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  • Shooting at Norway mosque to be investigated as possible act of terrorism - police

    Date: 2019-08-11 11:48:55 GMT - Norway - World - SN:23 - ID:8060647

    OSLO, Aug 11 (MENA) - A shooting at a Norwegian mosque on Saturday will be investigated as a possible act of terrorism, Euro News quoted police as saying on Sunday. “We’re investigating this as an attempt at carrying out an act of terrorism,” ....

  • Death toll rises to 93 in floods, mudslides in south India

    Date: 2019-08-11 08:38:00 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:8060454

    NEW DELHI, Aug 11 (MENA) - At least 93 people have been killed and more than 400,000 displaced in floods and mudslides following days of torrential rains in southern India, ABC news reported. The worst-hit has been the state of Kerala where the ....

  • Pakistan to go to UNSC over violence in Kashmir

    Date: 2019-08-10 21:34:07 GMT - China - World - SN:64 - ID:8060180

    BEIJING, Aug 10 (MENA) - Pakistan said that with the support of China, it will take up India's unilateral actions in Kashmir with the U.N. Security Council and may approach the U.N. Human Rights Commission over what it says is the "genocide" of the ....

  • Trump appears to take N. Korea's Kim Jong Un's opinion about military drills with Seoul

    Date: 2019-08-10 19:29:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:8060109

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Saturday appeared to side with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in renewing his objections to joint military exercises with South Korea, calling such drills “ridiculous and expensive” at a ....

  • 66 killed in floods, mudslides in southern India

    Date: 2019-08-10 19:22:11 GMT - India - World - SN:50 - ID:8060114

    NEW DELHI, Aug 10 (MENA) - At least 66 people died and some 360,000 have moved to relief camps following flash floods and mudslides caused by days of torrential rains in the southern Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, ABC news reported ....

  • US billionaire accused of sex trafficking commits suicide in jail

    Date: 2019-08-10 19:13:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8060111

    WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - Jeffrey Epstein, the financier who was long dogged by accusations of sexual abuse of girls and who was able to cultivate a stream of high-profile friends despite his lurid lifestyle, killed himself in his Manhattan jail ....

  • Gunman shoots one person dead at mosque in Norway

    Date: 2019-08-10 18:10:43 GMT - Norway - World - SN:43 - ID:8060011

    OSLO, Aug 10 (MENA) - A gunman shot one person dead on Saturday afternoon after storming a mosque in Oslo, Norway. Security authorities have reportedly arrested a suspect in connection with the shooting, Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath TV news channel said ....

  • 15 soccer players injured by lightning in southern Germany

    Date: 2019-08-10 11:52:50 GMT - Germany - World - SN:28 - ID:8059672

    BERLIN, Aug 10 (MENA) - A lightning strike in southern Germany has injured 15 soccer players, while thousands were asked to leave a concert early and a circus tent collapsed as storms hit across northern Europe. The New York Times cited German ....

  • Venezuela receives 4th shipment of Red Cross aid

    Date: 2019-08-10 11:50:05 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:27 - ID:8059506

    CARACAS, AUG 10 (MENA) - The Red Cross announced on Saturday arrival of the fourth batch of humanitarian aid to Venezuela to face a deep humanitarian crisis gripping the country. The aid would be distributed according to the fundamental ....

  • Indian diplomats leave Pakistan via Wagah border amid deteriorating ties over Kashmir

    Date: 2019-08-10 10:50:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8059640

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 10 (MENA) - As tensions continue to brew between India and Pakistan over Jammu and Kashmir, at least 13 Indian diplomatic staff members left Pakistan on Saturday and crossed the international border at Wagah into India, the EurAsian ....

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