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Putin to visit Iran before year-end
Date: 2017-10-12 13:23:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:7035898
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to travel to Iran before the end of this year, where a trilateral Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan meeting will be held, Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov said, TASS news agency reported ....
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Moscow slams 'disgraceful' removal of Russian flags from diplomatic properties seized by US
Date: 2017-10-12 07:51:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:10 - ID:7035295
MOSCOW, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Embassy of Russia in the US has strongly condemned the removal of Russian flags from previously seized diplomatic compounds and which the State Department claims were "respectfully lowered" and "safely stored" within the ....
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Floods, landslides in Vietnam kill 37 people
Date: 2017-10-12 07:37:39 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:9 - ID:7035234
HANOI, Oct 12 (MENA) -Vietnamese authorities said 37 people have died from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain, the BBC reported Thursday. Another 40 are missing, and thousands have been evacuated from their homes, as a tropical depression ....
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Germany is blamed for blocking Brexit trade talks
Date: 2017-10-11 21:15:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:106 - ID:7035061
LONDON, Oct 11 (MENA) - Germany is blocking Brexit trade talks because they want more guarantees from Britain on the divorce bill, it has been reported. The EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, is said to be keen to move on to discuss the UK's ....
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Boko Haram convicts 'jailed for eight years' - report
Date: 2017-10-11 20:56:53 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:105 - ID:7035096
ABUJA, Oct 11 (MENA) - About 20 people have so been found guilty in Nigeria for involvement with the Islamist militant Boko Haram group at closed-door trials taking place at a military facility in Kainji in north-central Niger state, a source has ....
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German journalist stands trial in Turkey on terror charges
Date: 2017-10-11 19:43:36 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:101 - ID:7035005
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - A German journalist who was arrested in Turkey denied terror-related accusations as a trial against her opened in a Turkish court Wednesday. Mesale Tolu, a German citizen with Turkish roots, stands accused of engaging ....
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Death toll in Mexico prison riot rises to 16
Date: 2017-10-11 18:27:43 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:97 - ID:7034978
MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - The death toll in a prison riot in northern Mexico has risen to 16 with the death of three more inmates, the Daily Mail reported. The government of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon earlier said 13 prisoners ....
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Taliban, Daesh endure heavy losses in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-10-11 12:25:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7034288
KABUL, Oct 11 (MENA) - Several militants of Taliban and Daesh were killed and wounded during the latest airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama press agency reported Wednesday. A statement by the 201st Silab Corps of the ....
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'We are on a tightrope': Trump poised to walk away from Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2017-10-11 09:37:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:31 - ID:7033818
LONDON, Oct 11 (MENA) - If Donald Trump decides this week to withdraw his endorsement of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, its fate and the potential for a major conflict will be determined by a complex battle in Congress, The Guardian reported. No one ....
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Spanish government holds crisis meeting on Catalan independence
Date: 2017-10-11 08:59:02 GMT - Spain - World - SN:23 - ID:7033765
MADRID, Oct 11 (MENA) - Spain’s government is holding crisis talks after the Catalan leader signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for dialogue with Madrid. The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is chairing an emergency ....
