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8 people injured as plane hits truck at Los Angeles Airport
Date: 2017-05-21 07:55:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:6820360
WASHINGTON, May 21 (MENA) - Eight people were injured after an Aeromexico passenger jet clipped a supply truck shortly after landing at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said late Saturday. The Boeing 737 was taxiing to an arrival ....
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NBA star blames Erdogan after his passport cancelled by native Turkey
Date: 2017-05-21 07:24:15 GMT - Romania - World - SN:7 - ID:6820359
BUCHAREST, May 21 (MENA) - An NBA basketball player from Turkey, Enes Kanter, has been stopped at a Romanian airport, after Turkey cancelled his passport, the BBC reported on Sunday. Kanter, an Oklahoma City Thunder star, posted a video on ....
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3 killed after gunmen storm bank in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-05-20 21:26:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:92 - ID:6820203
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) – Three people were killed and 30 others injured on Saturday when gunmen stormed New Kabul Bank's branch in eastern Paktia province, ABC News quoted provincial officials as saying on Saturday. Gen. Toryalai Abdyani, the ....
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Turkish man subdued after incident on American Airlines flight to Honolulu
Date: 2017-05-20 20:50:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:6820202
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - A man who had been arrested at LAX airport early Friday morning was later subdued after causing a "disturbance" that alarmed flight attendants and an off-duty LAPD officer on an American Airlines flight to Honolulu, ....
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2,100 migrants rescued in Mediterranean, heading to Italy
Date: 2017-05-20 19:55:53 GMT - Italy - World - SN:86 - ID:6820144
ROME, May 20 (MENA) - Some 2,100 migrants have been rescued at sea to be brought to safety in Italy, the Italian coast guard was quoted by ABC News as saying Saturday. Among those rescued Friday and early Saturday was a 6-week-old boy, one of ....
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Russia probe reaches current White House official: The Washington Post
Date: 2017-05-20 18:05:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:6819983
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - The law enforcement investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign has identified a current White House official as a significant person of interest, showing that the probe is reaching into ....
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750 Daesh militants killed since early March in Afghanistan: US forces
Date: 2017-05-20 11:33:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:6819395
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - At least 750 militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed in the past two and a half months in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported on Saturday. “Since early 2016, ....
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14 injured in five grenade attacks in Charsadda
Date: 2017-05-20 08:15:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:16 - ID:6819060
ISLAMABAD, May 20 (MENA) - As many as five blasts of low intensity hit on Saturday morning Pakistan's Shabqadar town, in which 14 people were injured, including seven children. Unidentified men threw a hand grenade outside the house of a man, ....
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Trump opts to keep Pentagon's top officer for another term
Date: 2017-05-20 08:12:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:6819062
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - U.S. President Donald Trump has nominated Marine General Joseph Dunford to keep his post as his top military adviser for another two-year term, the Daily News reported. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, ....
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5 dead after Indonesian ferry catches fire in Java Sea
Date: 2017-05-20 08:10:57 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:13 - ID:6819061
JAKARTA, May 20 (MENA) - A ferry caught fire in the Java Sea, leaving five people dead and nearly 190 others rescued, Indonesian authorities were quoted by the Daily Mail as saying on Saturday. A Transport Ministry spokesman, Julius Adravida ....
