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Two hostages held at UK bowling alley
Date: 2017-10-22 19:22:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:7053032
LONDON, Oct 22 (MENA) - An armed man has taken two members of staff hostage inside a bowling alley at a leisure complex in Nuneaton, UK, its chief executive has said, the BBC reported. Mehdi Amshar told Sky News the hostages were being held at ....
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US defense chief to visit S. Korea for annual talks
Date: 2017-10-22 17:45:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:45 - ID:7052946
SEOUL, Oct 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will visit South Korea this week for annual security talks between the allies, the Pentagon said, amid high tensions over North Korea's nuclear program, Yonhap News Agency reported on ....
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Man arrested after knife attack in Munich
Date: 2017-10-21 19:51:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:93 - ID:7051557
BERLIN, Oct 21 (MENA) - German police have arrested a man in Munich after four people were lightly injured by a knife attacker, the BBC News reported Saturday. Police said the suspect lashed out at five men and one woman around Rosenheimer Platz ....
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Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents
Date: 2017-10-21 18:51:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7051489
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he planned to release the tens of thousands of never-before-seen documents left in the files related to Late US President John F. Kennedy’s assassination held by the ....
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Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack
Date: 2017-10-21 18:44:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:87 - ID:7051490
KABUL, Oct 21 (MENA) - The Taliban insurgency has claimed responsibly for the minibus bombing outside the Afghan military academy in Kabul, leaving 15 people dead, The Voice of America reported Saturday. In a statement by Taliban, it said the ....
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Trump: End of Daesh is in sight after liberation of Raqqa
Date: 2017-10-21 17:52:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:7051436
WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump celebrated the liberation of Raqqa from Daesh, saying this week’s recapture of the Syrian city by US-backed forces could lead to an end of the caliphate, Fox News reported Saturday. “The ....
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Spain government will seek to impose direct rule over Catalonia
Date: 2017-10-21 13:06:06 GMT - Spain - World - SN:52 - ID:7050896
MADRID, Oct 21 (MENA) - Madrid will seek senate approval to take over the Catalonian government and hold early elections, the Spanish prime minister has said on Saturday, The Guardian reported. Mariano Rajoy was speaking on Saturday after a ....
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Over 15,000 asylum seekers crossed US-Canada border -- Canada
Date: 2017-10-21 09:45:36 GMT - Canada - World - SN:32 - ID:7050365
OTTAWA, Oct 21 (MENA) - The Canadian government said that more than 15,000 people have crossed the US-Canadian border illegally to claim refugee status in Canada this year. Asylum seekers who illegally crossed the US border into Canada this year ....
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Donald Trump will not visit Britain until 2018 -- White House confirms
Date: 2017-10-21 09:27:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:7050315
LONDON, Oct 21 (MENA) - The White House confirmed that US President Donald Trump will not visit the UK until next year, the Guardian reported. In a report, the newspaper said that the US president was invited by UK Prime Minister Theresa May to ....
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Several injured in Munich stabbing, suspect on the run
Date: 2017-10-21 09:13:09 GMT - Germany - World - SN:27 - ID:7050347
BERLIN, Oct 21 (MENA) - Several people have been injured after a knife attack in central Munich, with the suspect at large, according to German police. "We are searching for the attacker with all available units," the Telegraph newspaper quoted ....