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UN warns tough N. Korea sanctions risk hurting millions
Date: 2017-12-12 08:49:19 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:7 - ID:7136312
The UN human rights chief said Monday North Korea's leadership has cracked down on human rights by further restricting movements and making "horrific" prison conditions more severe amid tensions over its nuclear and missile tests. Zeid Ra'ad ....
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Egypt denounces Manhattan terror blast
Date: 2017-12-12 06:46:37 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:1 - ID:7136142
Egypt on Tuesday condemned a terrorist blast that hit midtown Manhattan, near New York Port Authority terminal, which left several people wounded. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry stressed solidarity of the Egyptian government and people with ....
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New York bomb suspect in custody after attempted terrorist attack in a Manhattan subway
Date: 2017-12-11 17:58:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7135773
A bomb has exploded on a Manhattan subway platform leaving four people injured in a suspected ISIS inspired attack. The suspected bomber is Akayed Ullah, a 27-year-old Bangladeshi national who is thought to have lived in the US for seven years, ....
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Israeli security cabinet can declare war without full government approval, says new bill
Date: 2017-12-10 18:58:33 GMT - palestine - International - SN:9 - ID:7134163
Israel’s security cabinet will be able to declare war without consulting the entire cabinet, according to a bill green-lighted Sunday by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation, The Times of Israel reported. The ministerial committee actually ....
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Lavrov: US wants to sign 'deal of century' on Israeli-Palestinian settlement
Date: 2017-12-08 16:00:31 GMT - Austria - International - SN:21 - ID:7130710
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said about Washington’s plans to make a "deal of the century" to settle the Israeli-Palestinian problem that US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had told him at a meeting, TASS news agency reported Friday. ....
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Tillerson: Jerusalem embassy move not this year or next
Date: 2017-12-08 15:44:02 GMT - France - International - SN:19 - ID:7130693
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday that moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem "is not something that is going to happen this year, probably not next year," CNN reported. Speaking in Paris with his French counterpart, ....
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UN says 1.25 million S. Sudanese are one step from famine
Date: 2017-12-08 15:22:51 GMT - USA - International - SN:16 - ID:7130617
Over 1.25 million people in war-torn South Sudan are one step away from famine, twice as many as at the same time last year. In early 2018 half the country's population will be reliant on emergency food aid, the UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock ....
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Protests in Malaysia, Singapore against Trump's decision on Al Quds
Date: 2017-12-08 14:23:00 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:15 - ID:7130559
Muslim protesters rallied outside US embassies in the capital cities of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday to voice their anger over a controversial decision by US President Donald Trump to reverse a longstanding policy to recognize Al Quds as the ....
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Malaysia urges Muslims not to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Date: 2017-12-07 08:29:16 GMT - Malaysia - International - SN:3 - ID:7127711
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak called on Muslims worldwide to strongly oppose any recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. "How can we accept that?" Najib said in his speech at an annual gathering of the ruling United Malay National ....
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China claims Indian drone 'invaded airspace in crash'
Date: 2017-12-07 08:25:36 GMT - China - International - SN:2 - ID:7127740
An Indian drone has "invaded China's airspace and crashed" on its territory, the BBC reported. Zhang Shuili, China's deputy director of the western theater combat bureau, said the incident took place in "recent days". He did not give an exact ....
