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Putin: Saudi king’s visit to Russia a landmark event
Date: 2017-10-05 16:19:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:7025017
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said during his meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud that the monarch's visit to Russia is a landmark event, Sputnik News reported. "This is the first visit of the King of ....
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Russia, Saudi Arabia ink 14 cooperation agreements
Date: 2017-10-05 16:17:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7025306
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - Russia and Saudi Arabia signed 14 documents following Moscow talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman Ben Abdul Aziz Al Saud on Thursday, Sputnik news agency reported. The governments of the two ....
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Russian subs hit terrorist targets with ‘Kalibr’ cruise missiles in Syria
Date: 2017-10-05 16:01:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:58 - ID:7025308
MOSCOW, Oct 5 (MENA) - Russian submarines have fired Kalibr 10 cruise missiles from the Mediterranean hitting terrorist targets in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The strikes were to support Syrian troops waging ground ....
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Death toll of Pakistan Sufi shrine attack rises to 13
Date: 2017-10-05 15:29:09 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:55 - ID:7025422
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (MENA) - The death toll of Pakistan Sufi shrine attack has risen to 13 and the injuries reached 20. A suicide attack targeted a Sufi Muslim shrine in Pakistan's south-western province of Baluchistan, BBC reported. Crowds of ....
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12 Chinese missing after fishing boat, tanker collide off Japan's Oki islands
Date: 2017-10-05 15:11:39 GMT - China - World - SN:54 - ID:7025370
BEIJING, Oct 5 (MENA) - Almost 12 Chinese are missing after a Chinese mainland fishing vessel collided with a tanker from Hong Kong off Japanese Oki islands, China Daily newspaper reported Thursday. The collision was in international waters some ....
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Nigerien, US troops killed in ambush on patrol in Niger
Date: 2017-10-05 14:43:23 GMT - Niger - World - SN:50 - ID:7025283
NIAMEY, Oct 5 (MENA) – Five soldiers from Niger and three US Army Special Forces troops were killed and two wounded in an ambush on a joint patrol in southwest Niger on Wednesday, VOA quoted Nigerien and US officials as saying on Thursday. The five ....
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Spain's Constitutional Court suspended session of Catalan parliament
Date: 2017-10-05 14:29:19 GMT - Spain - World - SN:47 - ID:7025282
MADRID, Oct 5 (MENA) - Spain's Constitutional Court suspended next Monday's session of Catalan parliament, BBC reported Thursday. Spanish Prime Minister Mario Rajoy warned Catalonia's regional government against declaring independence after a ....
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12 dead in suicide blast in Pakistan
Date: 2017-10-05 14:19:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:46 - ID:7025281
ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (MENA) – At least 12 people were killed and eight injured in a suicide blast at a shrine in Balochistan's Jhal Magsi in Pakistan, Geo TV quoted police officials as saying on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner Asadullah Kakar confirmed ....
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British writer Kazuo Ishiguro wins 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature
Date: 2017-10-05 11:32:22 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:34 - ID:7024942
STOCKHOLM, Oct 5 (MENA) - The Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature on Thursday, the awarding Swedish Academy said as quoted by the BBC. Ishiguro, 62, who is known for novels such as A Pale View of ....
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No evidence to indicate terrorism in Las Vegas shooting: FBI
Date: 2017-10-05 08:53:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:7024424
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (MENA) - There was no evidence at this point to indicate that the mass shooting in Las Vegas this week was terrorism, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent told a news conference on Wednesday. FBI Special Agent in Charge ....
