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Iranian media: 5.1 magnitude earthquake rocks southern Iran
Date: 2018-01-11 08:38:46 GMT - Iran - World - SN:9 - ID:7184917
TEHRAN, Jan 11 (MENA) - Iranian media are reporting that a magnitude 5.1 earthquake has jolted the country’s southern province of Kerman, Fars News Agency reported. The official IRNA news agency says the temblor rocked the village of Hojedk, ....
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Russia's embassy blasts US for pressuring Russian media
Date: 2018-01-11 07:20:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7184874
WASHINGTON, Jan 11 (MENA) - The United States continues "unacceptable practices of pressure on Russian media instead of mutually beneficial cooperation," the Russian news agency Tass reported on Thursday, quoting the Russian embassy in ....
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UN welcomes Korea talks which can build confidence, trust
Date: 2018-01-11 06:23:03 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:1 - ID:7184809
NEW YORK, Jan 11 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council is welcoming talks between the two Koreas saying they can open "possibilities for confidence building and trust building on the Korean peninsula," Fox News reported on Thursday. The ....
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Two protesters killed in Pakistan riots over child rape, killing
Date: 2018-01-10 22:55:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:85 - ID:7184468
ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (MENA) - Two protesters have died in rioting over the latest in a series of child murders in the Pakistani city of Kasur, the BBC reported Wednesday. The body of seven-year-old Zainab was found in a rubbish dump on Tuesday, ....
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EU to meet Iran to back nuclear deal in message to Trump
Date: 2018-01-10 22:42:58 GMT - France - World - SN:84 - ID:7184698
PARIS, Jan 10 (MENA) - European powers will reaffirm on Thursday their support for the Iran nuclear deal that Donald Trump has rejected, EU diplomats said, on the eve of a deadline for the US president to decide whether to reimpose oil sanctions ....
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White House blasts judge blocking end of DACA, calling it ‘outrageous’
Date: 2018-01-10 22:29:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:7184529
WASHINGTON, Jan 10 (MENA) - The White House called a judge's decision to temporarily block US President Donald Trump's ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program "outrageous" on Wednesday, hours after the move introduced a ....
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Improvement of ties with Seoul one of priorities -- North Korean diplomat
Date: 2018-01-10 21:56:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:81 - ID:7184551
MOSCOW, Jan 10 (MENA) - North Korea's Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyung Jun said on Wednesday that improving the relations between his country and South Korea is one of the priorities. "To improve relations between the North and the South in order ....
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Russia, US chiefs of staff discusses conditions in Syria
Date: 2018-01-10 21:46:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:7184617
MOSCOW, Jan 10 (MENA) - Chief of Russia’s General Staff Valery Gerasimov discussed Syria and some other issues of mutual interest with US Marine Corps Gen Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a phone conversation on Wednesday, ....
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Nearly 100,000 displaced by fighting in northwest Syria: UN
Date: 2018-01-10 21:30:07 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:79 - ID:7184624
NEW YORK, Jan 10 (MENA) - Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since early December by fighting in northwestern Syria, where the regime is waging an offensive against jihadists, the United Nations said on Wednesday, according to the Daily ....
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UN says USD 1.7 bn raised to help people in Syria
Date: 2018-01-10 19:54:29 GMT - Syria - World - SN:75 - ID:7184571
DAMASCUS, Jan 10 (MENA) – UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA) Mark Lowcock announced on Wednesday that a sum of 1.7 billion dollars was raised to help meet the needs of people all over Syria. ....
