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Stockholm regrets Russia's decision to expel Swedish diplomat - Foreign Ministry
Date: 2018-12-21 16:51:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:7725080
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Swedish Foreign Ministry announced it had refused to satisfy Russian applications for diplomatic visas. And Russia responded to this by asking a diplomat at the Swedish Embassy in Moscow to leave the country. "The ....
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Austrian police: Vienna's shooting attack not terror-related incident
Date: 2018-12-21 16:48:02 GMT - Austria - World - SN:49 - ID:7725082
VIENNA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Austrian police on Friday ruled out that the shooting attack that occurred near a popular schnitzel restaurant in central Vienna is a terror-related incident. One person was killed and another seriously injured in the ....
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EU slaps sanctions on 7 Myanmar army, border officials
Date: 2018-12-21 16:33:51 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:47 - ID:7725107
BRUSSELS, Dec 21 (MENA) - The European Union is slapping asset freezes and travel bans on seven more people accused of human rights violations against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, Voice of America reported. EU headquarters said Friday that ....
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S. Korean Navy dismisses Tokyo's claim about targeting of Japanese patrol aircraft
Date: 2018-12-21 16:15:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:46 - ID:7725088
SEOUL, Dec 21 (MENA) - The Navy on Friday dismissed Japan's claim that a South Korean warship directed fire-control radar at Tokyo's patrol aircraft a day earlier, saying the neighboring country misunderstood its operation to help a North Korean ....
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Germany calls for clarity from US after Mattis resignation
Date: 2018-12-21 16:06:27 GMT - Germany - World - SN:45 - ID:7724987
BERLIN, Dec 21 (MENA) - Germany's Defense Minister Ursula Von der Leyen on Friday called for clarity from the United States after the abrupt resignation of US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, The New York Times reported. "Because the United States ....
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Train slams into bus in Serbia; 5 killed, 30 injured
Date: 2018-12-21 16:05:57 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:44 - ID:7725077
BELGRADE, Dec 21 (MENA) - Serbian authorities said that a train slammed into a bus carrying mostly high school students in southern Serbia Friday, killing five people and injuring 30, ABC News reported. The collision took place around 7:30 a.m. ....
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Japan to withdraw from International Whaling Commission in bid to resume commercial whaling: sources
Date: 2018-12-21 14:48:14 GMT - Japan - World - SN:39 - ID:7725004
TOKYO, Dec 21 (MENA) - Japanese government sources said that Japan has decided to withdraw from the International Whaling Commission in a bid to resume commercial whaling for the first time in 30 years, the Japan Times reported. However, Japanese ....
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Shooting in central Vienna leaves 1 dead, 1 wounded
Date: 2018-12-21 14:33:55 GMT - Austria - World - SN:35 - ID:7724968
VIENNA, Dec 21 (MENA) - Austrian authorities said that a shooting Friday in central Vienna has killed one person and wounded another, ABC News reported. Police said on Twitter that two people with gunshot wounds were found at about 1:30 p.m. in ....
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Kremlin on US troop reduction in Afghanistan: Action speaks louder than words
Date: 2018-12-21 14:33:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:7724929
MOSCOW, Dec 21 (MENA) - Washington’s plans to reduce its presence in Afghanistan can only be analyzed once it takes place, TASS news agency quoted Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as telling reporters on Friday. "Of course, we need to ....
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Pakistan's Zardari, Talpur's interim bail extended till Jan 7 in money laundering case
Date: 2018-12-21 10:55:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7724497
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (MENA) - A banking court on Friday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of former Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari and his sister Faryal Talpur till January 7 in an ongoing money laundering case, Geo network ....
