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Indian oil tanker missing off Africa's west coast
Date: 2018-02-04 12:48:28 GMT - India - World - SN:49 - ID:7226967
NEW DELHI, Feb 4 (MENA) - An oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors on board is reported missing off the coast of Benin, a west African country, for the last three days, Hindustan Times reported. It is suspected that the MT Marine Express carrying ....
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Two killed in crash involving Amtrak train, freight train
Date: 2018-02-04 12:11:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:7226892
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (MENA) - Two people were killed in a crash involving a freight train and an Amtrak passenger train headed to Miami early Sunday in South Carolina, authorities said. In addition to the fatalities, more than 50 people were ....
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Hundreds of Kurds protest in France against Turkish aggression in Afrin
Date: 2018-02-03 21:20:30 GMT - France - World - SN:64 - ID:7225995
PARIS, Feb 3 (MENA) - Hundreds of Kurds in France protested Saturday against the Turkish president and his country's military operation in Syria's Afrin. Meanwhile, about 7,000 demonstrators, from the Netherlands, Austria and Germany, marched in ....
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Moscow criticizes US Nuclear Posture Review
Date: 2018-02-03 21:06:25 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:7225938
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry commented on the Nuclear Posture Review, issued by the United States on Friday, naming Russia, North Korea, Iran and China as potential threats to the US national security, Sputnik reported on ....
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German intelligence part of secret anti-terror unit targeting Daesh fighters - report
Date: 2018-02-03 19:20:20 GMT - Germany - World - SN:58 - ID:7225845
BERLIN, Feb 3 (MENA) - Germany's intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has been taking part in a secretive US-led anti-terror operation known as "Gallant Phoenix," which targets European jihadists returning home from Syria and ....
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Moscow disappointed by content of new US nuclear doctrine
Date: 2018-02-03 14:58:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7225513
MOSCOW, Feb 3 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the content of the new nuclear doctrine (the Nuclear Posture Review) released by the United States on Friday has provoked our deep disappointment. In a statement on Saturday, the ....
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Four Daesh leaders killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in Deir-Ezzor over past month
Date: 2018-02-03 14:43:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:7225397
WASHINGTON, Feb 3 (MENA) - Four leaders of Daesh terrorist group were killed in airstrikes launched by the US-led coalition on the eastern outskirts of Deir-Ezzor over the past month, the US army said on Saturday. The US-led international ....
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UN calls on Iran to secure rights of Christian minority
Date: 2018-02-03 12:52:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:28 - ID:7225159
GENEVA, Feb 3 (MENA) - Four UN human rights experts have called on Iran to guarantee the rights of Christian minority and ensure a fair and transparent final hearing for three Iranian Christians who are due to appear before the Revolutionary Court ....
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Ghani, US VP discuss recent terror attacks in Kabul
Date: 2018-02-03 09:40:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7224837
KABUL, Feb 3 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Vice President Mike Pence held talks over phone on recent terrorist attacks in Kabul, the Afghan presidential office said on Saturday. A statement from Ghani’s office said Pence extended ....
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Nine Daesh militants killed in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-02-03 09:06:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7224741
KABUL, Feb 3 (MENA) - At least nine elements affiliated to Daesh terrorist group were killed in military operations carried out by security forces in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghan officials said. Officials noted that the militants were ....