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UK police arrest 4 Sri Lankans for suspected extremist links
Date: 2019-04-13 08:46:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:7895231
LONDON, April 13 (MENA) - British police said four men from Sri Lanka have been arrested on suspicion of belonging to a banned extremist organization, ABC News reported on Saturday. Police said Friday night they are suspected of violating the ....
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Taliban attack on Nangarhar's Shirzad district foiled
Date: 2019-04-13 07:54:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7895154
KABUL, April 13 (MENA) - At least 27 Taliban fighters were killed and 27 wounded after they attempted an attack on Shirzad district in the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday evening, the provincial governor's office said in a statement on ....
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Afghan officials: 42 Taliban fighters killed in security operation
Date: 2019-04-13 07:49:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7895106
KABUL, April 13 (MENA) - Afghanistan's special forces managed on Saturday to purge an outskirt in Kunduz city, northern Afghanistan, leaving 42 Taliban leaders and fighters dead. Saturday's military operation meant to curb and besiege Taliban ....
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'Hitler imitator': Maduro rips Bolsonaro for openly promoting coup in Venezuela
Date: 2019-04-13 06:55:48 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:9 - ID:7895099
CARACAS, April 13 (MENA) - Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has compared Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, after Brazil's new head of state suggested that he was working with the United States to lay the grounds ....
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10 killed, injured, including two soldiers, in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-04-13 06:45:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7895083
KABUL, April 13 (MENA) - Two Afghan security personnel lost their lives and eight others sustained injuries in a major Taliban attack in Shirzad district of Nangarhar province which was repulsed late on Friday, Khaama Press news agency reported. ....
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Parts of White House closed after man set himself on fire outside North Fence Line
Date: 2019-04-13 06:40:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7895082
WASHINGTON, April 13 (MENA) - Parts of the White House were closed after a male subject operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter lit his outer jacket on fire while sitting along Pennsylvania Ave. outside the North Fence Line. Pennsylvania ....
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ICC rejects request to investigate war crimes in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-04-12 18:28:03 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:55 - ID:7894743
THE HAGUE, April 12 (MENA) - Judges at the international criminal court have rejected a request by the court's top prosecutor to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, The Guardian reported on Friday. ....
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Putin congratulates N.K. leader on re-election as State Affairs Commission chief
Date: 2019-04-12 15:22:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:7894606
MOSCOW, April 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Kim Jong-un on Friday on his re-election as North Korea's leader, Yonhap news agency reported. In his message, Putin reaffirmed "readiness for joint work" ....
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6.8 earthquake strikes off of Indonesia, sparking brief tsunami warning and sending terrified locals fleeing from homes
Date: 2019-04-12 15:19:05 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:46 - ID:7894531
JAKARTA, April 12 (MENA) – A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia Friday, sparking a brief tsunami warning and sending terrified residents running for higher ground, the Daily Mail reported. Panic broke out as buildings swayed and ....
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Pence: Trump is expressing frustration of Americans
Date: 2019-04-12 15:05:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:44 - ID:7894517
WASHINGTON, April 12 (MENA) – US Vice President Mike Pence said that US President Donald Trump expressed the Americans’ frustration over the situation in the northern borders with Mexico. "I think what you hear the President expressing is the ....
