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UN chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Congo
Date: 2017-10-10 07:02:41 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7031838
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres strongly condemned a series of attacks attributed to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which resulted in ....
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UN bans 4 ships from global ports for violating N Korea sanctions
Date: 2017-10-10 06:17:01 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:2 - ID:7031836
NEW YORK, Oct 10 (MENA) - The United Nations has banned four ships from visiting any global port, after they were found violating sanctions imposed on North Korea, the BBC reported on Tuesday. Hugh Griffiths, co-ordinator of a UN panel on North ....
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California declares state of emergency due to wildfires
Date: 2017-10-09 22:21:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7031771
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - California Governor Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency in Napa, Sonoma and Yuba counties because of wildfires that the governor says are threatening thousands of homes, ABC News reported Monday Brown issued the ....
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Turkey summons another US consulate employee as crisis deepens
Date: 2017-10-09 22:18:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7031770
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - Turkish prosecutors said Monday that they had summoned an employee of the US consulate in Istanbul to testify in a criminal matter, only days after the government’s arrest of another consulate employee set off a bitter and ....
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May says Britain is preparing for 'every eventuality' on Brexit
Date: 2017-10-09 20:58:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:7031733
LONDON, Oct 9 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May told lawmakers on Monday her government is preparing for "every eventuality" on Brexit, including getting no deal with Brussels, The Sunday Herald reported. In her first public statement since ....
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Mattis tells Army to "be ready" on North Korea military options
Date: 2017-10-09 20:47:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7031712
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis says the US Army "must stand ready" in the face of continued provocations by the North Korean regime, CBS News reported. While delivering the keynote address at the Association of the ....
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US administration to rescind Obama-era carbon emissions rule
Date: 2017-10-09 17:54:53 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:7031579
NEW YORK, Oct 9 (MENA) - The Trump administration announced Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, setting up a bitter fight over the future of ....
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Trump likely to pull out of Iran nuclear deal next week :German FM
Date: 2017-10-09 16:52:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:64 - ID:7031406
BERLIN, Oct 9 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Monday that he feared US President Donald Trump would quit the Iran nuclear deal next week. Speaking at a state election campaign event, Gabriel noted that the security ....
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Taliban denies reports on unity with Daesh
Date: 2017-10-09 16:42:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:62 - ID:7031470
KABUL, Oct 9 (MENA) - Afghanistan's Taliban movement denied any possible unity with the terrorist group of Daesh. Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid balked at media reports in this respect as trying to justify the US forces presence in ....
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Helicopter crash causes stage cancellation
Date: 2017-10-09 06:45:56 GMT - Latvia - World - SN:6 - ID:7030277
RIGA, Oct 9 (MENA) - A stage of the final European Rally Championship round in Latvia has been cancelled following a helicopter crash, Interfax news agency reported. ERC officials confirmed that the 11th stage will not run and that cars have been ....
