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Merkel faces protests in Germany's nationalist heartlands
Date: 2017-08-31 21:35:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:6970868
LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced fierce protests on the campaign trail for next month’s federal elections in Germany, calling into question her strategy of actively targeting regions of the country where rightwing ....
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New Russian ambassador to US arrives in Washington
Date: 2017-08-31 20:04:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:6970869
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - The new Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Ivanov, has arrived in Washington, TASS reported. Anatoly Antonov replaces Sergei Kislyak, who rounded up his term of ambassadorial duties in Washington on July ....
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Battle to regain Raqqa must not be about defeating Daesh at all costs – Zeid
Date: 2017-08-31 17:40:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:6970774
GENEVA, Aug 31 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stressed that the battle to regain al Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor from Daesh must not be waged at the expense of the lives of civilians trapped and besieged in these ....
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Mumbai building collapse kills at least 21
Date: 2017-08-31 16:36:35 GMT - India - World - SN:60 - ID:6970773
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (MENA) - At least 21 people have died and 21 others have been rescued after a building collapse in Mumbai, BBC reported. Rescuers say they will keep looking for survivors through the night. A six-storey building toppled over in ....
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Russia FSB detains 2 Daesh terrorists plotting attacks in Moscow
Date: 2017-08-31 13:19:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:6970558
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained Two Central Asia natives, who were preparing terrorist attacks in Moscow and the Moscow Region on September 1, the first day of the academic year, Sputnik News reported ....
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Pak Court acquits 5 in Benazir assassination
Date: 2017-08-31 11:40:56 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:37 - ID:6970455
ISLAMABAD, Aug 31 (MENA) - A Pakistani anti-terrorism court on Thursday acquitted five people in the killing of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and declared ex-military leader Pervez Musharraf an “absconder”, the BBC reported. Bhutto died in ....
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Explosions, black smoke rising at chemical plant damaged in Hurricane Harvey
Date: 2017-08-31 09:57:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:6970241
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - A pair of explosions were heard early Thursday morning and black smoke was seen rising from a chemical plant near Houston compromised by flooding from Hurricane Harvey, ABC News quoted officials as saying. Arkema, ....
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Roadside mine kills 3 police in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-31 08:34:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6970047
KABUL, Aug 31 (MENA) - An Afghan official said a roadside mine has killed three police officers in western Farah province, ABC News reported on Thursday. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said today the mine was ....
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7 killed in Mumbai building collapse, 25 others possibly trapped
Date: 2017-08-31 08:06:48 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:6970045
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (MENA) - A five-story building collapsed in India's financial capital of Mumbai, killing seven people and injuring 13 others on Thursday, after torrential rains lashed the country's west, CBC news reported. Another 25 people are ....
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Britain's May visits Japanese warship before talks with Abe
Date: 2017-08-31 07:24:57 GMT - Japan - World - SN:14 - ID:6970026
TOKYO, Aug 31 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May visited a Japanese warship Thursday to underscore her country's deepening security ties with Japan, ABC news reported. May and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera boarded the Izumo ....
