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Washington apologizes for emergency helicopter landings in Japanese Okinawa
Date: 2018-01-09 08:06:37 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:7181440
TOKYO, Jan 9 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis apologized on Tuesday for two emergency landings made by US military helicopters in a period of less than a week in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, Kyodo News reported. Japanese ....
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Pentagon: Mission in Syria confined to combating Daesh terrorists
Date: 2018-01-09 07:45:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:7181414
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - Pentagon Spokesman Robert Manning said on Tuesday that the mission of the United States (US) in Syria is only confined to fighting Daesh terrorist group. Current operations taking place in Syria and Iraq aim to ....
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Official talks between North, South Korea kick off
Date: 2018-01-09 07:13:50 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7181345
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - North and South Korea kicked off their first formal talks in more than two years on Tuesday morning, according to the South Korean Ministry of Unification. Tuesday's meeting kicked off at the truce village of Panmunjom which ....
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Seoul: North Korea will send team to Olympic Games
Date: 2018-01-09 06:53:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:7181344
SEOUL, Jan 9 (MENA) - South Korean Vice Unification Minster Chun Hae-Sung said that North Korea will send a delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place in South Korea in February, the BBC reported on Tuesday. The breakthrough ....
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US spy satellite launched by SpaceX reportedly 'total loss,' failed to launch into orbit
Date: 2018-01-09 06:29:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7181328
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (MENA) - A US spy satellite which was supposed to launch into orbit on Sunday night is expected to be a "total loss" after it reportedly didn’t make it, Fox News reported Tuesday. The Falcon 9 rocket, which carried the ....
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64 migrants believed dead after boat sinks off Libya
Date: 2018-01-08 21:14:06 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:98 - ID:7181250
GENEVA, Jan 8 (MENA) - Sixty-four migrants are presumed dead after the rubber dinghy they were traveling in sank off the coast of Libya over the weekend, humanitarian groups were quoted by CNN as saying on Monday. Flavio Di Giacomo, an ....
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CIA director: Pakistan providing safe havens for terrorists
Date: 2018-01-08 20:12:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7181168
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - CIA Director Mike Pompeo said on Monday "that Pakistan is continuing to provide safe harbor havens inside of Pakistan for terrorists who present risks to the United States of America." In an interview with CBS, he said ....
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Fire erupts in Trump Tower in New York
Date: 2018-01-08 13:54:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7180490
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - Authorities in New York said Monday that emergency crews had responded to a fire at Trump Tower in Manhattan, the CBS reported. Footage of the incident shows around a dozen firefighters on the roof of the tower, while ....
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Kushner’s financial ties to Israel deepen even with Mideast diplomatic role
Date: 2018-01-08 13:00:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:52 - ID:7180206
NEW YORK, Jan 8 (MENA) - Relations of US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner with Israel deepen, despite his Mideast diplomatic role, according to a report by the New York Times on Monday. Last May, Jared Kushner ....
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WSJ: Trump faces pivotal decisions on Iran sanctions
Date: 2018-01-08 12:33:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:48 - ID:7180077
WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (MENA) - The 2015 Iran nuclear agreement faces a potentially fateful week, with a series of deadlines awaiting US President Donald Trump as Tehran reacts to recent anti government protests, according to a report published by The ....
