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7 dead in Turkey as 5.7 magnitude earthquake strikes near Iran border
Date: 2020-02-23 10:35:33 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:16 - ID:8323619
ANKARA, Feb 23 (MENA) - At least seven people have been killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck the border of Iran Sunday, according to the Daily Mail. The quake hit the Iranian city of Khoy and affected villages in the ....
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Japan minister apologizes after woman who leaves ship tests positive for virus
Date: 2020-02-23 07:05:13 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8323352
TOKYO, Feb 23 (MENA) - Japan's Health Minister apologized after a woman who was allowed to leave a coronavirus-infected cruise ship docked near Tokyo tested positive for the virus, The Straits Times reported. The woman in her 60s disembarked the ....
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China: Death toll of coronavirus rises to 2,445
Date: 2020-02-23 06:19:31 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:8323336
BEIJING, Feb 23 (MENA) - A total of 648 new cases of the novel coronavirus were confirmed on the Chinese mainland and 97 new deaths were reported Saturday night, according to China's National Health Commission. The total number of confirmed cases ....
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Trump in New Delhi Sunday for 1st India visit
Date: 2020-02-22 22:14:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:8323163
WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (MENA) - President Donald Trump will arrive Monday in India, a country featuring the most Trump properties outside the US. The White House hopes the visit will advance trade talks and bolster the president’s standing with ....
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UN: Afghan war killed, wounded more than 10,000 civilians in 2019
Date: 2020-02-22 15:11:10 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8322694
GENEVA, Feb 22 (MENA) - The United Nations said Saturday that the conflict in Afghanistan killed more than 3,400 civilians and injured nearly 7,000 others in 2019. The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) blamed the Taliban, Daesh and ....
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UN: 100,000 civilians casualties in Afghanistan in 10 years
Date: 2020-02-22 10:16:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8322318
KABUL, Feb 22 (MENA) - A UN report said Afghanistan passed a grim milestone with more than 100,000 civilians killed or hurt in the last 10 years since the international body began documenting casualties in a war that has raged for 18 years, ABC News ....
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5.1-magnitude quake hits China's Xinjiang, no casualties reported
Date: 2020-02-22 08:17:46 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:8322249
BEIJING, Feb 22 (MENA) - No casualties have been reported so far as a 5.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Jiashi County in Kashgar Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. A ....
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OIC denounces Hanau terrorist attack
Date: 2020-02-22 07:07:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:3 - ID:8322197
JEDDAH, Feb 22 (MENA) - The General Secretariat of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Saturday vehemently condemned the deadly shooting that took place in the German city of Hanau on Wednesday, leaving at least nine people dead. The ....
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EU fails to find budget compromise as summit breaks up
Date: 2020-02-21 22:57:12 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:48 - ID:8322114
BRUSSELS, Feb 21 (MENA) - EU leaders failed to make a breakthrough in talks on the bloc’s €1tn budget after member states clashed over rebates claimed by some of the region’s richest member states. An emergency summit broke up on Friday night ....
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Moscow: US intel services launch anti-Russia crusade in Eastern Europe
Date: 2020-02-21 21:57:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8322060
MOSCOW, Feb 21 (MENA) - US intelligence services have launched a campaign in Eastern Europe to undermine good neighborly relations with Russia, spokesman for Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Ivanov said on Friday. "According to the ....
