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  • Fire at plastic factory outside Indian capital kills 9

    Date: 2018-01-20 17:14:31 GMT - India - World - SN:52 - ID:7201532

    NEW DELHI, Jan 20 (MENA) - A fire official said a blaze at a plastic factory on the northern outskirts of the Indian capital has killed nine people, ABC news reported. The official K.C. Gupta said a dozen fire engines are fighting the fire in the ....

  • Pakistan says 2 civilians killed, 5 injured in Indian shelling

    Date: 2018-01-20 16:55:11 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:50 - ID:7201418

    ISLAMABAD, Jan 20 (MENA) - Pakistan said on Saturday that two civilians were killed and five others were wounded in an Indian shelling across the border of the disputed kashmir region. The casualties came as "Indian artillery and mortar guns ....

  • 2 Indonesian hostages released by militants in Philippines

    Date: 2018-01-20 15:34:51 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:48 - ID:7201415

    JAKARTA, Jan 20 (MENA) - Two Indonesian hostages have been released after being held for more than a year in the southern Philippines by their Abu Sayyaf captors, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said. The two fishermen, identified as La Utu bin ....

  • Rohingya crisis growing, more support needed, World Bank says

    Date: 2018-01-20 12:41:09 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:33 - ID:7200997

    DHAKA, Jan 20 (MENA) - The Rohingya refugee crisis in southern Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace and there is an urgent need to support the host communities to cope with the influx and to help the refugees who are extremely vulnerable, Relief ....

  • Trump, May to meet in Switzerland: The Guardian

    Date: 2018-01-20 10:00:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:19 - ID:7200621

    LONDON, Jan 20 (MENA) - Theresa May will meet Donald Trump when they both attend the World Economic Forum in Davos next week, the Guardian reported. Downing Street and the White House confirmed that the pair would hold a bilateral session, which ....

  • 23 militants killed, wounded in military operations in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-01-20 09:06:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7200481

    KABUL, Jan 20 (MENA) - At least 18 militants were killed and five others wounded in military operations led by the Afghan armed forces in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Defense said on Saturday. In a statement, ....

  • 5 senior Al-Qaeda leaders killed in Afghan forces raid in Nangarhar

    Date: 2018-01-19 16:54:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7199896

    KABUL, Jan 19 (MENA) - At least five senior leaders of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network were killed in an operation of the Afghan security forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The provincial government media ....

  • Jamaica imposes curfew in Montego Bay amid rise in crime

    Date: 2018-01-19 15:31:08 GMT - Jamaica - World - SN:47 - ID:7199792

    KINGSTON, Jan 19 (MENA) - Authorities in Jamaica have declared a state of emergency in areas including the popular tourist town of Montego Bay amid a rise in violent crime, ABC News reported. Police said Friday they will take a zero tolerance ....

  • Montenegro presidential election set for April 15

    Date: 2018-01-19 15:06:12 GMT - Montenegro - World - SN:44 - ID:7199621

    PODGORICA, Jan 19 (MENA) - Montenegro's parliament speaker has set April 15 as the date for the new presidential election, ABC News reported. Ivan Brajovic said Friday he believes that the election — the third such vote since the tiny Balkan ....

  • Flu reaches epidemic levels in parts of UK as Japanese strain dominates

    Date: 2018-01-19 13:45:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:7199299

    LONDON, Jan 19 (MENA) - Flu has reached epidemic levels in some parts of the UK with the “Japanese” strain now dominant after the NHS failed to vaccinate against it, official figures show, the Telegraph reported on Friday. Latest data from Public ....

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