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  • Acting North Korean amb. to Italy seeks to defect

    Date: 2019-01-03 08:26:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7740969

    SEOUL, Jan 3 (MENA) - North Korea’s top diplomat in Italy sought asylum from an unidentified Western country with his family. Jo Song-gil, the acting North Korean ambassador to Rome, is currently under protection of Italian authorities upon his ....

  • China lunar rover successfully touches down on far side of moon

    Date: 2019-01-03 07:31:27 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:7740905

    BEIJING, Jan 3 (MENA) - In an historic first, China has successfully landed a rover on the far side of the moon, Chinese state media announced Thursday, a huge milestone for the nation as it attempts to position itself as a leading space ....

  • Death toll of Magnitogorsk blast in Russia rises to 26

    Date: 2019-01-02 19:47:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7740723

    MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - The death toll in a New Year's Eve apartment-building collapse rose to 26 as rescuers working in frigid temperatures pulled bodies from the rubble in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, news media reported on Wednesday. About ....

  • Several killed in Denmark after train accident, according to local police

    Date: 2019-01-02 09:32:43 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:15 - ID:7739775

    COPENHAGEN, Jan 2 (MENA) - Several people were killed in a train accident on Danish Bridge on Wednesday morning, police on the Island of Fyn said. The accident shut the bridge linking Fyn to the island of Zealand, Euro news reported. Fyn ....

  • Death toll from Philippine landslides, floods climbs to 85

    Date: 2019-01-02 07:56:25 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:10 - ID:7739653

    MANILA, Jan 2 (MENA) - The death toll from landslides and devastating floods in the central Philippines triggered by a tropical depression climbed to 85, officials said on Wednesday, and 20 people were missing as rescuers slowly reached cut-off ....

  • Five army soldiers killed in Kandahar attack

    Date: 2019-01-02 07:47:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7739643

    KABUL, Jan 2 (MENA) - At least five army soldiers were killed in a militants attack in Maiwand district in southern Kandahar province on Tuesday night, security sources said. Six other soldiers were wounded in the attack, reported Tolo News ....

  • Marine shot and killed on duty at Marine Barracks in Washington

    Date: 2019-01-02 07:04:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:7739574

    WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (MENA) - A US Marine was shot and killed while on duty at the Marine Barracks in Washington, DC, early Tuesday morning, CNN quoted the Marine Corps as saying in a news release. The fatal injury was not self-inflicted, Marine ....

  • Total of 11 bodies recovered from collapsed building in Magnitogorsk - Ministry

    Date: 2019-01-02 06:24:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:3 - ID:7739555

    MOSCOW, Jan 2 (MENA) - The body of 11th victim was recovered from the rubble of a residential building that collapsed in the Russian city of Magnitogorsk, the press service for the regional office of the Russian Emergencies Ministry told Sputnik on ....

  • North Korean leader says ready to meet with Trump at any time

    Date: 2019-01-01 22:39:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:58 - ID:7739347

    SEOUL, Jan 1 (MENA) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said Tuesday he is firmly committed to denuclearization and ready to meet with US President Donald Trump at any time, but warned he could seek an alternative course if the US misjudges his ....

  • Four refugees injured in Germany car attack

    Date: 2019-01-01 15:41:52 GMT - Germany - World - SN:46 - ID:7739197

    BERLIN, Jan 1 (MENA) - Four people have been injured, some of them in critical conditions, after a man intentionally drove into a crowd of migrants. According to German police, the accident took place shortly after midnight in the city of ....

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