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  • Lockdown on White House lifted

    Date: 2017-11-03 15:58:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7073069

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Lockdown on the White House has been lifted and one person is in custody, the US Secret Service said on Twitter on Friday. Earlier on Friday, euronews reported that a lockdown was imposed “due to suspicious activity.” ....

  • IOM: 4,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar in 48 hrs.

    Date: 2017-11-03 15:27:00 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:56 - ID:7072981

    GENEVA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Over the last 48 hours some 4,000 Rohingya refugees crossed into Bangladesh from Myanmar at the Anjumanpara border crossing point, the International Migration Organization (IOM) said. Traumatized, hungry and fearing for ....

  • Mudslide kills 8 children in Pakistan near Afghan border

    Date: 2017-11-03 15:10:25 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:54 - ID:7072976

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - A Pakistani official says a mudslide killed eight children and wounded two others in the country's northwest near the Afghan border, Fox News reported Friday. Arif Khan said the children, of ages 8 to 10, were ....

  • White House closed due to "suspicious activity"

    Date: 2017-11-03 15:09:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:7072998

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - US Secret Service says White House is on lockdown “due to suspicious activity” and a suspect is in custody, euronews reported Friday. Closures around the White House are ongoing after the incident. Authorities have ....

  • World's stateless deserve nationality: UNHCR

    Date: 2017-11-03 13:17:07 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:7072768

    GENEVA, Nov 3 (MENA) - An estimated 10 million people worldwide are stateless, including three million officially, a status that deprives them of an identity, rights, and often jobs, The New York Times cited the United Nations refugee agency as ....

  • Senior US lawmakers target Myanmar military with new sanctions

    Date: 2017-11-03 13:11:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:46 - ID:7072766

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Senior US Republican and Democratic lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials over the treatment of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, Voice of America reported ....

  • Jared Kushner's team turned over documents to special counsel in Russia investigation

    Date: 2017-11-03 12:35:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:7072700

    WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Jared Kushner has turned over documents in recent weeks to special counsel Robert Mueller as investigators have begun asking in witness interviews about Kushner's role in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, CNN has ....

  • Putin, Trump may meet at APEC summit: Kremlin

    Date: 2017-11-03 10:43:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:33 - ID:7072475

    MOSCOW, Nov 3 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump may meet next week at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam, the Kremlin said on Friday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that ....

  • N. Korea accuses US of 'nuclear strike drill' after bomber flights

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:50:03 GMT - south korea - World - SN:20 - ID:7072244

    SEOUL, Nov 3 (MENA) - Two US B-1B bombers flew through South Korean airspace and over the country’s Pilsung Range on the latest exercise there to threaten the North Korean regime, North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on ....

  • 22 militants killed in anti- terrorism operations in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-11-03 08:33:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7072242

    KABUL, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Afghan security forces on Friday conducted air and artillery strikes on Taliban outposts in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, leaving several militants dead. At least eleven Taliban insurgents were killed during ....

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