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N. Korea fired apparent ballistic missile, says S. Korea
Date: 2017-07-28 18:55:05 GMT - south korea - International - SN:12 - ID:6920161
The South Korean military said that North Korea fired what appeared to be a ballistic missile into the East Sea late Friday, Yonhap news agency reported . The missile was launched from Jagang Province, northern North Korea, at around 11:41 p.m., ....
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FDA says it plans to lower nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels
Date: 2017-07-28 18:10:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:11 - ID:6920134
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a new plan to lower the nicotine levels in cigarettes to non-addictive levels . Market Watch reported on its website that because almost 90% of adult smokers started smoking before the age of ....
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US orders diplomats' families to leave Venezuelan capital
Date: 2017-07-28 10:16:39 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6919567
The United States is ordering relatives of American diplomats to leave the Venezuelan capital ahead of a polarizing vote planned for Sunday to start rewriting the country's constitution, ABC news reported. The State Department says it's also ....
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Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif resigns over Panama Papers verdict
Date: 2017-07-28 09:44:16 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:2 - ID:6919505
Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, the BBC reported Friday. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama ....
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5 in abducted oil team in northeast Nigeria killed
Date: 2017-07-28 09:42:04 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:1 - ID:6919497
At least five members of an oil exploration team kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants in northeast Nigeria have been killed, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said. The military said a day earlier that it had recovered the ....
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Macron to meet Haftar, Saraj Tuesday
Date: 2017-07-24 11:37:24 GMT - France - International - SN:4 - ID:6912909
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet Tuesday with Commander of the Libyan Army Khalifa Haftar and head of the Libyan presidential council Fayez al Sarraj to discuss a way out of the Libyan crisis. Paris is seeking to broker a political ....
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Afghani President condemns suicide bombing in Kabul
Date: 2017-07-24 11:33:57 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:1 - ID:6912896
Afghani President Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned Monday the latest suicide bombing attack that left dozens of citizens killed and wounded. "One more time terrorists have targeted civilians and government staff", the BBC quoted Ghani as ....
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Michael Gove slams Trump over climate change
Date: 2017-07-21 17:43:35 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:6909227
- UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove has attacked US President Donald Trump over his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement on climate change, saying the world’s second biggest source of greenhouse gases could not "simply walk out ....
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Trump ends covert CIA program to arm anti-Assad rebels in Syria, a move sought by Moscow
Date: 2017-07-20 08:21:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:6906882
President Donald Trump has decided to end the CIA’s covert program to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels battling the government of Bashar al Assad, a move long sought by Russia, The Washington Post reported Thursday, quoting US officials. The ....
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White House 'very concerned' over Aqsa tension
Date: 2017-07-20 07:15:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:6906791
The White House voiced its concerns on Wednesday night regarding the recent tensions surrounding the Aqsa Mosque, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. In a statement released to the press, the US called on Israel and Jordan to make a good ....