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King Vajiralongkorn crowned as Thailand new King
Date: 2019-05-04 09:43:39 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:18 - ID:7927565
BANGKOK, May 4 (MENA) - Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn was officially crowned as the 10th king in the centuries-old Chakri dynasty on Saturday in a mix of Hindu and Buddhist rituals here, Malaysia's official news agency Bernama reported. An ....
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Cyclone Fani kills at least 12 in India
Date: 2019-05-04 08:26:55 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:7927487
NEW DELHI, May 4 (MENA) - The strongest cyclone to hit India in five years killed at least 12 people in eastern Odisha state, before swinging north-eastwards into Bangladesh on Saturday where more than a million people have been moved to ....
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26 militants killed, 45 detained in Afghan forces operations in Kabul: Sources
Date: 2019-05-04 08:14:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7927458
KABUL, May 4 (MENA) - At least 26 militants were killed and 45 others detained in various operations of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) which were conducted in Kabul province, Khaama Press news agency reported ....
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Tokyo, Washington probe N. Korea's latest fired projectiles
Date: 2019-05-04 07:54:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:12 - ID:7927442
TOKYO, May 4 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed by phone with his Japanese counterpart Taro Kono the series of short-range projectiles fired by North Korea off its east coast on Saturday, Japanese news agency Kyodo news ....
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Top diplomats of S. Korea, US. agree to 'prudently' handle N.Korea projectile launch
Date: 2019-05-04 07:35:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7927426
SEOUL, May 4 (MENA) - The top diplomats of South Korea and the United States agreed Saturday to "prudently" handle North Korea's launch of short-range projectiles during their telephone talks, Seoul's foreign ministry said. South Korea's Foreign ....
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S.Korea's presidential office holds emergency meeting over N. Korea's firing of projectiles
Date: 2019-05-04 07:24:22 GMT - south korea - World - SN:9 - ID:7927423
SEOUL, May 4 (MENA) - South Korea's presidential office convened an emergency meeting of top security officials Saturday after North Korea fired unidentified projectiles into the East Sea earlier in the day, Yonhap news agency reported. Chung ....
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N. Korea fires short-range missiles into East Sea
Date: 2019-05-04 07:23:17 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7927424
SEOUL, May 4 (MENA) - North Korea fired a barrage of unidentified short-range missiles in the direction of the East Sea on Saturday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The North "fired multiple rounds of unidentified missiles from ....
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43 Daesh militants killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-05-04 07:11:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7927417
KABUL, May 4 (MENA) - At least 43 militants of Daesh terrorist group were killed in two separate airstrikes which were conducted in east of Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said in a ....
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2 killed as Tropical Cyclone Fani hits India
Date: 2019-05-03 11:10:37 GMT - India - World - SN:29 - ID:7926539
NEW DELHI, May 3 (MENA) - The strongest tropical cyclone to hit India in 20 years made landfall Friday, killing two people and lashing the country's east coast with ferocious winds and torrential downpours, the CNN reported. The two people who ....
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Pakistan's SC rejects Nawaz Sharif’s petition for bail extension
Date: 2019-05-03 10:20:53 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:7926520
ISLAMABAD, May 3 (MENA) - The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Friday rejected a petition by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif for an extension in the bail granted to him on medical grounds in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption reference, Geo News ....