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  • Plane carrying 9 passengers crashes in Colombia, 7 killed

    Date: 2019-09-16 07:57:15 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:10 - ID:8105497

    BOGOTA, Sept 16 (MENA) - At least seven people were killed and another two injured when a small plane crashed in southwestern Colombia on Sunday, a firefighter said. "Nine people were on board the plane. Seven died, while two are seriously ....

  • Russia warns 'alarming' Saudi oil attacks won't contribute to energy market stability

    Date: 2019-09-16 07:31:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8105483

    MOSCOW, Sept 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has been kept up to date on the events surrounding the Houthi drone attacks on two major Saudi energy facilities, and Russia believes such incidents will not contribute to the stabilization ....

  • Afghan Special Forces kill 14 Taliban militants; destroy multiple weapons caches in 3 provinces

    Date: 2019-09-16 06:40:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8105484

    KABUL, Sept 16 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed at least 14 Taliban militants and destroyed multiple caches of weapons in 3 provinces, Khaama Press reported. The military officials said Monday that the Special Forces killed 5 Taliban ....

  • Trump says US 'locked and loaded' after Saudi Arabia attack, as oil prices soar

    Date: 2019-09-16 06:34:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8105467

    WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (MENA) - Donald Trump has said the US was “locked and loaded” and to ready respond to drone attacks on a petroleum processing facility in Saudi Arabia, saying the US knew who was behind them, Al Hurra TV reported. The US ....

  • S. Korea voices concern over attack on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities

    Date: 2019-09-16 06:12:13 GMT - south korea - World - SN:4 - ID:8105474

    SEOUL, Sept 16 (MENA) - South Korea on Monday expressed concern over last week's attacks on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, saying it would undermine regional stability and energy security around the world, Yonhap News Agency reported. The ....

  • UN chief calls for phasing out chlorofluorocarbons to reduce global warming

    Date: 2019-09-15 12:03:11 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:26 - ID:8104479

    CAIRO, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for phasing out chlorofluorocarbons to reduce global warming this century. In a message to mark the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed every ....

  • UN chief calls for greater action to address climate change

    Date: 2019-09-15 09:08:54 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:8104200

    NEW YORK, Sept 15 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged world leaders attending the upcoming UN Climate Action Summit to show up armed not with speeches but with plans to achieve carbon neutrality, reduce emissions and improve ....

  • US senator calls on gov't to consider attack on Iran’s oil refineries

    Date: 2019-09-15 08:01:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8104147

    WASHINGTON, Sept 15 (MENA) - The US government needs to consider the possibility of attacking Iranian oil refineries in the wake of drone strikes on the Saudi Arabian oil company Saudi Aramco, US senator Lindsey Graham stated on Twitter on ....

  • 19 killed, wounded as airstrike targets northern Afghanistan

    Date: 2019-09-15 07:46:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8104120

    KABUL, Sept 15 (MENA) - An airstrike in northern Faryab province killed or wounded at least 19 Taliban militants including a foreign trainer of the group, Khaama Press reported. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said in ....

  • Maduro: Photos of Guaido with Colombian drug-trafficking group triggered scandal

    Date: 2019-09-14 10:12:43 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:23 - ID:8102844

    CARACAS, Sept 14 (MENA)- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Saturday that photos shared, depicting the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido with two suspected members of a Colombian drug-trafficking group triggered a tremendous ....

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