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20 injured in Beijing school attack
Date: 2019-01-08 10:51:18 GMT - China - World - SN:26 - ID:7747578
BEIJING, Jan 8 (MENA) - A man attacked and injured 20 students in a downtown Beijing primary school Tuesday morning, local authorities said as quoted by Xinhua. Twenty children were wounded and were taken to hospital, the Xicheng district ....
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2 killed, over 20 wounded in explosion in Khost province
Date: 2019-01-08 10:45:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:7747576
KABUL, Jan 8 (MENA) - At least two people lost their lives and more than 20 others sustained injuries in an explosion in southeastern Khost province of Afghanistan, Khaama News reported. According to local officials, the incident took place at ....
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Brexit minister rules out article 50 extension beyond 29 March
Date: 2019-01-08 10:36:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:7747583
LONDON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Stephen Barclay, the Brexit secretary, has discounted the possibility that the government might delay Britain’s exit from the European Union beyond 29 March, The Guardian reported on Tuesday. Following reports claiming that ....
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Oil tanker fire in Hong Kong waters kills one, rescue going on
Date: 2019-01-08 07:46:39 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:9 - ID:7747332
HONG KONG, Jan 8 (MENA) - An oil tanker caught fire in Hong Kong's southern waters on Tuesday, killing one crew member while at least 21 were rescued, police said, with witnesses reporting a loud blast that shook windows several kilometres ....
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Trump to visit US-Mexico border Thursday
Date: 2019-01-07 19:08:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7747058
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will travel to the US border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced. "President Trump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with those on the frontlines of the ....
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Trump denies changes to Syria exit plan
Date: 2019-01-07 18:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7746966
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against media reports that he had altered the timeline for removing US troops from Syria, denying his administration had issued a series of contradictory statements about ....
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Police forces thwart militants bid to detonate a mosque in Herat
Date: 2019-01-07 10:43:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:28 - ID:7746310
KABUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Afghan police forces have thwarted anti-government armed militants bid to detonate a mosque in western Herat province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press news agency on Monday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said ....
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Greece: 8 detained after paint thrown at US embassy
Date: 2019-01-07 08:08:15 GMT - Greece - World - SN:16 - ID:7746070
ATHENS, Jan 7 (MENA) - Greek police say they have detained eight people after the US Embassy in Athens was vandalized with paint, reported the US ABC channel on Monday. Police said the eight were detained after about 10 people on motorbikes threw ....
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Taliban operations center destroyed, 16 militants killed in Helmand airstrike
Date: 2019-01-07 07:41:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7746033
KABUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - At least 16 militants of the Taliban group were killed and an operations center of the group was destroyed in an airstrike conducted in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press news agency on ....
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Earthquake hits Indonesia, no casualties or damage reported
Date: 2019-01-07 07:11:02 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:10 - ID:7745989
JAKARTA, Jan 7 (MENA) - An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.6 struck 174 km (108 miles) north-northwest of the city of Ternate in Indonesia's Molucca islands on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks, but with no tsunami risk, the US ....
