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  • One dead, two wounded following stabbing in Australia

    Date: 2018-11-09 08:13:43 GMT - Australia - World - SN:9 - ID:7661507

    CANBERRA, Nov 9 (MENA) - One of the stabbing victims in Bourke Street attack died while two are in hospital, Australia's ABC Local Radio reported Friday. Australian police have shot a knife-wielding man after three people were stabbed in ....

  • Melbourne attack: Man arrested after fire and stabbings

    Date: 2018-11-09 07:49:49 GMT - Australia - World - SN:7 - ID:7661463

    CANBERRA, Nov 9 (MENA) - A man has been arrested after setting a car on fire and stabbing three people - one fatally - in central Melbourne, Australia. The attacker was shot by police after confronting officers on a busy city street, authorities ....

  • Australia: Knifeman shot by police in Bourke Street attack

    Date: 2018-11-09 07:47:30 GMT - Australia - World - SN:6 - ID:7661458

    CANBERRA, Nov 9 (MENA) - Australian police have shot a knife-wielding man after three people were stabbed in Melbourne's Bourke Street, ABC News reported on Friday. The man brandishing the knife at police was shot in the chest and is under guard ....

  • US sanctions 9 Russian entities, 3 individuals over Crimea - Volker

    Date: 2018-11-08 18:32:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:7661148

    MOSCOW, Nov 8 (MENA) - The United States is imposing new sanctions against three Russian individuals and nine entities operating in Crimea, US Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said in a telephone conference on ....

  • Half a dozen' injured in shooting at California bar: Police

    Date: 2018-11-08 09:26:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:7660020

    WASHINGTON, Nov 8 (MENA) - Multiple people were injured late Wednesday when a gunman opened fire at a bar in Southern California, authorities told ABC News. "About a half a dozen" patrons and a sheriff's deputy were among the injured, according ....

  • 16 Taliban fighters killed during joint operation between Afghan, foreign forces

    Date: 2018-11-08 08:31:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7659882

    KABUL, Nov 8 (MENA) - At least 16 armed Taliban insurgents were killed during a joint operation between Afghan forces and foreign forces in Baghlan province, Tolo News quoted local officials as saying on Thursday. According to Baghlan police ....

  • US Attorney General Sessions resigns at 'Trump's request'

    Date: 2018-11-07 20:39:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:94 - ID:7659676

    WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (MENA) - Jeff Sessions has resigned as attorney general immediately after being asked to do so by President Donald Trump, ABC News reported on Wednesday. "At your request, I am submitting my resignation," Sessions wrote in an ....

  • Saudi Arabia, US discuss coordination in counter-terrorism

    Date: 2018-11-07 18:23:18 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:84 - ID:7659476

    RIYADH, Nov 7 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel Al Jubeir, received on Wednesday Nathan Sales, the US State Department's coordinator for counter-terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The meeting discussed the latest ....

  • May pledges support for political settlement in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-11-07 18:21:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:83 - ID:7659432

    LONDON, Nov 7 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May pledged on Wednesday her country's support for a political settlement in Afghanistan, the UK government said on its official website. May's remarks were made during a phone call with ....

  • Mahathir thanks Japan for 200 billion yen Samurai bonds to ease Malaysia's financial woes

    Date: 2018-11-07 08:42:31 GMT - Japan - World - SN:16 - ID:7658417

    TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has expressed his gratitude to his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe and his government for their help in easing Malaysia's financial woes. The Malaysian premier said Abe and his ....

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