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Boko Haram convicts 'jailed for eight years' - report
Date: 2017-10-11 20:56:53 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:105 - ID:7035096
ABUJA, Oct 11 (MENA) - About 20 people have so been found guilty in Nigeria for involvement with the Islamist militant Boko Haram group at closed-door trials taking place at a military facility in Kainji in north-central Niger state, a source has ....
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German journalist stands trial in Turkey on terror charges
Date: 2017-10-11 19:43:36 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:101 - ID:7035005
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - A German journalist who was arrested in Turkey denied terror-related accusations as a trial against her opened in a Turkish court Wednesday. Mesale Tolu, a German citizen with Turkish roots, stands accused of engaging ....
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Death toll in Mexico prison riot rises to 16
Date: 2017-10-11 18:27:43 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:97 - ID:7034978
MEXICO CITY, Oct 11 (MENA) - The death toll in a prison riot in northern Mexico has risen to 16 with the death of three more inmates, the Daily Mail reported. The government of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon earlier said 13 prisoners ....
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Taliban, Daesh endure heavy losses in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-10-11 12:25:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7034288
KABUL, Oct 11 (MENA) - Several militants of Taliban and Daesh were killed and wounded during the latest airstrikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama press agency reported Wednesday. A statement by the 201st Silab Corps of the ....
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'We are on a tightrope': Trump poised to walk away from Iran nuclear deal
Date: 2017-10-11 09:37:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:31 - ID:7033818
LONDON, Oct 11 (MENA) - If Donald Trump decides this week to withdraw his endorsement of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, its fate and the potential for a major conflict will be determined by a complex battle in Congress, The Guardian reported. No one ....
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Spanish government holds crisis meeting on Catalan independence
Date: 2017-10-11 08:59:02 GMT - Spain - World - SN:23 - ID:7033765
MADRID, Oct 11 (MENA) - Spain’s government is holding crisis talks after the Catalan leader signed a suspended declaration of independence and called for dialogue with Madrid. The Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, is chairing an emergency ....
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Toll from Northern California firestorms sharply rise: 2,000 structures destroyed, at least 17 dead
Date: 2017-10-11 07:39:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:7033574
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - The toll from Northern California’s ranging wildfires continued to grow Tuesday evening as officials said the fires destroyed up to 2,000 structures and killed at least 17 people, Los Angeles Times reported. The ....
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Trump discusses 'range of options' to respond to North Korean aggression
Date: 2017-10-11 05:44:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:7033487
WASHINGTON, Oct 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump had a meeting with members of his national security team to discuss "a range of options to respond to any form of North Korean aggression or, if necessary, to prevent North Korea from threatening ....
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ECHR orders Russia to pay 300,000 euros to relatives of those killed in Chechnya
Date: 2017-10-10 22:46:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:7033409
MOSCOW, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that Russia’s authorities should pay 300,000 euros ($354,000) in compensation upon lawsuits of 20 Russian citizens, whose relatives were killed in Chechnya ....
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Catalonia: Spanish government rejects 'tacit' independence declaration
Date: 2017-10-10 22:01:55 GMT - Spain - World - SN:81 - ID:7033385
MADRID, Oct 10 (MENA) - The Spanish government has described Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont’s parliamentary statement in which he suspended a declaration of independence from Spain, as “blackmail broadcast live to the state” and said it rejects ....
