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  • More than 90,000 evacuated as Sonoma County fire grows

    Date: 2019-10-27 11:28:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:8162783

    WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - Northern California braced for historically powerful winds and widespread power outages as the Kincade fire in Sonoma County raged on, forcing the evacuation of more than 90,000 people, according to The Los Angeles ....

  • Killing of Daesh leader unlikely to turn tide, Chechnya’s Kadyrov says

    Date: 2019-10-27 11:12:09 GMT - Chechnya - World - SN:62 - ID:8162678

    GROZNY, Oct 27 (MENA) - The killing of Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is unlikely to bring any crucial changes if the world continues dividing terrorists into "good and bad guys," TASS quoted Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov as having said ....

  • Pakistani court grants interim bail to ex-premier Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds

    Date: 2019-10-26 21:18:31 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8162328

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (MENA) - The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Saturday approved the interim bail of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on medical grounds until Tuesday, Geo News reported. The lawyer of the petitioner informed the court that the ....

  • US budget deficit hits 26% reaching in 2019

    Date: 2019-10-26 12:56:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:25 - ID:8161647

    WASHINGTON, Oct 26 (MENA) - The US government’s budget deficit ballooned to nearly $1 trillion in 2019, The Washington Post quoted the US Treasury Department as announcing. The United States’ fiscal imbalance widened for a fourth consecutive year ....

  • Pakistan's former PM Nawaz Sharif suffers minor heart attack

    Date: 2019-10-26 09:18:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8161396

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (MENA) - Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif suffered a minor heart attack while undergoing treatment at the Services Hospital in Lahore, Geo News channel reported, quoting senior journalist Hamid Mir as saying on ....

  • Afghan president renews peace offer to Taliban

    Date: 2019-10-26 08:42:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8161327

    KABUL, Oct 26 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said that sustainable peace is a top priority for Afghanistan, Pajhowk news agency reported on Saturday. Addressing the 18th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku, Ghani renewed Kabul’s ....

  • Three injured in attack on police vehicle in Pakistan's DI Khan

    Date: 2019-10-26 08:12:35 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8161314

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 26 (MENA) - Three policemen were injured on Saturday morning in an attack on a police vehicle in Pakistan's Dera Ismail Khan, SamaaTV reported. The vehicle, which belonged to the Kalachi police, was targeted on Hathala Road. An ....

  • Russian national Maria Butina arrives in Moscow after release from US jail

    Date: 2019-10-26 08:07:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:6 - ID:8161312

    MOSCOW, Oct 26 (MENA) - Maria Butina, a Russian national deported from the US after spending 18 months in jail there, arrived on Saturday at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, Sputnik news agency reported. Butina was arrested in ....

  • US trying to use Ukraine for domestic political purposes, says senior Russian diplomat

    Date: 2019-10-25 17:15:57 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:8160856

    MOSCOW, Oct 25 (MENA) - Political forces in the United States are trying to use Ukraine to achieve their own goals, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday at a meeting with the participants in the annual scientific and ....

  • 2 bombs in eastern Afghanistan kill 7, including a child

    Date: 2019-10-25 16:57:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:48 - ID:8161006

    KABUL, Oct 25 (MENA) - A Taliban suicide attack on Friday targeted a convoy carrying officials from Afghanistan's intelligence service, killing five people including a child in eastern Nangarhar province, ABC quoted the provincial governor's ....

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