion, Euronews reported on Friday. Most of ....
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19 students killed in blaze in western India
Date: 2019-05-24 21:07:52 GMT - India - World - SN:48 - ID:7954745
NEW DELHI, May 24 (MENA) - At least 19 teenage students were killed in a fire that broke out Friday in a tutoring center in the western Indian city of Surat, a top state official said. More than a dozen students were hospitalized with burns or ....
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Trump approves sending more forces to Middle East amid tensions with Iran
Date: 2019-05-24 18:53:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:41 - ID:7954597
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - The Pentagon will deploy 1,500 troops to the Middle East, including missile defense and surveillance units, a senior official said Friday, in the Trump administration’s latest step to address what it says are increased ....
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Explosion rocks French city of Lyon, 8 people injured
Date: 2019-05-24 16:38:42 GMT - France - World - SN:40 - ID:7954574
PARIS, May 24 (MENA) - At least six people were injured in an explosion at the corner of Victor Hugo Street and Sala Street in Lyon, France Info reported, citing police sources. The French Interior Ministry said that the blast occurred at around ....
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Trump approves additional deployment to ME to counter Iran
Date: 2019-05-24 16:32:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:7954566
WASHINGTON, May 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has given his approval to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan to deploy about 1,500 additional US troops to the Middle East to deter Iranian threats, CNN quoted a senior US official as ....
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S. Korean navy officer dead, four injured in accident involving destroyer docked at port
Date: 2019-05-24 15:20:52 GMT - south korea - World - SN:34 - ID:7954439
SEOUL, May 24 (MENA) - One Navy officer was killed and four were injured Friday in an accident involving a destroyer that returned home after a mission in waters off Somalia, Yonhap news agency reported. The accident occurred at 10:15 a.m. at a ....
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2 killed, 16 injured in mosque explosion in Afghan capital
Date: 2019-05-24 13:00:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7954128
KABUL, May 24 (MENA) - At least two people have been killed and 16 others injured as an explosion rocked a mosque full of people during Friday prayers in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to the Afghan interior ministry. "We have rushed ....
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Pakistan official: Bomb at Quetta mosque kills 2, wounds 28
Date: 2019-05-24 12:48:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7954130
ISLAMABAD, May 24 (MENA) - A bombing Friday at a mosque in the Pakistani city of Quetta, the capital of restive Baluchistan province, killed two people, including the prayer leader, and wounded 28 worshipers, officials said as quoted by the ....