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  • Italian PM calls on Turkey to stop military operation in northeastern Syria

    Date: 2019-10-10 19:12:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:87 - ID:8139721

    ROME, Oct 10 (MENA) - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on Turkey to immediately stop its military operation in northeastern Syria. “I follow with deep concern the latest developments in north-east Syria,” Conte posted on ....

  • India: Turkey's offensive in Syria can undermine stability in region

    Date: 2019-10-10 18:03:46 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:83 - ID:8139720

    CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Indian Ministry of External Affairs said that Turkey's military offensive in northeast Syria can undermine stability in the region and the fight against terrorism. The ministry expressed its deep concern at the ....

  • Nobel Prizes in Literature awarded to Austrian, Polish authors

    Date: 2019-10-10 12:23:38 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:41 - ID:8139093

    STOCKHOLM, Oct 10 (MENA) - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to Austrian author Peter Handke, while the 2018 award, postponed from last year, was given to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the CNN reported on Thursday. Two prizes ....

  • Denmark sets up temporary border control at border with Sweden

    Date: 2019-10-10 09:39:42 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:19 - ID:8138721

    COPENHAGEN, Oct 10 (MENA) - Denmark will set up temporary border controls at the Swedish border starting next month, Euronews quoted the country’s justice minister Nick Haekkerup as saying on Thursday. The move comes after two Swedes were charged ....

  • Airstrikes, armed clashes leave 12 Taliban militants dead

    Date: 2019-10-10 08:50:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8138549

    KABUL, Oct 10 (MENA) - A series of airstrikes and armed clashes left at least 12 Taliban militants dead in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan, The Khaama Press reported Thursday. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement the security forces ....

  • Pakistani soldier martyred, civilians injured in Indian firing across LoC

    Date: 2019-10-10 07:35:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8138478

    ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (MENA) - A Pakistani soldier was martyred and two civilians injured after Indian troops resorted to "unprovoked" firing from across the Line of Control in Baroh and Chirikot sectors, the Pakistani Geo News reported on Thursday, ....

  • Japan's Akira Yoshino among trio of scientists awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry

    Date: 2019-10-09 11:44:23 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:37 - ID:8137275

    STOCKHOLM, Oct 9 (MENA) - The 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to a trio of scientists for the development of lithium-ion batteries, including Japan’s Akira Yoshino, John Goodenough of the United States and Britain’s Stanley ....

  • Earthquake of 5.5 magnitude registered in Kazakhstan's Almaty region

    Date: 2019-10-09 10:52:25 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:28 - ID:8137226

    ASTANA, Oct 9 (MENA) - An earthquake of 5.5 magnitude was registered in Kazakhstan's Almaty region at 3:49am local time on Wednesday, the press service of the emergencies services in Almaty region reported. The earthquake's epicenter was 140 km ....

  • UNAMA Report: 30 Afghan civilians killed in US airstrike in Farah in May

    Date: 2019-10-09 09:44:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8137071

    KABUL, Oct 9 (MENA) - The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan released a report on Wednesday claiming that at least 30 civilians were killed and nine wounded in a US airstrike in Farah province on May 5, according to the Afghan ....

  • Russian security cracks down on 'Charity Organisation' of Over 100 Daesh supporters

    Date: 2019-10-09 09:42:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:8137030

    MOSCOW, Oct 9 (MENA) - Russian law enforcers have debunked a fake charity organisation which united over 100 supporters of Daesh who sent over 6 million rubles (about $92,000) to terrorists in Syria, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on ....

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