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North Korea rejects UN Security Council resolution
Date: 2017-12-24 06:48:50 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7156008
PYONGYANG, Dec 24 (MENA) - North Korea has rejected the latest sanctions resolution adopted by the UN Security Council in response to last month's launch of what the country says was an intercontinental ballistic missile, the North Korean news ....
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Thousands protest against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv
Date: 2017-12-23 21:40:24 GMT - Israel - World - SN:70 - ID:7155934
GAZA CITY, Dec 23 (MENA) – Thousands of Israelis are rallying in the streets of Tel Aviv calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign over alleged corruption for the fourth consecutive week, while hundreds more gathered in Jerusalem for ....
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Philippines tropical storm Tembin kills 180 on Mindanao
Date: 2017-12-23 21:18:04 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:69 - ID:7155915
MANILA, Dec 23 (MENA) – More than 180 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with dozens more missing, the BBC reported on Saturday. Storm Tembin brought flash flooding and mudslides to ....
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Pakistan doesn't need US aid - army
Date: 2017-12-23 20:53:29 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:68 - ID:7155897
ISLAMABAD, Dec 23 (MENA) - The Pakistani army said that the country does not need aid but trust from the United States, local media reported Saturday. A military spokesman added that Pakistan has had good terms with the United States for the past ....
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Terrorism cases this year 5 times than 2016
Date: 2017-12-23 20:52:25 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:67 - ID:7155914
BRUSSELS, Dec 23 (MENA) - Germany’s federal public prosecutor this year launched five times as many terrorist cases than in 2016, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office was quoted by Politico magazine as saying Saturday. He said it had started ....
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Macedonia ready to give up claims on Alexander the Great
Date: 2017-12-23 19:29:58 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:64 - ID:7155816
SKOPJE, Dec 23 (MENA) – Macedonia's left-wing prime minister says he is ready to renounce his country's claim to the legacy of Alexander the Great to help solve a 26-year-old dispute with neighboring Greece over the country's name, Fox News reported ....
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Moscow wants Kabul to engage in constructive dialogue with armed opposition
Date: 2017-12-23 17:45:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7155755
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - Russia calls for a direct dialogue between the Afghan government and "the armed opposition", confirming its readiness to host such talks in Moscow, a Russian official said in an interview. "Russia wants the Afghan ....
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India says Pakistani fire kills 3 Indian soldiers in Kashmir
Date: 2017-12-23 17:30:04 GMT - India - World - SN:59 - ID:7155742
NEW DELHI, Dec 23 (MENA) - At least three Indian soldiers were killed Saturday in Pakistani firing along the highly militarized de facto border that divides the disputed region of Kashmir between the nuclear-armed rivals, ABC News quoted Indian ....
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Merkel, Macron say Russian military should return to Joint Center in Ukraine
Date: 2017-12-23 17:29:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7155757
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - German and French leaders Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron have said that the Russian military should return to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of Ceasefire in Donbass, Russian Tass news agency reported on ....
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Russians not to go to Syria anymore -- Russia official
Date: 2017-12-23 17:11:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:7155695
MOSCOW, Dec 23 (MENA) - The flow of Russian nationals going to Syria in order to fight for terrorist groups has stopped, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin was quoted by Sputnik news agency as saying Saturday. "We do not see lots of ....