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Daesh claims responsibility for Marseille terror attack
Date: 2017-10-01 21:27:05 GMT - France - World - SN:82 - ID:7018955
PARIS, Oct 1 (MENA) - Daesh have claimed responsibility for a terror attack which saw a man shouting 'Allahu Akbar' stab two women to death with a butcher's knife in Marseille. The victims, aged 17 and 20, suffered horrific injuries during the ....
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Italy says to expel North Korea envoy over nuclear, missile tests
Date: 2017-10-01 20:41:40 GMT - Italy - World - SN:79 - ID:7018742
ROME, Oct 1 (MENA) - North Korea's ambassador to Italy will be expelled from the country in protest over Pyongyang's recent nuclear and ballistic missile tests, the Daily Mail quoted Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano as saying on ....
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10 Afghan forces mistakenly killed in airstrike
Date: 2017-10-01 20:25:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:78 - ID:7018824
KABUL, Oct 1 (MENA) - Afghan officials say at least 10 security forces have been killed after the Afghan Air Force mistakenly dropped bombs on their checkpoint in southern Helmand province, Fox News reported. Gul Agha Muslim, a member of the ....
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Negotiating with N. Korea waste of time, Trump says
Date: 2017-10-01 20:10:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:7018741
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for his attempts to open a dialogue with North Korea, claiming such efforts are a waste of time, Fortune Magazine reported Sunday. “I told Rex ....
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Catalonia clashes: 465 injured as riot police charge polling stations in bid to stop vote
Date: 2017-10-01 19:41:04 GMT - Spain - World - SN:75 - ID:7018712
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Catalonia's health department has confirmed that 465 people had been treated due to clashes with police forces as they cracked down on attempts to hold a banned referendum on Catalan independence from Spain, The Independent ....
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Head of UN food agency says world must step up Rohingya aid
Date: 2017-10-01 16:09:33 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:59 - ID:7018417
DHAKA, Oct 1 (MENA) - The head of the United Nations' food-assistance agency on Sunday urged the international community to step up its support for the relief operation for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh or risk "a massive catastrophic disaster," ....
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Catalan referendum: 'Hundreds injured' in clashes
Date: 2017-10-01 14:42:47 GMT - Spain - World - SN:53 - ID:7018389
MADRID, Oct 1 (MENA) - Catalan officials say at least 337 people have been injured in clashes as police try to prevent voting in Catalonia's independence referendum, the BBC reported on Sunday. The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll ....
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Man shot dead by French army after killing two people at Marseille train station
Date: 2017-10-01 14:40:30 GMT - France - World - SN:52 - ID:7018388
MARSEILLE, Oct 1 (MENA) - A man armed with a knife killed two people at the main train station in the Mediterranean port city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot dead by soldiers patrolling there. “Two victims have been stabbed to death,” ....
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SOHR: 3,000 people killed in September
Date: 2017-10-01 14:00:00 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:47 - ID:7018328
LONDON, Oct 1 (MENA) - The head of the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) Rami Abdul Rahman said Sunday that more than 3,000 persons, including 1,000 civilians, were killed in September, which is the highest monthly death toll ....
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Two stabbed to death at Marseille train station, attacker shot
Date: 2017-10-01 13:52:19 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:7018334
MARSEILLE, Oct 1 (MENA) - Two people are confirmed dead after a stabbing at Marseille's main train station in southern France on Sunday, CBC channel quoted the interior ministry as saying. The attacker was shot dead by the French army, police ....