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  • Pakistan earthquake death toll rises to 30, over 450 injured

    Date: 2019-09-25 08:21:57 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8117992

    ISLAMABAD, Sept 25 (MENA) - The death toll from Tuesday’s earthquake in Azad Jammu and Kashmir rose to 30 with more than 450 injured, Geo news channel reported. The epicenter of the 5.8-magnitude quake was near the Kashmir city of Mirpur, ....

  • Bomb attack on police bus in southern Turkey injures 5: Turkish media

    Date: 2019-09-25 07:02:09 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:12 - ID:8117938

    ANKARA, Sept 25 (MENA) - A bomb attack hit a bus carrying police in the southern Turkish province of Adana on Wednesday morning and some people were wounded, security sources said. CNN Turk broadcast video of a badly damaged bus surrounded by ....

  • China launches new satellite for environment detection

    Date: 2019-09-25 06:14:11 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:8117891

    BEIJING, Sept 25 (MENA) - China sent a new satellite into planned orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert on Wednesday, Yonhap news agency reported. The Yunhai-1 02 satellite, launched on a Long March-2D ....

  • House launches formal impeachment inquiry into Trump

    Date: 2019-09-25 05:38:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:8117858

    WASHINGTON, Sept 25 (MENA) - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump over reports that he pressured a foreign leader in an effort to target a political rival, according to CNN. "Today, ....

  • Trump terms US as most powerful nation in world

    Date: 2019-09-24 16:24:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:8117450

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump began his address at the United Nations General Assembly by calling the US the "world's most powerful nation," CNN reported on Tuesday. The US president highlighted the "over $2.5 trillion" ....

  • UN chief warns of potential war in Gulf in wake of attacks on Saudi Aramco

    Date: 2019-09-24 15:16:50 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:63 - ID:8117332

    NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - The attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities was "totally unacceptable," with the world now facing the risk of a major armed conflict in the Gulf region, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has ....

  • Yemeni FM, UN secretary general confer on latest developments in Yemen

    Date: 2019-09-24 11:33:38 GMT - Yemen - World - SN:41 - ID:8116820

    ADEN/NEW YORK, Sept 24 (MENA) - Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdullah al Hadrami conferred on Tuesday with UN Secretary General António Guterres on the latest developments in Yemen especially in relation to implementing Stockholm agreement on ....

  • Supreme Court: Suspending UK Parliament was unlawful

    Date: 2019-09-24 11:29:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:8116849

    LONDON, Sept 24 (MENA) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson's decision to suspend Parliament was unlawful, the Supreme Court said on Tuesday, according to Sky News channel. Johnson suspended Parliament for five weeks earlier this month, but the court ....

  • Afghan forces kill, detain 11 Taliban and Daesh militants

    Date: 2019-09-24 10:08:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8116675

    KABUL, Sept 24 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed and detained 11 Taliban militants during operations in Wardak, Balkh and Nangarhar provinces, reported Khaama Press News Agency on Tuesday. Military officials said the Special Forces killed ....

  • 3 killed after Maoists blow up diesel drum in Chhattisgarh

    Date: 2019-09-24 09:24:14 GMT - India - World - SN:20 - ID:8116550

    NEW DELHI, Sept 24 (MENA) - Three civilians were killed when Maoists Tuesday triggered a blast using a drum filled with highly flammable diesel in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district, the police said. Soon, an encounter broke out between security ....

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