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Indonesia quake, tsunami death toll rises to 832
Date: 2018-09-30 09:15:27 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:19 - ID:7599142
JAKARTA, Sept 30 (MENA) - The death toll in Indonesia's earthquake and tsunami has climbed to 832, NBC News reported, quoting the country's disaster agency as saying on Sunday. Many people were reported trapped in rubble of buildings brought down ....
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Two police officers killed in shootout in Mississippi
Date: 2018-09-30 09:03:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:7599129
WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (MENA) - Two police officers were killed in a shootout early Saturday in Brookhaven, Mississippi, CNN reported quoting a state official as saying. The officers, identified as Cpl. Zach Moak, 31, and Patrolman James White, 35, ....
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Iran airs video of close encounter with US aircraft carrier
Date: 2018-09-29 21:57:12 GMT - Iran - World - SN:64 - ID:7598885
TEHRAN, Sept. 29 (MENA) - Iran's state TV has broadcast footage purporting to show a close encounter between the Revolutionary Guard's navy and the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The incident purportedly happened in the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the ....
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Trump orders FBI investigation into Kavanaugh's sex assault claim
Date: 2018-09-29 21:56:34 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:7598869
WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - The FBI has requested an interview with Deborah Ramirez, the second woman to come forward with an allegation of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, her attorney said on Saturday. The ....
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Canada delays UN speech to focus on NAFTA
Date: 2018-09-29 20:26:57 GMT - Canada - World - SN:60 - ID:7598851
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland postponed her country's 2018 address to the United Nations General Assembly so she could focus on ongoing trade talks with the United States, the government was quoted by ....
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Copenhagen police launch operation following threat
Date: 2018-09-29 19:52:49 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:58 - ID:7598814
COPENHAGEN, Sept 29 (MENA) - Danish police said Friday's massive police operation around Copenhagen that caused traffic chaos was connected with an alleged threat on the lives of "specific individuals." Copenhagen police spokesman Joergen Bergen ....
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N. Korea not to denuclearize without trust in US - N. Korean FM
Date: 2018-09-29 18:32:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7598782
NEW YORK, Sept 29 (MENA) - North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho slammed the US in a speech before the United Nations General Assembly on Saturday, saying the nation would not back off from its nuclear weapons without being able to trust ....
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Malaysia PM condemns Myanmar's massacre of Rohingya
Date: 2018-09-29 16:01:50 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:44 - ID:7598564
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 29 (MENA) - Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has condemned the Myanmar government for the massacre of Rohingya in Rakhine, Channel NewsAsia reported Saturday. “I believe in non-interference in the internal affairs of ....
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Marine Corps F-35B conducts first airstrike in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-09-29 12:21:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:7598314
KABUL, Sept 29 (MENA) - The US Military Marine Corps conducted the first airstrike using an F-35B fighter jet eliminating a target in Afghanistan, Khaama Press News Agency quoted the Pentagon as saying on Saturday. According to a statement ....
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Militants suffer heavy casualties in Afghan, US forces operations
Date: 2018-09-29 09:09:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7597972
KABUL, Sept 29 (MENA) - Several militants were killed and wounded during separate operations conducted by the Afghan and US forces in southeastern Paktika and Ghazni provinces, Khaama Press News Agency reported on Saturday. The 201st Thunder ....