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US asks South Korea to arrest former UN chief Ban Ki-moon's brother
Date: 2017-01-21 09:18:30 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6374745
The United States has asked South Korea to arrest former United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's brother on charges of bribery, according to Sky News. South Korea's Ministry of Justice is in talks with the US government after it requested ....
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Trump issues executive order scaling back parts of Obamacare
Date: 2017-01-21 07:30:33 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:6374069
In his first executive order, President Trump on Friday directed government agencies to scale back as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act as possible, moving within hours of being sworn in to fulfill his pledge to eviscerate Barack Obama’s ....
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EU opposes shift of US embassy site in Israel
Date: 2017-01-17 07:43:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6348009
European Union foreign ministers on Monday opposed any plan by President-elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem and warned that it could ratchet up tensions with the Arab world. "It is very important for us all to ....
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Istanbul nightclub massacre gunman 'arrested'
Date: 2017-01-17 07:31:32 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:2 - ID:6347933
The man suspected of carrying out the New Year's Day shooting at an Istanbul nightclub has been arrested. Abdulkadir Masharipov was caught by police officers in the Turkish capital's Esenyurt district, Hurriyet newspaper reported. Daesh ....
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Turkish Airlines cargo plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan, 32 dead
Date: 2017-01-16 07:27:00 GMT - Kyrgyzstan - International - SN:1 - ID:6340893
A cargo plane attempting to land at Kyrgyzstan’s main airport in thick fog crashed in a populated area Monday, authorities at the airport said, leaving at least 32 people dead, The National reported. The majority of the dead are from the nearby ....
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No 'credible' security threats to Trump inauguration: US government
Date: 2017-01-14 10:11:07 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:6329517
US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the government sees no immediate threats for the January 20 inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump. Johnson said US authorities have ramped up security preparations in light of the rise of ....
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Taliban say they didn't plant bomb wounding UAE diplomats in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-01-11 09:15:53 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:6311037
The Taliban issued a statement Wednesday saying they did not plant a bomb that went off in Kandahar, Afghanistan, and wounded the UAE ambassador to the country and a number of diplomats. The group instead blamed an "internal local rivalry" for ....
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Obama offers condolences to Turkey's President
Date: 2017-01-04 10:35:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:4 - ID:6270985
The White House said US President Barack Obama has offered his condolences to Turkey's leader over a pair of deadly attacks, including at a nightclub on New Year's Eve, ABC News reported. Obama and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also ....
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Australian FM: We won't relocate embassy to Jerusalem
Date: 2017-01-03 08:29:53 GMT - Australia - International - SN:4 - ID:6263509
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that Australia "does not have any plans to move the Australian embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem," The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Monday. Bishop's comments came in response to a call from ....
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Black box of crashed Tu-154 found in Black Sea – report
Date: 2016-12-27 08:14:10 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:6224469
The Tu-154’s main flight data recorder was found at the depth of 17 meters (56 feet), Russia’s Defense Ministry said. The ministry added that five more fragments of the crashed plane have been located. The fragments have been found at the ....
