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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 ....
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Washington supports Iranian women protesting against compulsory hijab
Date: 2018-02-03 10:40:55 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7225004
The US is supporting Iranians who are protesting against the compulsory hijab enforced following the 1979 revolution, said State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert. Nauert added that the US condemns the arrests in Iran of at least 29 ....
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Ghani, US VP discuss recent terror attacks in Kabul
Date: 2018-02-03 09:52:58 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:7224949
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and US Vice President Mike Pence held talks over phone on recent terrorist attacks in Kabul, the Afghan presidential office said on Saturday. A statement from Ghani’s office said Pence extended his condolences to the ....
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Trump meets North Korean defectors
Date: 2018-02-03 08:44:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7224799
US President Donald Trump met with North Korean defectors in the Oval Office on Friday, a provocative action meant to highlight human rights violations and one that could raise alarms in Pyongyang, The Washington Post reported. Trump welcomed ....
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France opens rape inquiry of Tariq Ramadan
Date: 2018-02-02 16:54:39 GMT - France - International - SN:16 - ID:7224292
French authorities said the grandson of Hassan al-Banna, Tariq Ramadan, is being investigated for allegedly raping two women and could be detained in long-term custody pending further investigation, ABC News reported. A judicial official said the ....
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S. Korean president to hold summit with Japanese PM in PyeongChang
Date: 2018-02-02 12:53:02 GMT - south korea - International - SN:10 - ID:7223780
The South Korean foreign ministry said on Friday that President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold a summit in PyeongChang, the alpine town that will host the upcoming Winter Olympics. Abe will fly to South Korea through ....
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Putin appoints new Russian permanent envoy to UN office and other organizations in Geneva
Date: 2018-02-01 11:42:28 GMT - Russia - International - SN:12 - ID:7222018
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an order to appoint Gennady Gatilov a permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations office and other international organizations in Geneva, and by another order he relieved ....
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US blacklists Hasm, Liwa al Thawra
Date: 2018-02-01 09:19:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7221578
The US Department of State has designated Liwa al Thawra, and Harakat Sawa'd Misr (Hasm) as terrorist groups. In a press release on Wednesday, the Department of State named also Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas and Harakat al-Sabireen of Iran as ....
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US train carrying members of Congress hits truck
Date: 2018-02-01 09:11:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:6 - ID:7221557
An Amtrak train taking US lawmakers and their staff to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck near Charlottesville, Virginia, on Wednesday, killing the driver of truck, according to Politico. No serious injuries were ....
