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Earthquake at 6.1 magnitude strikes off Colombia coast, EMSC
Date: 2018-11-25 08:03:11 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:12 - ID:7684894
BOGOTA, Nov 25 (MENA) - An earthquake measuring 6.1 magnitude struck off the Colombian coast, and while there was no major tsnaumi threat, there was a possibility of tsunamis along the nearby coast, the European earthquake monitoring agency EMSC and ....
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UNSC condemns attacks in Karachi, Orakzai
Date: 2018-11-25 07:46:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:10 - ID:7684864
NEW YORK, Nov 25 (MENA) - The UN Security Council (UNSC) has condemned the attacks on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi and in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s lower Orakzai district that killed 33 people on Friday, Geo News reported on Sunday. Members of the ....
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Police arrest suspect in stabbing attack on officer outside London train station
Date: 2018-11-24 14:05:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:25 - ID:7684198
LONDON, Nov 24 (MENA) - Police arrested a person suspected of stabbing a British Transport Police officer outside a train station in east London, officials said on Saturday. Chairman of Transport Police Federation Nigel Goodband said that the ....
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Kabul’s Ulema Council Chief shot dead by unknown gunmen
Date: 2018-11-24 13:32:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:7684078
KABUL, Nov 24 (MENA) - Chief of the Ulema Council of Kabul Mawlavi Abdul Basir Haqqani has been shot dead by unknown gunmen, security officials and Ulema Council sources have said. The incident took place in the vicinity of the 7th police ....
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Two suspected facilitators of Chinese consulate attack arrested
Date: 2018-11-24 07:54:00 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:6 - ID:7683670
ISLAMABAD, Nov 24 (MENA) - Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan arrested two suspected facilitators involved in Friday’s terrorist attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, GEO News reported on Saturday. The two suspects were arrested from ....
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Russia notes Saudi Arabia’s efforts to investigate Khashoggi case, says top diplomat
Date: 2018-11-23 16:52:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:56 - ID:7683136
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (MENA) - Moscow views Riyadh’s efforts to investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a positive light, TASS cited Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying following talks with his Italian counterpart Enzo ....
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Afghan president condemns attack on army base
Date: 2018-11-23 15:27:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:7683210
KABUL, Nov 23 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani condemned Friday's attack in a mosque inside an army base in eastern Afghanistan that killed 27 soldiers, calling it "anti-Islamic and inhumane", ABC News reported. In a statement, Ghani ....
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EU negotiators fail to agree on Gibraltar before Brexit summit
Date: 2018-11-23 14:19:08 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:46 - ID:7683059
BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (MENA) - European Union negotiators from the 27 states remaining after Brexit were unable to agree on Gibraltar during talks on Friday, Euronews reported. Spain reportedly objected to portions of the text at the last minute, ....
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Turkish prosecution seeks justice for slain Russian Envoy Karlov - reports
Date: 2018-11-23 14:16:11 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:7683051
MOSCOW, Nov 23 (MENA) - The Turkish prosecution has submitted to court the case of Russian Ambassador to Ankara Andrey Karlov's murder, Sputnik reported. It added that 28 suspects have faced murder charges, including Turkish cleric Fethullah ....
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China condemns attack on its consulate in Pakistan
Date: 2018-11-23 13:42:46 GMT - China - World - SN:42 - ID:7682985
BEIJING, Nov 23 (MENA) - Chinese foreign ministry strongly condemned on Friday the attack on their consulate in Pakistan, GEO News reported. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said all consular staff and their families were safe ....