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US Army chief of staff makes surprise stop in Kabul
Date: 2019-01-03 21:24:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:7742115
KABUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - The US Army's chief of staff made a surprise visit to Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, where he met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to discuss prospects for a peaceful end to the country's 17-year war, the United States' longest, ....
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US warns Iran not to launch satellites into space
Date: 2019-01-03 19:35:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:7741996
WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran on Thursday to scuttle its plans to launch satellites into space that the United States said could be used to carry intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the ....
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Around 1,700 refugees returned to Syria in 24 hours - Russian Military
Date: 2019-01-03 12:11:23 GMT - Syria - World - SN:40 - ID:7741450
DAMASCUS, Jan 3 (MENA) - About 1,1700 Syrian refugees from abroad have returned to their home country over the past 24 hours, Sputnik News Agency has quoted the Russian Defense Ministry's Center for the Reception, Allocation and Accommodation of ....
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Taliban kills 8 policemen in northern Afghanistan
Date: 2019-01-03 11:51:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:35 - ID:7741440
KABUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - An Afghan official said the Taliban killed eight police in an attack on their post in the provincial capital of the northern Baghlan province, ABC News reported. Safdar Mooseni, the head of the provincial council, said ....
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North Korean diplomat in Italy unaccounted for since leaving embassy in Nov. - Seoul
Date: 2019-01-03 10:07:30 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:7741162
SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - South Korea's spy agency said that a senior North Korean diplomat, stationed in Italy, has disappeared with his wife since he left the North's embassy in early November last year, Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday. Jo ....
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Afghan military: 11 Taliban militants killed, 7 injured in Faryab
Date: 2019-01-03 10:04:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7741217
KABUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - Eleven Taliban militants were killed and seven wounded in a clash and an airstrike in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Military said in a statement carried by Khaama Press News Agency Thursday. The 209th ....
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Acting North Korean amb. to Italy seeks to defect
Date: 2019-01-03 08:26:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7740969
SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy sought asylum from an unidentified Western country with his family. Jo Song-gil, the acting North Korean ambassador to Rome, is currently under protection of Italian authorities upon his ....
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China lunar rover successfully touches down on far side of moon
Date: 2019-01-03 07:31:27 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:7740905
BEIJING, Jan 3 (MENA) - In an historic first, China has successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, Chinese state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space ....
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Death toll of Magnitogorsk blast in Russia rises to 26
Date: 2019-01-02 19:47:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7740723
MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - The death toll in a New Year's Eve apartment-building collapse rose to 26 as rescuers working in frigid temperatures pulled bodies from the rubble in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, news media reported on Wednesday. About ....
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Several killed in Denmark after train accident, according to local police
Date: 2019-01-02 09:32:43 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:15 - ID:7739775
COPENHAGEN, Jan 2 (MENA) - Several people were killed in a train accident on Danish Bridge on Wednesday morning, police on the Island of Fyn said. The accident shut the bridge linking Fyn to the island of Zealand, Euro news reported. Fyn ....
