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Japan Airlines plane skids off runway, closing parts of Tokyo's Narita Airport
Date: 2019-02-01 13:49:16 GMT - Japan - World - SN:45 - ID:7784530
TOKYO, Feb 1 (MENA) - A Japan Airlines plane from New Delhi skidded off a snow-bound runway at Narita Airport on Friday, officials said, briefly closing part of Tokyo's main hub, Kyodo news agency reported. Spokespeople from the airport and the ....
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Taliban hit Afghan army checkpoint, kill 6 troops
Date: 2019-02-01 13:40:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:43 - ID:7784407
KABUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - An Afghan official said the Taliban have attacked an army checkpoint in one of the country's northern provinces, killing at least six soldiers, ABC News reported. Zabihullah Amani, the provincial governor's spokesman, said ....
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Conditions deteriorate for civilians amid fighting in north-eastern Syria
Date: 2019-02-01 13:36:58 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:7784402
Geneva, Feb 1 (MENA) - The UN Refugee Agency is increasingly worried for the safety of civilians trapped in Daesh-held areas of Hajin enclave in Deir ez-Zor governorate in northeast Syria, the UNHCR posted on its website. Speaking at a press ....
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World stocks rise on hopes for second Trump-Xi meeting
Date: 2019-02-01 12:57:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:7784349
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - World markets were mostly higher Friday after China-US trade talks ended in Washington with expectations for a second meeting between Presidents Donald Trump of US and Xi Jinping of China, according to the Washington Post. ....
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Austrian chancellor to visit S.Korea in mid-Feb.
Date: 2019-02-01 12:19:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:37 - ID:7784345
SEOUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said that South Korean President Moon Jae-in plans to hold a summit with the chancellor of Austria in mid-February to discuss ways to expand bilateral cooperation, Yonhap news agency ....
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EU to grant Britain visa-free travel even with no-deal Brexit
Date: 2019-02-01 11:54:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:35 - ID:7784362
BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (MENA) - EU nations have agreed to give the UK citizens visa-free travel even at the event of a no-deal Brexit. However, London responded with anger after the bloc described Gibraltar as a British "colony," Deutsche Welle ....
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US envoy calls for full declaration of N. Korea's nuclear weapons program
Date: 2019-02-01 10:00:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:29 - ID:7784208
SEOUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - The US envoy for North Korea called on the regime Thursday to provide a full declaration of its nuclear and missile programs as a second bilateral summit appeared only weeks away, reports Yonhap news agency on ....
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Two terrorists killed in encounter in Jammu & Kashmir
Date: 2019-02-01 08:28:35 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:7783950
NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (MENA) - Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir district of Pulwama on Friday, Indian police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Drabgam in Pulwama following ....
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Militants killed in Afghan, coalition forces operations
Date: 2019-02-01 08:27:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7784011
KABUL, Feb 1 (MENA) - Up to 46 militants have been killed during operations conducted by the Afghan and Coalition Forces in various provinces of Afghanistan in the past 24 hours, Khaama Press news agency reported on Friday. According to informed ....
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Arctic-like temperatures across US blamed in at least 21 deaths
Date: 2019-02-01 06:54:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7783923
WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (MENA) - Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralyzed the US Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths, reported Al Hurra ....
