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Quake rocks Iran's south-central province
Date: 2017-12-01 08:48:50 GMT - Iran - International - SN:2 - ID:7118094
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit on Friday morning Hojedk town at Ravar County located in south-central province of Kerman, according to the seismological center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University. The tremor occurred in an area ....
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Russian planes destroy over 910 terrorist facilities in Syria in past week
Date: 2017-12-01 08:47:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7118084
Russia’s Aerospace Forces carried out over 420 sorties in Syria over the past seven days and destroyed over 910 facilities belonging to Daesh terrorist group, Russian news agency TASS quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying on Friday. The ....
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Europe could be within range of North Korean missiles: France
Date: 2017-11-30 11:07:58 GMT - France - International - SN:17 - ID:7117042
France’s defense minister warned that North Korea could develop ballistic missiles that reach Europe sooner than expected. The scenario of an escalation towards a major conflict can not be discarded,” Florence Parly said in a speech to the French ....
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Four Afghan policemen killed in Taliban attack
Date: 2017-11-30 11:07:08 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:14 - ID:7117004
An Afghan official said on Thursday that a Taliban attack has killed four policemen in western Farah province. Mohammad Naser Mehri, spokesman for the provincial governor, said the attack targeted a police vehicle in the district of Pushti Road, ....
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Pope Francis arrives in Bangladesh on second leg of Asia trip
Date: 2017-11-30 11:07:02 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:13 - ID:7117012
Pope Francis of the Vatican arrived on Thursday in Bangladesh, coming from Myanmar, for the second leg of his six-day trip to Asia amid tight airport security. During his stay in Naypyitaw, he had a meeting with Army chief Min Aung Hlaing and ....
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EU says needs concrete evidence from Turkey to deem Gulen network as terrorist
Date: 2017-11-30 09:57:41 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:11 - ID:7116900
The European Union (EU) does not share Turkey’s view that the network of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen is a terrorist organization and would need to see “substantive” evidence to change its stance, the EU’s counter-terrorism coordinator ....
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US urges presidential candidates in Honduras to respect results
Date: 2017-11-30 09:55:24 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:7116827
US State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert urged the presidential candidates in Honduras to respect the official results once they are available, ABC News reported Thursday. "We await the final tabulation of results by election authorities ....
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Pakistan: US missiles kill 3 militants near Afghan border
Date: 2017-11-30 09:05:55 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:7 - ID:7116790
Pakistani intelligence officials said a suspected US drone strike had hit a militant compound near the Afghan border, killing three militants, ABC News reported Thursday. Two officials say the drone fired two missiles at the Ghazni compound of ....
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Iraqi Joint Operations Command denies deployment of US troops to Kirkuk
Date: 2017-11-30 08:39:47 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:4 - ID:7116763
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command announced on Thursday that US troops have not been deployed to the oil-rich province of Kirkuk or any other part of Iraq. In a statement by Al Sumaria TV, the command refuted the claims, explaining that several ....
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Russia calls N. Korea’s claims for nuclear power status 'unacceptable' — UN envoy
Date: 2017-11-30 08:39:24 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:3 - ID:7116744
Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said his country regrets that North Korea test launched a ballistic missile and finds its claims for a status of a nuclear power unacceptable, Tass news agency ....