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Japan, US and India held joint maritime drill - agency
Date: 2017-11-07 19:59:00 GMT - Japan - World - SN:111 - ID:7079783
TOKYO, Nov 7 (MENA) - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force has held joint naval exercises with the United States and India. The drills took place in the Sea of Japan for the first time, Japan's NHK World reported Tuesday. Self-Defense Force ....
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Death toll from Vietnam storm climbs to 89 ahead of summit
Date: 2017-11-07 17:12:24 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:98 - ID:7079754
HANOI, Nov 7 (MENA) - The death toll from a typhoon that struck Vietnam's south-central coast last weekend, causing widespread flooding, had risen to 89 with 18 others still missing, ABC news reported Tuesday. Typhoon Damrey caused extensive ....
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UK minister wanted to send aid money to Israeli army - report
Date: 2017-11-07 17:04:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:97 - ID:7079743
LONDON, Nov 7 (MENA) - British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel wanted to send aid money to the Israeli army after conducting a string of secret meetings with Israeli figures, including the country’s prime minister, ....
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Top brass elaborates on Russian military's 'one target, one bomb' principle in Syria
Date: 2017-11-07 16:24:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:7079622
MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - During the Syrian operation, Russian military tested nearly all the modern hardware, implementing the one target, one bomb principle, Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov said at the Defense Ministry’s board meeting ....
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NATO aims to send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Date: 2017-11-07 15:29:41 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:88 - ID:7079545
BRUSSELS, Nov 7 (MENA) - NATO's chief said the alliance plans to send around 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan, half of them from the United States, to bolster efforts to train the Afghan army, ABC news reported Tuesday. Secretary-General Jens ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for attack on TV station in Kabul
Date: 2017-11-07 12:01:24 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7078885
KABUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the armed attack that targeted a local television station in the Afghan capital, Kabul. The attack on Shamshad TV station resulted in killing two security guards, ....
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Combating terrorism in Syria almost reached the end- Lavrov
Date: 2017-11-07 11:09:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7078776
MOSCOW, Nov 7 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday stressed the need to support a political process in Syria as combating terrorism on the Syrian territories has almost reached the end. In a press conference, Lavrov said the ....
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Kabul TV station Shamshad stormed by gunmen
Date: 2017-11-07 08:46:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7078503
KABUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - Gunmen have attacked a local television station in the Afghan capital Kabul, with a number of casualties feared, the BBC reported. The attackers threw grenades and fired guns as they entered the Shamshad TV headquarters, ....
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Donald Trump arrives in S Korea with focus on Pyongyang
Date: 2017-11-07 06:51:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7078335
SEOUL, Nov 7 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has landed in South Korea, with the North's nuclear ambitions high on his agenda, the BBC reported Tuesday. He flew in from Tokyo, after saying on Monday that Japan could shoot down Pyongyang's ....
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UN Security Council calls on Myanmar to end excessive military force in Rakhine state
Date: 2017-11-07 06:34:34 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:6 - ID:7078309
NEW YORK, Nov 7 (MENA) - Strongly condemning the widespread violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, which has led to the displacement of over 600,000 members of the country’s minority Muslim Rohingya community, the UN Security Council called on the ....