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7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean Sea
Date: 2018-01-10 12:20:00 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7183652
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake shook the Caribbean Sea. As of 10:48 p.m. CST, all tsunami advisories were canceled throughout the Caribbean and Central America. According to the National Tsunami Warning Center (NTWC), hazardous tsunami waves are ....
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France says 3 of its nationals back home after being stabbed in Israel's Eilat
Date: 2018-01-09 16:00:03 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:7182648
The French Foreign Ministry asserted on Tuesday that the three French tourists who had been stabbed in the Israeli port of Eilat returned to France after receiving appropriate consular support. According to the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper Monday, ....
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US VP due to visit Jordan on Jan 21
Date: 2018-01-09 10:52:09 GMT - Jordan - International - SN:2 - ID:7181752
US Vice President Mike Pence will visit Jordan on January 21 within the framework of a regional tour, an official source told the Jordanian news agency Petra on Tuesday. Pence is scheduled to meet with Jordanian King Abdullah II, added the ....
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Washington apologizes for emergency helicopter landings in Japanese Okinawa
Date: 2018-01-09 10:48:51 GMT - Japan - International - SN:1 - ID:7181718
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis apologized on Tuesday for two emergency landings made by US military helicopters in a period of less than a week in the southern Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, Kyodo News reported. Japanese Defense Minister ....
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U.S VP to head to Middle East late next week
Date: 2018-01-08 18:54:43 GMT - USA - International - SN:26 - ID:7181151
U.S Vice President Mike Pence will head next week for a Middle East tour, which will include Egypt, Jordan and Israel, CNN quoted his office as saying on Monday. Pence's Middle East swing is taking place a month later than originally scheduled, ....
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French president arrives in China
Date: 2018-01-08 11:40:54 GMT - China - International - SN:15 - ID:7179828
French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday launched a state visit to China at the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, a nod to his Chinese counterpart's scheme to revive the famous trading route, France 24 reported. Along with his wife ....
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CIA chief denies agency role in Iran unrest, predicts new violence
Date: 2018-01-08 11:40:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:7179889
Head of the CIA Mike Pompeo on Sunday denied his agency had any role in fomenting the recent anti-government protests in Iran but predicted the violent unrest “is not behind us,” Mike Pompeo, named a year ago by US President Donald Trump to head ....
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Malaysian PM to confer with Saudi king on regional situation, economic cooperation
Date: 2018-01-08 09:30:42 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:5 - ID:7179742
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak left here on Monday a working visit to Saudi Arabia that runs until Jan 12, at the invitation of Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Bernama News Agency reported. The prime minister ....
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UNRWA mandated by UN, indispensable for peace - spokesman
Date: 2018-01-08 09:27:44 GMT - palestine - International - SN:4 - ID:7179603
Spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Chris Gunness said Sunday the agency is mandated by the United Nations General Assembly to continue with its services until a just and lasting ....
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Former WTO chief, UN envoy Peter Sutherland dies at 71
Date: 2018-01-08 07:49:31 GMT - Ireland - International - SN:2 - ID:7179582
Irish businessman and diplomat Peter Sutherland, who held senior roles in the European Union, the World Trade Organization and the UN, has died. He was 71, ABC News reported. Sutherland's family said he died Sunday at a Dublin hospital after a ....
