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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 ....
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21 people hurt in Polish train collision
Date: 2017-08-31 06:26:20 GMT - Poland - World - SN:11 - ID:6969982
WARSAW, Aug 31 (MENA) - A passenger train hit a cargo train at a railway station Wednesday evening in northern Poland, injuring 21 people but causing no deaths, authorities were quoted by ABC News as saying. Seven of the passenger train's 11 ....
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Building collapse traps people in Mumbai
Date: 2017-08-31 06:19:51 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:6969972
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (MENA) - Rescuers are searching for at least 30 people feared trapped in a building collapse in Mumbai, the BBC reported. Local reports say a five-storey building in India's financial capital toppled early on Thursday. The ....
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New Russian amb. in Washington calls for resumed military contacts
Date: 2017-08-31 06:19:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:6969954
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - Russia’s new ambassador in Washington Anatoly Antonov said Moscow and Washington should re-establish direct contacts between their military and foreign policy chiefs, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported. "The time has ....
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China says sanctions against N.Korea must be within framework of UNSC
Date: 2017-08-31 06:16:37 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:6969951
BEIJING, Aug 31 (MENA) - China said Wednesday sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must be within the framework of the UN Security Council, Xinhua news agency reported. Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua ....