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  • 800 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

    Date: 2018-01-27 21:38:57 GMT - Italy - World - SN:88 - ID:7213919

    ROME, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Italian coast guard says it has helped coordinate the rescue of some 800 migrants on the Mediterranean Sea, Fox News reported Saturday. The coast guard said they were spotted in five boats, including two rubber ....

  • 4 officer killed, 42 injured in Colombia blast

    Date: 2018-01-27 20:20:22 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:81 - ID:7213855

    BOGOTA, Jan 27 (MENA) - At least four police officers were killed and another 42 injured when a homemade bomb exploded outside a police station in the Colombian city of Barranquilla, ABC news reported Saturday. The head of Barranquilla's police ....

  • Gunmen storm nightclub in Brazil; 14 killed

    Date: 2018-01-27 19:13:42 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:77 - ID:7213841

    BRASILIA, Jan 27 (MENA) - Gunmen have stormed a nightclub in north-east Brazil, killing at least 14 people, BBC reported. Three cars of attackers swooped in on the venue, located on the outskirts of Fortaleza, during the early hours of Saturday ....

  • Czech president won new second presidential term

    Date: 2018-01-27 16:48:58 GMT - Czech - World - SN:67 - ID:7213634

    PRAGUE, Jan 27 (MENA) - Czech President Milos Zeman has won a second term in office following a tight run-off vote against rival Jiri Drahos, BBC news reported Saturday. Zeman, who fiercely opposes immigration and objects to EU sanctions against ....

  • US ambassador condemns Kabul suicide attack

    Date: 2018-01-27 16:38:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:7213528

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) – US ambassador to Afghanistan John Bass condemned Saturday the suicide attack in Kabul, leaving at least 95 killed and 158 injured. "I condemn today's senseless and cowardly bombing in Kabul and those who perpetrated it," ....

  • Kabul death toll in car bomb blast rises to 95; 150 injured

    Date: 2018-01-27 14:48:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7213471

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Afghanistan's capital Saturday morning, killing at least 95 people and injuring 158, the Afghan Health Ministry was quoted by ABC News as saying. Police in Kabul said the explosion ....

  • Kabul blast: At least 40 killed and 140 wounded by Taliban

    Date: 2018-01-27 12:40:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:37 - ID:7213165

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - A suicide bomber using an ambulance has killed 40 people and wounded at least 140 more in the Afghan capital Kabul. The attack has been claimed by the Taliban and occurred near foreign embassies and government buildings, a ....

  • 40 dead, 140 wounded as massive blast rocks Kabul

    Date: 2018-01-27 11:22:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:7212908

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - At least 40 people were killed and 140 others wounded on Saturday when a heavy bomb explosion occurred in Kabul, Pajhwok news agency quoted officials as saying. The explosion took place at a police checkpoint near the ....

  • Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack

    Date: 2018-01-27 11:15:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7212882

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - The Taliban movement has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that took place earlier in the day near the old compound of the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, leaving dozens of people dead and wounded. CNN ....

  • 50 killed, wounded in explosion in Kabul city

    Date: 2018-01-27 10:40:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:28 - ID:7212767

    KABUL, Jan 27 (MENA) - At least 10 people were killed and 40 others injured in a heavy explosion that hit Kabul city, a security source said on Saturday. The blast took place near the old compound of the Afghan Interior Ministry, Khaama Press ....

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