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Oil tanker fire in Hong Kong waters kills one, rescue going on
Date: 2019-01-08 07:46:39 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:9 - ID:7747332
HONG KONG, Jan 8 (MENA) - An oil tanker caught fire in Hong Kong's southern waters on Tuesday, killing one crew member while at least 21 were rescued, police said, with witnesses reporting a loud blast that shook windows several kilometres ....
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Trump to visit US-Mexico border Thursday
Date: 2019-01-07 19:08:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7747058
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will travel to the US border with Mexico on Thursday, the White House announced. "President Trump will travel to the Southern border on Thursday to meet with those on the frontlines of the ....
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Trump denies changes to Syria exit plan
Date: 2019-01-07 18:30:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7746966
WASHINGTON, Jan 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Monday pushed back against media reports that he had altered the timeline for removing US troops from Syria, denying his administration had issued a series of contradictory statements about ....
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Police forces thwart militants bid to detonate a mosque in Herat
Date: 2019-01-07 10:43:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:28 - ID:7746310
KABUL, Jan 7 (MENA) - The Afghan police forces have thwarted anti-government armed militants bid to detonate a mosque in western Herat province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press news agency on Monday. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) said ....
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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, ....
