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Lion Air plane with 189 people crashes in Indonesia
Date: 2018-10-29 05:12:44 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:1 - ID:7643550
JAKARTA, Oct 29 (MENA) - A plane carrying 189 people from Jakarta to another Indonesian city crashed into the sea on Monday, prompting a desperate search for survivors and questions about why the aircraft went down despite clear skies, The New York ....
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Turkey strikes Kurdish positions in northern Syria
Date: 2018-10-28 15:12:41 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:59 - ID:7642955
ANKARA, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Turkish army has struck Kurdish targets in northern Syria. Sources said that artillery strikes hit positions belonging to the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, in Zor Moghar, the Daily Mail reported on ....
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Pope Francis slams US Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
Date: 2018-10-28 12:35:14 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:41 - ID:7642685
VATICAN, Oct 28 (MENA) - Pope Francis denounced Pittsburgh's Jewish community following the massacre at a synagogue there, denouncing the "inhuman act of violence" and praying for an end to the "flames of hatred" that fueled it, ABC news ....
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US drones strike Taliban vehicle in southeast Afghanistan
Date: 2018-10-28 12:11:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:35 - ID:7642561
KABUL, Oct 28 (MENA) - At least five militants were killed after U.S. drones bombed a vehicle of Taliban militants in southeastern Paktia province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press Agency reported on Sunday. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan ....
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NDS Special Forces storm a key hideout of the Taliban in Nangarhar province
Date: 2018-10-28 10:00:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7642324
KABUL, Oct 28 (MENA) - The Special Forces of the Afghan Intelligence, National Directorate of Security (NDS), have stormed a key hideout of the Taliban group in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. The provincial government media office ....
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US flags flown at half-mast over synagogue attack victims
Date: 2018-10-28 09:05:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:7642133
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has ordered all US flags on government property to be flown at half-staff through October 31 over the killing of 11 person in an attack on a synagogue on Saturday, the Voice of America ....
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5.8 earthquake rattles Romania, felt in Ukraine, elsewhere
Date: 2018-10-28 06:01:37 GMT - Romania - World - SN:2 - ID:7642029
BUCHAREST, Oct 28 (MENA) - An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rattled central and eastern Romania early Sunday and was also felt in Ukraine, Moldova and Bulgaria, ABC News reported. No significant damage was reported. The temblor, which ....
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8 dead in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue
Date: 2018-10-27 16:40:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:7641662
WASHINGTON, Oct 27 (MENA) - At least eight people were killed in shooting Saturday morning at a synagogue in a Pittsburgh neighborhood known for its Jewish population, CBS Pittsburgh/KDKA reported. The gunman, only described as a white male, ....
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Pakistan bans Indian television channels amid water row
Date: 2018-10-27 16:36:39 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:42 - ID:7641595
ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (MENA) - Pakistan's Supreme Court has re-imposed a ban on all Indian TV channels, overturning an earlier order from a lower court, BBC News reported. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar said the ban was justified as India was damming ....
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Athens to host EU-Arab World Summit on Oct. 29-30
Date: 2018-10-27 14:02:23 GMT - Greece - World - SN:31 - ID:7641412
ATHENS, Oct 27 (MENA) - The Greek capital will be hosting the third EU-Arab World Summit on October 29 and 30, which will focus on strengthening regional cooperation and accelerating existing initiatives, Greece's Ekathimerini newspaper reported ....
