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Moon, Guterres say PyeongChang Olympics will mark start of global peace
Date: 2018-02-09 11:40:40 GMT - south korea - International - SN:5 - ID:7236149
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reaffirmed their efforts to make the PyeongChang Winter Olympics a success, saying the Games will mark the "start" of building global peace. The remarks came in a lunch ....
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91 militants killed, wounded in military operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-02-09 11:20:58 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:2 - ID:7236115
Sixty-six militants were killed in military operations carried out by Afghan security forces in various areas of the country over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Friday. In a statement, the MoD noted that 25 more ....
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Belarus plans to sign visa recognition agreement with Russia soon - FM
Date: 2018-02-08 08:49:18 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:7233990
Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makey has confirmed his country’s plans to sign in the immediate future an agreement with Russia on mutual visa recognition, TASS news agency reported. "As for citizens of third countries, today we are ....
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Turkish army shells school, water plant in Afrin -- YPG
Date: 2018-02-08 07:25:31 GMT - Syria - International - SN:3 - ID:7233886
Syrian Kurdish fighters accused the Turkish army Wednesday of shelling a primary school and a water plant in Syria's northern Afrin region, Daily News reported. Nouri Mahmoud, spokesman of the Syrian Kurdish YPG, said Turkish forces and their ....
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Taiwan hit by second huge earthquake in 24 hours
Date: 2018-02-07 19:08:18 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:27 - ID:7233588
Taiwan has been hit by a second strong earthquake just a day after at least seven people were killed by a quake near the city of Hualien, Daily Express reported. Today a 5.7 quake has hit the east coast of the island, disrupting search and rescue ....
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Pence views Japan’s missile defense site with North Korea on agenda for talks
Date: 2018-02-07 11:06:38 GMT - Japan - International - SN:9 - ID:7232329
US Vice President Mike Pence visited a Japanese Patriot PAC-3 missile battery, Japan’s last line of defense against any possible North Korean missile strike, in Tokyo on Wednesday on his way to the Winter Olympics in South Korea, Japan Times ....
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Two people confirmed dead in 6.4-magnitude Taiwan earthquake
Date: 2018-02-07 07:44:11 GMT - Taiwan - International - SN:2 - ID:7231915
A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Taiwan has struck the eastern city of Hualien, killing at least two people and injuring more than 100, the Guardian reported on Tuesday. The ground floor of the Marshal hotel in Hualien had caved in and ....
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Putin, Rouhani discuss regional issues
Date: 2018-02-06 15:37:19 GMT - Russia - International - SN:17 - ID:7231189
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani held a telephone conversation, confirming commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) for Iran’s nuclear program, the Kremlin press service was quoted by ....
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Israel begins handing out deportation notices to African migrants
Date: 2018-02-04 14:23:37 GMT - Israel - International - SN:7 - ID:7227360
Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority began serving deportation notices to Eritrean and Sudanese migrants and asylum seekers, The Times of Israel reported on Sunday. In December, the Knesset approved an amendment to the so-called ....
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Indian oil tanker missing off Africa's west coast
Date: 2018-02-04 13:32:05 GMT - India - International - SN:6 - ID:7227193
An oil tanker with 22 Indian sailors on board is reported missing off the coast of Benin, a west African country, for the last three days, Hindustan Times reported. It is suspected that the MT Marine Express carrying 13,500 tons of gasoline may ....
