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Panamanian vessel probed over suspected oil supplies to N. Korea
Date: 2017-12-31 21:29:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:78 - ID:7168289
SEOUL, Dec 31 (MENA) - South Korea has seized and inspected a Panama-flagged ship suspected of selling oil to North Korea at sea in violation of UN sanctions, maritime authorities said, according to Yonhap News Agency reported. It is the second ....
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UK to use aid money to support its foreign policy
Date: 2017-12-31 21:15:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7168281
LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Aid money will be funnelled into projects that promote British interests after two British cabinet ministers admitted more has to be done to give taxpayers value for money from the £13bn aid budget. British Secretary of ....
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Death toll of suicide blast in Afghanistan rises to 15
Date: 2017-12-31 19:10:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:69 - ID:7168287
KABUL, Dec 31 (MENA) - At least 15 people were killed and 13 injured after a suicide blast struck a funeral in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the provincial governor said The attacker blew himself up ....
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UK considers using volunteers to guard its borders - report
Date: 2017-12-31 16:50:35 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:7168238
LONDON, Dec 31 (MENA) - Volunteers could be deployed to help plug gaps in the UK’s Border Force, which has undergone drastic cuts under successive Conservative-led governments, The Guardian reported Sunday. British Home Office said it is ....
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Putin signs law on tightening punishment for 'telephone terrorism'
Date: 2017-12-31 15:28:01 GMT - Russia - World - SN:54 - ID:7168100
MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that toughens the punishment for "telephone terrorism" to 10 years of imprisonment, according to a document published on the Russian official Internet portal of legal information ....
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Iran state TV says Instagram, Telegram blocked
Date: 2017-12-31 15:13:23 GMT - Iran - World - SN:49 - ID:7168041
TEHRAN, Dec 31 (MENA) - Iran state TV is reporting that authorities have blocked Instagram and the messaging app Telegram. State TV's website reported the decision Sunday, citing an anonymous source who said it was "in line with maintaining peace ....
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry advises compatriots to avoid mass gatherings in Iran
Date: 2017-12-31 13:22:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:7167911
MOSCOW, Dec 31 (MENA) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued recommendations for compatriots advising them to avoid mass gatherings in Iran in the wake of ongoing protests, the ministry wrote on its Facebook page. "Demonstrations sparked by ....
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UN chief issues 'red alert,' urges world to come together in 2018 to tackle pressing challenges
Date: 2017-12-31 12:22:26 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:32 - ID:7167762
GENEVA, Dec 31 (MENA) - In his message on the New Year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for unity among the global community to tackle overwhelming challenges and defend values shared by all. “On New Year's Day 2018, ....
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N. Korea: South seizes second ship in oil supply row
Date: 2017-12-31 11:42:33 GMT - south korea - World - SN:26 - ID:7167538
SEOUL, Dec 31 (MENA) - South Korean authorities have seized a second ship suspected of supplying oil to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, the BBC quoted officials as saying on Sunday. The Panama-flagged tanker, which is named ....
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Three Indian security personnel killed, injured in Kashmir
Date: 2017-12-31 07:25:58 GMT - India - World - SN:8 - ID:7167235
NEW DELHI, Dec 31 (MENA) - One Indian policeman has been killed and two others injured when gunmen attacked a police training Center in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours of Sunday, state media reported. The two injured are ....
