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With loss of its caliphate, Daesh may return to guerrilla roots - report
Date: 2017-10-18 22:07:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7046797
New York, Oct 18 (MENA) – Daesh group and its virulent ideology conquered, many Western and Arab counterterrorism officials are bracing for a new, lethal incarnation of the jihadi group, after its territory has shriveled from the size of Portugal to ....
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Gunman on loose after five shot in Maryland office
Date: 2017-10-18 21:28:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7046822
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - US police are hunting for an "armed and dangerous" man suspected of shooting five people in Maryland and one person in Delaware on Wednesday morning, the BBC News reported. The gunman opened fire at around 08:58 ....
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Explosion at firecracker factory in India kills at least 8
Date: 2017-10-18 21:06:42 GMT - India - World - SN:83 - ID:7046828
NEW DELHI, Oct 18 (MENA) - An explosion at an unlicensed firecracker factory killed at least eight workers and injured 20 others in eastern India on Wednesday, a day ahead of Hindu's most popular Diwali festival, ABC News reported. A police ....
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4 British nationals kidnapped in Nigeria's delta region
Date: 2017-10-18 17:52:05 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:73 - ID:7046642
ABUJA, Oct 18 (MENA) - Nigerian police said on Wednesday gunmen have kidnapped four British nationals in the Niger Delta region. Police spokesman Andrew Aniamaka was quoted by ABC News as saying that the four were abducted around 2 a.m. in ....
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5 killed, wounded in shooting at Maryland office park, authorities say
Date: 2017-10-18 16:50:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:69 - ID:7046593
WASHINGTON, Oct 18 (MENA) - A gunman is on the loose after shooting five people, killing three, at a Maryland business on Wednesday morning, CNN quoted US authorities as saying Wednesday. Radee Labeeb Prince, 37, is believed to have shot five ....
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EU calls on Israel to stop plans for new West Bank settlements
Date: 2017-10-18 14:29:24 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:56 - ID:7046254
BRUSSELS, Oct 18 (MENA) - Israel must halt new building plans for settler homes in the West Bank, the European Union's foreign service said in a statement on Wednesday, warning that such settlements threatened any future peace deal with the ....
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Italian priest kidnapped in Nigeria released
Date: 2017-10-18 14:28:09 GMT - Italy - World - SN:55 - ID:7046333
ROME, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Italian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday an Italian priest kidnapped last week in Nigeria has been freed and is in good condition. The Rev. Maurizio Pallu was released late Tuesday, five days after being kidnapped in ....
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French parl't to give final vote on new anti-terror law today
Date: 2017-10-18 11:46:43 GMT - France - World - SN:26 - ID:7045805
PARIS, Oct 18 (MENA) - France's upper house of Parliament, the Senate, is set to give a final vote on a new anti-terror law on Wednesday. The new legislation is pushed by French President Emmanuel Macron in light of the growing terrorist threat ....
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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for Quetta attack
Date: 2017-10-18 10:35:28 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7045618
ISLAMABAD, Oct 18 (MENA) - The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the car bombing, which took place in the Saryab Road area of Quetta, the provincial capital of Baluchistan, Voice of America reported Wednesday. A car bomb attack struck ....
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AI accuses Myanmar of crimes against humanity
Date: 2017-10-18 07:04:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:8 - ID:7045240
LONDON, Oct 18 (MENA) - Amnesty International has accused Myanmar’s security forces of committing crimes against humanity as hundreds of thousands of Rohingya women, men, and children have fled the country, ABC News reported. In a report released ....
