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Australian police arrest man over suspicious packages sent to embassies and consulates
Date: 2019-01-10 05:54:00 GMT - Australia - World - SN:1 - ID:7750268
CANBERRA, Jan 10 (MENA) - Australian police have arrested a man suspected of sending more than two dozen suspicious packages to embassies and consulates throughout the country, authorities said Thursday in Australia. The 48-year-old man from ....
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4500 dead, missing on migratory routes across globe in 2018: IOM
Date: 2019-01-09 18:45:01 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:84 - ID:7750060
GENEVA, Jan 9 (MENA) - For the fifth consecutive year, more than 4,000 people are believed to have died or gone missing on migratory routes across the globe in 2018, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Missing Migrants Project (MMP) ....
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UK consulate in Melbourne targeted as ‘suspicious packages’ sent to diplomatic buildings in Australian city
Date: 2019-01-09 13:02:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:7749367
LONDON, Jan 9 (MENA) - The Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the British consulate in Melbourne, Australia received a “suspicious package”, The Independent reported on Wednesday. “We are liaising closely with the Australian Federal Police and ....
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U.S. envoy for Afghan peace embarks on new trip to four countries
Date: 2019-01-09 10:54:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:32 - ID:7748866
KABUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - The US special envoy for Afghanistan reconciliation Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad has embarked on a trip to four countries to discuss ongoing efforts regarding the peace process in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported ....
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Police investigating after consulates and embassies in Melbourne and Canberra receive suspicious packages
Date: 2019-01-09 07:34:54 GMT - Australia - World - SN:11 - ID:7748749
CANBERRA, Jan 9 (MENA) - Authorities are investigating after suspicious packages were found at several foreign consulates and embassies across Melbourne and Canberra, ABC News reported Wednesday. Footage showed emergency services workers attended ....
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UN anti-corruption commission leaving Guatemala after president's order
Date: 2019-01-09 07:01:20 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:8 - ID:7748703
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 9 (MENA) - Members of a widely respected anti-corruption commission began leaving Guatemala on Tuesday, one day after being ordered out by President Jimmy Morales, who was among its many powerful targets, Los Angeles Times ....
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Pelosi: Trump must reopen government
Date: 2019-01-09 06:10:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:2 - ID:7748700
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Democrats House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump must stop holding the American people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, and must reopen the government. She said "Sadly, much of what we have ....
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Pence: Trump hasn't made decision on declaring national emergency
Date: 2019-01-08 19:08:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7748423
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence said President Donald Trump has yet to decide whether he will declare a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border as the commander-in-chief prepares to address the nation from ....
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4 killed, hundreds injured in rush hour train crash in South Africa
Date: 2019-01-08 14:41:57 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:52 - ID:7748024
PRETORIA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Four people are dead and hundreds more were injured when two trains collided during the early morning rush hour commute in Pretoria, South Africa, ABC News reported. Hundreds of commuters remain trapped inside the ....
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UNHCR’s new 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety campaign invites the public to act in solidarity with refugees
Date: 2019-01-08 11:10:33 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:28 - ID:7747604
GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, on Tuesday announced a new global campaign calling on people all over the world to cover the distance travelled by refugees each year. The 2 Billion Kilometres to Safety campaign will encourage ....