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Pilot killed, another injured after Air Force training jet crashes in Texas

Date: 2017-11-21 10:11:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:7101110

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (MENA) - A military pilot was killed and another injured after their training jet crashed near the Texas-Mexico border, the US Air Force said. The twin-jet T-38 Talon jet aircraft assigned to Laughlin Air Force Base near Del ....

Putin set to call Trump after Assad talks

Date: 2017-11-21 09:16:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:15 - ID:7101005

MOSCOW, Nov 21 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a telephone conversation with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency cited the Kremlin as saying. Putin was paid a rare visit by Syrian President Bashar ....

Rohingya subjected to 'dehumanizing apartheid': Amnesty International

Date: 2017-11-21 07:24:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:5 - ID:7100839

LONDON, Nov 21 (MENA) - Myanmar has subjected Rohingya Muslims to long-term discrimination and persecution that amounts to "dehumanizing apartheid," Amnesty International said Tuesday in a report that raises questions about what those who have fled ....

We still hope for diplomacy with Pyongyang - Tillerson

Date: 2017-11-20 22:19:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:85 - ID:7100738

WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Monday Washington is still hopeful for diplomacy with North Korea, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported. The fresh comments were made after US President Donald Trump declared North ....

Blasts hit cosmetics factory in US; several injured

Date: 2017-11-20 20:13:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7100691

NEW YORK, Nov 20 (MENA) - There have been two explosions at a cosmetics factory in the Hudson Valley in New York, CBS News reported, quoting authorities. New Windsor town Supervisor George Green said local police officials told him two ....

Merkel says ready for fresh polls as coalition talks collapsed

Date: 2017-11-20 19:12:16 GMT - Germany - World - SN:72 - ID:7100630

BERLIN, Nov 20 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on Monday that she was ready to take her Christian Democratic (CDU) party into fresh elections after coalition talks with the Green party and pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) failed ....

Blast hits steel plant in Belgium, several people injured - Police

Date: 2017-11-20 18:35:15 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:69 - ID:7100563

BRUSSELS, Nov 20 (MENA) - A powerful explosion occurred at the ArcelorMittal plant in the Belgian port city of Ghent. Belgium's federal police's spokesperson confirmed to Sputnik that "at least several people have been injured" after the ....

India scraps $500-million deal with Israel

Date: 2017-11-20 15:32:31 GMT - India - World - SN:61 - ID:7100284

NEW DELHI, Nov 20 (MENA) - The Ministry of Defense has decided to cancel a $500-million missile deal with Israel, The Indian Express reported on Monday. The ministry has asked the Defence Research and Development Organisation to develop and ....

Lavrov: Russian, Turkish, Iranian chiefs of general staff to meet prior to Nov 22 summit

Date: 2017-11-19 22:20:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:7098825

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (MENA) - Chiefs of Staff of Russia, Turkey and Iran will meet in Russia's Sochi, before a summit on Syria on November 22, to discuss details of the de-escalation zones in the country, TASS news agency reported Sunday. "In ....

US Secret Service apprehends attempted White House fence jumper

Date: 2017-11-19 20:12:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7098857

WASHINGTON, Nov 19 (MENA) - The US Secret Service said an individual has been taken into custody after attempting to jump a security barrier on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House, ABC News reported. US President Donald Trump was ....