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President Xi to chair BRICS Xiamen summit on Sept. 3-5
Date: 2017-08-30 09:45:25 GMT - China - International - SN:10 - ID:6968653
The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Wednesday announced that Chinese President Xi Jinping is to chair BRICS Xiamen Summit in China's southeastern coastal city of Xiamen in Fujian Province from Sept. 3 to 5, the Chinese news agency Xinhua ....
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UN chief meets with families of Palestinians jailed by Israel
Date: 2017-08-30 09:32:09 GMT - palestine - International - SN:6 - ID:6968619
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres met on Tuesday in Ramallah with a number of families of Palestinians in Israeli jails. During the meeting, the families of the prisoners urged the UN chief to "act seriously to save the lives of more than ....
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UN condemns North Korea missile launch
Date: 2017-08-30 09:15:35 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:2 - ID:6968581
The United Nations condemned North Korea’s “outrageous” firing of a ballistic missile over Japan on Tuesday, demanding Pyongyang halt its weapons program, ABC news reported. North Korea said the launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile ....
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Merkel calls on Turkey to release German citizens
Date: 2017-08-29 13:46:45 GMT - Germany - International - SN:21 - ID:6967797
Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the Turkish government to release 10 Germans arrested in the last summer, after the military coup attempt. Turkey has arrested 10 Germans in recent months on charges the German government considers ....
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Trump, Abe vow to increase pressure after North Korea fires missile over Japan
Date: 2017-08-29 08:02:44 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:5 - ID:6966905
US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe have vowed to increase pressure on North Korea after the regime launched a missile over Japan on Tuesday morning. The Japanese prime minister denounced the launch as an ....
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Daesh claims responsibility as policeman killed in Dagestan, Russia
Date: 2017-08-29 07:02:14 GMT - Dagestan - International - SN:3 - ID:6966826
Daesh on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on policemen in the city of Kaspiisk in the Russian Republic of Dagestan, Russia Today reported, citing monitoring group SITE. Unidentified men reportedly attacked policemen with knives at a ....
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PFLP campaigns to enter Bundestag, reports JPost
Date: 2017-08-28 13:01:37 GMT - Israel - International - SN:19 - ID:6965312
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine seeks to enter the German Bundestag in the September 24 federal election, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. “It should not have been allowed to come to this that an anti-Israel terror ....
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Iranian state TV: Light, 4.9 magnitude quake injures 10
Date: 2017-08-28 12:58:18 GMT - Iran - International - SN:16 - ID:6965248
Iranian state TV is reporting that a light, 4.9 magnitude earthquake has injured 10 people in northern Iran, ABC News reported. The report says the pre-dawn temblor struck early on Monday about some 600 kilometers, or about 375 miles, northwest ....
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10 arrested as tension grows between protest groups in Berkeley
Date: 2017-08-28 12:57:11 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:6965226
The Berkeley Police Department arrested 10 people for various violations, including fighting, as tension grows between demonstrators protesting hate groups and supporters of US President Donald Trump on Sunday afternoon, The Los Angeles Times ....
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Russian FM: Implementing agreements with Kuwait to continue
Date: 2017-08-28 12:30:12 GMT - Kuwait - International - SN:11 - ID:6965891
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov expressed hope that Kuwait and Russia would move forward in implementing joint agreements between the two countries. Kuwaiti Emir ٍSheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah received Lavrov Monday on his official visit ....