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Heavy rain disrupts flight operations at Lahore airport
Date: 2018-09-09 18:49:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:7569457
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (MENA) - As many as 14 flights were cancelled and 15 delayed as heavy rain continued to lash the Pakistani provincial capital of Punjab, Geo News reported. The Pakistani Civil Aviation Authority said that it will comply with the ....
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OHCHR holds 39th session in Geneva Monday
Date: 2018-09-09 13:08:21 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:59 - ID:7568826
GENEVA, Sept 9 (MENA) - The United Nations Human Rights Council (OHCHR) will hold on Monday its 39th session at the organization's premises in Geneva. The 39th session, which will last till September 28, is to discuss human rights issues and ....
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Gunmen attack police station in Iran, kill three
Date: 2018-09-09 11:16:50 GMT - Iran - World - SN:32 - ID:7568584
TEHRAN, Sept 9 (MENA) - Three Iranian police members were killed in an attack on a police station in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan last night, Trend News Agency reported. Last night, unknown gunmen inside a car opened fire at a local ....
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Pakistan's new president sworn in at presidential house
Date: 2018-09-09 09:45:29 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7568402
ISLAMABAD, Sept 9 (MENA) - Dr Arif Alvi took oath as Pakistan's 13th president in a ceremony held at the President House in Islamabad, Geo News reported. Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar administered the oath to Alvi. The ....
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US VP denies involving in discussions to remove Trump
Date: 2018-09-09 09:16:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:7568352
WASHINGTON, Sept 9 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence has denied being a part of discussions to invoke the 25th Amendment, removing President Donald Trump from office. "No, never. And why would we be Margaret?" the vice president told CBC News ....
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Japan PM visits quake-hit Hokkaido as toll rises to 37
Date: 2018-09-09 07:13:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:7 - ID:7568183
TOKYO, Sept 9 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the quake-hit northern region of Hokkaido Sunday, as officials confirmed two more deaths bringing the toll to 37. Abe toured the city and commercial hub of Sapporo, where ....
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Pakistan welcomes Saudi keenness to work with new gov't
Date: 2018-09-08 16:38:50 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:41 - ID:7567843
ISLAMABAD, Sept 8 (MENA) - Saudi Information Minister Awwad Bin Saleh al Awwad expressed the Saudi leadership's desire to work with the new Pakistani government. This came during a meeting with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ....
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Helicopter crash in Nepal kills 5, leaves 1 missing
Date: 2018-09-08 15:50:17 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:39 - ID:7567713
KATHMANDU, Sept 8 (MENA) - A helicopter flying in bad weather crashed in Nepal's mountains on Saturday, killing five of the seven people on board and leaving another missing, ABC News reported. The pilot and four of the six passengers, including ....
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US military drawing up options should Syria use chemical weapons
Date: 2018-09-08 12:58:04 GMT - India - World - SN:24 - ID:7567523
NEW DELHI, Sept 8 (MENA) - America's top general on Saturday said he was involved in "routine dialogue" with the White House about military options should Syria ignore US warnings against using chemical weapons in an expected assault on the enclave ....
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Japan quake toll up to 20 as rescuers dig through landslides
Date: 2018-09-08 10:37:20 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:7567227
TOKYO, Sept 8 (MENA) - The death toll from an earthquake that rocked Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido rose to 20, and 19 others remained unaccounted for in one small town after an entire mountainside collapsed on their homes, ABC News ....
