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Italian deputy PM urges summoning of Dutch envoy over migrant rescue ship
Date: 2019-01-25 12:42:42 GMT - Italy - World - SN:24 - ID:7773793
ROME, Jan 25 (MENA) - The Netherlands ambassador should be asked to give urgent clarification over a Dutch-flagged ship with 47 rescued migrants on board that the coastguard has allowed to shelter in Italian coastal waters, Italy's deputy premier ....
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Top Trump adviser Roger Stone arrested by FBI
Date: 2019-01-25 12:14:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:7773801
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump's ....
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Merkel to visit Japan in February, meet with Abe
Date: 2019-01-25 10:24:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:18 - ID:7773645
TOKYO, Jan 25 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Japan early next month to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, NHK radio reported on Friday. On Friday, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announced Merkel will arrive for a ....
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Indonesia floods, landslides death toll climbs to 59
Date: 2019-01-25 08:53:55 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:7773494
JAKARTA, Jan 25 (MENA) - Floods and landslides in Indonesia have killed at least 59 people, the government said Friday, after heavy rain pounded Sulawesi island and forced thousands to flee their homes. "I've never seen something this bad -- this ....
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US orders non-essential diplomats in Caracas to leave
Date: 2019-01-25 07:04:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7773391
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 (MENA) - The State Department ordered non-essential diplomats and staff at the US Embassy in Caracas to leave the country, but said the embassy would remain open, the Washington Post reported. The US and other nations on ....
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Shutdown continues: Senate blocks bills to fund gov’t
Date: 2019-01-24 21:41:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7773268
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) – The Senate blocked dueling bills to fund the government, leaving no clear path to ending the longest government shutdown ever, CNBC reported Thursday Both a Republican-backed proposal and a measure supported by ....
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UN chief says ties between US, Russia and China ‘dysfunctional’
Date: 2019-01-24 17:14:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:43 - ID:7773039
BERN, Switzerland, Jan 24 (MENA) - The world is facing a worrying “fragmentation,” UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, warning that ties between the US, Russia and China were worryingly out of kilter, RT reported Thursday. The ....
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Eleven members of Daesh terror cells imprisoned in Moscow
Date: 2019-01-24 15:22:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:37 - ID:7772706
MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Moscow District Military Court has sentenced 11 Central Asian nationals who are members of the Daesh terrorist organization (outlawed in Russia) to six to 18 years in prison. The Center for Public Relations of the Russian ....
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Kremlin says Nicolas Maduro is Venezuela's legitimate president
Date: 2019-01-24 12:16:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:7772489
MOSCOW, Jan 24 (MENA) - Moscow believes that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the legitimately-elected head of state and rules out granting him political asylum, Sputnik quoted Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Thursday. Over the ....
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Trump postpones State of Union over partial government shutdown
Date: 2019-01-24 07:11:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7772075
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (MENA) - President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, The Hill newspaper reported ....
