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  • S. Korea raises typhoon alert level to 'vigilance' from 'attention'

    Date: 2019-09-22 07:11:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:8113513

    SEOUL, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Korean interior and safety ministry has elevated the weather alert level to "vigilance" from "attention" as Typhoon Tapah tracking northward is expected to affect parts of the country's southern region over the weekend, ....

  • Japan cancels over 400 flights due to storm Tapah

    Date: 2019-09-22 06:51:17 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:8113504

    TOKYO, Sept 22 (MENA) - Airline companies operating in Japan have canceled more than 400 domestic flights scheduled for Sunday due to severe tropical storm Tapah, state media reported. The flights are mostly to and from the southwestern island of ....

  • Labour MPs vows to push for second Brexit referendum

    Date: 2019-09-21 22:05:58 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:8113404

    LONDON, Sept 21 (MENA) - UK's Labour MPs Peter Kyle and Phil Wilson promised to bring back a Commons plan to amend any future Brexit deal with a second referendum, Politics Home reported Saturday. As Labour Party conference gets underway in ....

  • French police arrest 30 'yellow vest' protesters

    Date: 2019-09-21 10:24:48 GMT - France - World - SN:15 - ID:8112574

    PARIS, Sept 21 (MENA) - French police arrested on Saturday 30 protesters participating in the rallies that were called for by the yellow vest movement and fired tear gas to disperse them, RT channel reported. French authorities announced that ....

  • 8 civilians killed, wounded in Afghan Kandahar roadside bomb explosion

    Date: 2019-09-21 10:04:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8112578

    KABUL, Sept 21 (MENA) - An improvised explosive device explosion killed at least two civilians in southern Kandahar province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. Kandahar police chief Gen. Tadin Khan confirmed the incident and said the ....

  • Twin explosions target sales center of a telecom company in Kabul

    Date: 2019-09-21 09:50:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8112576

    KABUL, Sept 21 (MENA) - Twin explosions targeted the sales center of a telecommunication company in Kabul city late on Friday night, Khaama Press news agency reported. The security officials said the first explosion took place at around 11:46 pm ....

  • JCPOA to convene Wednesday in New York: Iran

    Date: 2019-09-21 09:48:00 GMT - Iran - World - SN:12 - ID:8112581

    TEHRAN, Sept 21 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that a meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action foreign ministers would be held in New York on Wednesday. Iran's Foreign Minister arrived in New York ....

  • Pakistani PM flies to US to address UNGA

    Date: 2019-09-21 09:26:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:11 - ID:8112555

    RIYADH, Sept 21 (MENA) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan left here Saturday to New York to attend the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), wrapping up a visit to Saudi Arabia. During his week-long visit, the prime ....

  • Trump threatens to dump captured Daesh fighters in Europe

    Date: 2019-09-20 20:49:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8112307

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Friday renewed his threat to dump Daesh prisoners back to the European countries they hailed from — saying the US would drop them at the border and the Europeans will "have to capture them ....

  • US imposes sanctions on Iran's Central Bank

    Date: 2019-09-20 18:37:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8112208

    WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Friday said he has ordered sanctions on Iran’s central bank at "the highest level," CNBC reported. The president made the remarks to reporters in the Oval Office, where he and Australian ....

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