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Greece: 8 detained after paint thrown at US embassy
Date: 2019-01-07 08:08:15 GMT - Greece - World - SN:16 - ID:7746070
ATHENS, Jan 7 (MENA) - Greek police say they have detained eight people after the US Embassy in Athens was vandalized with paint, reported the US ABC channel on Monday. Police said the eight were detained after about 10 people on motorbikes threw ....
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Taliban operations center destroyed, 16 militants killed in Helmand airstrike
Date: 2019-01-07 07:41:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7746033
KABUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - At least 16 militants of the Taliban group were killed and an operations center of the group was destroyed in an airstrike conducted in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press news agency on ....
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Earthquake hits Indonesia, no casualties or damage reported
Date: 2019-01-07 07:11:02 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:10 - ID:7745989
JAKARTA, Jan 7 (MENA) - An earthquake with a revised magnitude of 6.6 struck 174 km (108 miles) north-northwest of the city of Ternate in Indonesia's Molucca islands on Sunday, followed by a series of aftershocks, but with no tsunami risk, the US ....
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Sultan Muhammad V has stepped down as king
Date: 2019-01-06 14:33:21 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:55 - ID:7745196
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (MENA) - Sultan Muhammad V stepped down as the 15th Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Bernama news agency reported on Sunday. Comptroller of the Royal Household, Datuk Wan Ahmad Dahlan Abdul Aziz said that the monarch had officially ....
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Kolkata airport on alert after air India plane leaked fuel: Report
Date: 2019-01-06 09:50:26 GMT - India - World - SN:21 - ID:7744701
NEW DELHI, Jan 6 (MENA) - An emergency was declared at Kolkata airport on Saturday night after an Air India plane started leaking fuel, NDTV reported. The Air India flight AI-335 came from Bangkok and was going to Delhi. No one was injured, ....
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7 killed, injured in shooting near Los Angeles
Date: 2019-01-05 11:39:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:26 - ID:7743724
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The US police said that three persons were killed, while four others were wounded in the shooting that took place earlier today near Los Angeles in California. The incident happened in bowling alley near Los Angeles, ....
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Shooting with multiple victims reported near Los Angeles - US police
Date: 2019-01-05 10:07:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7743522
WASHINGTON, Jan 5 (MENA) - The US police reported a shooting with multiple victims near Los Angeles in California. US-funded Alhurra Channel broke the news without offering further details. (MENA) Y Y E/A S E ....
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Afghan national security adviser probes with Indian counterpart security situation
Date: 2019-01-05 09:56:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7743468
KABUL, Jan 5 (MENA) - Afghan National Security Adviser Hamdullah Mohib met with his Indian counterpart and other security officials during his visit to India. "Productive meetings were held in India with my counterpart Ajit Doval and other ....
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Car bomb explosion wounds 3 in northwest Pakistan
Date: 2019-01-05 08:40:27 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7743409
ISLAMABAD, Jan 5 (MENA) - Pakistani police said a car bomb has exploded in a Peshawar neighborhood wounding three people and damaging several shops. The explosion took place outside a mosque in the Kali Bari area of the city, ABC News quoted a ....
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4.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Indonesia's Jayapura
Date: 2019-01-05 07:19:36 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:7 - ID:7743337
JAKARTA, Jan 5 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale jolted Jayapura District, Papua Province, on Friday at 8:15 a.m. local time. The quake`s epicenter was located at 2.46 degree southern latitude and 140.55 degree eastern ....