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Leeds Bradford Airport terminal evacuated over 'security alert'
Date: 2017-05-13 22:46:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:80 - ID:6809901
LONDON, May 13 (MENA) - Worried passengers have been evacuated from Leeds Bradford Airport amid claims of a bomb scare, the Mirror reported on Saturday. The main terminal has been shut at the West Yorkshire-based airport, while inbound flights ....
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N.Korea fires 'unidentified projectile', says S.Korea
Date: 2017-05-13 22:13:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:77 - ID:6809896
SEOUL, May 13 (MENA) - North Korea has launched an "unidentified projectile" that is believed to be a ballistic missile, Russia Today quoted South Korean military officials as saying. The exact nature of the projectile was not immediately clear, ....
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China, UNESCO to enhance cooperation on Belt and Road
Date: 2017-05-13 21:37:09 GMT - China - World - SN:75 - ID:6809875
BEIJING, May 13 (MENA) – China and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Saturday agreed to enhance cooperation on the Belt and Road, Xinhua reported. When meeting with UNESCO Director-General Irina ....
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At least 10 injured as Greek passenger train derails
Date: 2017-05-13 21:25:13 GMT - Greece - World - SN:74 - ID:6809862
ATHENS, May 13 (MENA) - At least 10 people were injured when a passenger train derailed in northern Greece on Saturday night, fire brigade and police officials said. Photographs on Greek news websites showed one carriage on its side near a ....
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13 injured as Pakistani, Indian troops exchange fire across LoC
Date: 2017-05-13 20:33:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:68 - ID:6809824
ISLAMABAD, May 13 (MENA) - Pakistan Army on Saturday issued a stern warning to India against any misadventure along the heavily militarised Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, which saw cross border shelling almost throughout the day, leaving at least ....
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Former Finnish president Mauno Koivisto dies at 93
Date: 2017-05-13 20:31:48 GMT - Finland - World - SN:65 - ID:6809825
HELSINKI, May 13 (MENA) - Mauno Koivisto, Finland's last president during the Cold War who led the Nordic nation out of the shadow of its huge eastern neighbor, the Soviet Union, and into the European Union, died Friday at the age of 93. The ....
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Oil market may recover if OPEC, non-OPEC states extend oil production cut deal
Date: 2017-05-13 19:54:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:6809753
MOSCOW, May 13 (MENA) - The oil market may recover and get balanced by the end of 2017 or early in 2018 if OPEC and non-OPEC countries extend their deal to reduce oil production, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak told reporters on Saturday, ....
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McMaster: Trump picks Saudi Arabia for 1st stop abroad to send message of unity to Muslim world
Date: 2017-05-13 11:02:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:6809054
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - President Trump made the decision to begin his first foreign trip in Saudi Arabia, delivering a message of peace and unity with Muslim leaders he seeks to enlist for the fight against radical Islamic terrorism, the ....
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Major cyber attack sweeps globe, hitting FedEx, UK hospitals, Spanish companies
Date: 2017-05-13 10:27:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:6808990
WASHINGTON, May 13 (MENA) - A massive cyber attack disrupted computer systems in dozens of countries on Friday, with computer-security experts saying unknown hackers targeted a software vulnerability that had allegedly been exploited earlier by the ....
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10 workers gunned down, two injured in Pakistan's Gwadar
Date: 2017-05-13 10:05:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6808978
ISLAMABAD, May 13 (MENA) - Unidentified attackers gunned down 10 workers in two separate incidents on the outskirts of Gwadar city on Saturday, Geo News reported. Two workers are also said to have been injured in the attacks. The incidents ....