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972,000 Chinese adversely affected by Typhoon Khanun
Date: 2017-10-17 22:06:15 GMT - China - World - SN:99 - ID:7044813
BEIJING, Oct 17 (MENA) - Typhoon Khanun affected some 972,000 residents in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Hainan, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Xinhua quoted the country's Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) as saying ....
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North Korea could collapse within a year, says former Pyongyang official
Date: 2017-10-17 21:58:16 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:98 - ID:7044790
PYONGYANG, Oct 17 (MENA) - North Korea could collapse within a year due to US sanctions, a defector and former Pyongyang official has said, according to a report by The Independent on Tuesday. Ri Jong-ho, who ran an international network of ....
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Trump: Cuba 'is responsible' for attacks on US personnel
Date: 2017-10-17 16:45:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:7044773
NEW YORK, Oct 17 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained, invisible attacks in Cuba that have harmed American government workers, ABC news reported on Tuesday. Though Trump's comments ....
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Afghanistan: Taliban kill 71 people in attacks
Date: 2017-10-17 16:14:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:72 - ID:7044643
KABUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - Afghanistan's deputy interior minister said the Taliban have killed 71 people in attacks in Ghazni and Paktia province, ABC news reported on Tuesday. The official, Murad Ali Murad, told a press conference in Kabul that the ....
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US official says not ruling out direct talks with N.Korea
Date: 2017-10-17 14:36:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:7044459
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - The United States is not ruling out the eventual possibility of direct talks with North Korea, France 24 quoted Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan a saying on Tuesday. Talks between the adversaries have long ....
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Trump to visit S. Korea on November 7-8
Date: 2017-10-17 11:40:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:34 - ID:7043629
SEOUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will arrive in South Korea on November 7 for a two-day visit to hold a summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, Yonhap quoted the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae as saying Tuesday. "We ....
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S. Korea condemns Somalia bombings
Date: 2017-10-17 11:40:18 GMT - south korea - World - SN:33 - ID:7043731
SEOUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - South Korea's foreign ministry on Tuesday strongly condemned the latest bombings in Mogadishu, Somalia, that killed hundreds of innocent people, calling it a "terror" act that can never be tolerated. In a statement issued ....
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36 killed, wounded in eastern Afghanistan attack
Date: 2017-10-17 10:41:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:7043784
KABUL, Oct 17 (MENA) - Six people were killed and 30 others wounded in a Taliban attack on a police training center in Gardez, the capital of Paktia province in the east of Afghanistan, an Afghan health official said. The Taliban have claimed ....
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New battle in Iraq gives Iran the upper hand
Date: 2017-10-17 09:42:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:7043601
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (MENA) - For months, there have been warnings that the Islamic State's eventual defeat in Iraq and Syria would only spark a number of far more complicated and arguably more dangerous conflicts. We may now be seeing the first of ....
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Parsons Green station's stabbing not terror-related
Date: 2017-10-17 08:53:28 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:17 - ID:7043538
LONDON, Oct 17 (MENA) - The stabbing that took place in Parsons Green station in London is not terror-related and no arrests have been made, The Independent quoted Scotland Yard as saying. One man died at the scene and two others were taken to ....