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Strong earthquake in Chile
Date: 2015-06-20 07:45:27 GMT - Chile - International - SN:3 - ID:2829905
A strong earthquake was registered off the coast of southern Chile late Friday, but the country's National Emergency Office said there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries, ABC News reported on its website. The Chilean Navy's ....
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Ohio man arrested on terrorism-related charges
Date: 2015-06-20 07:35:41 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:2829813
An Ohio man who authorities say had pledged allegiance to Daesh via Facebook and encouraged others to commit acts of terrorism in the United States, was arrested on terrorism-related charges near Cleveland, Fox News reported. Amir Said Abdul ....
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US President Barack Obama to visit Ethiopia on African tour
Date: 2015-06-19 18:50:37 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:2828869
Barack Obama will become the first sitting US president to visit Ethiopia, the White House says. Obama will travel to the capital Addis Ababa in late July to meet with the Ethiopian government and African Union leaders, the BBC News reported. ....
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Chad strikes Boko Haram in Nigeria, bans burqas
Date: 2015-06-19 12:02:06 GMT - Chad - International - SN:8 - ID:2826893
The central African country of Chad has conducted airstrikes against Boko Haram sites in neighboring Nigeria. The Chad army and security forces hit Boko Haram bases and related sites, according to a government statement, destroying six bases and ....
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Obama calls deaths in South Carolina church shooting 'senseless murders'
Date: 2015-06-19 09:31:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:2825729
US President Barack Obama on Thursday called the nine deaths in the Charleston, South Carolina, church shooting "senseless murders" and suggested more gun control is needed in the wake of the tragedy, the CNN reported. "Any death of this sort is ....
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France says can’t confirm Algerian fighter killed in US strike
Date: 2015-06-18 10:47:10 GMT - France - International - SN:7 - ID:2820909
Algerian Islamist Mokhtar Belmokhtar was very likely killed by a US strike in Libya but his death has not been confirmed, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said. Libya has said that Belmokhtar, who masterminded a 2013 attack on Algeria’s ....
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Merkel urges Greece to deliver on commitments to carry out reforms
Date: 2015-06-18 10:15:51 GMT - Greece - International - SN:6 - ID:2820685
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is pressing Greece to deliver on commitments to carry out reforms, stressing before a meeting of eurozone finance ministers that she wants the country to remain in the common currency, ABC News reported. Merkel ....
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Bombs found at Boko Haram camp kill 63 in Nigeria
Date: 2015-06-17 13:05:14 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:38 - ID:2815745
A sack of home-made bombs discovered at an abandoned Boko Haram camp exploded, killing 63 people in northeast Nigeria, civilian self-defense fighters said Wednesday, according to ABC News. A witness to the blast, said the local militia was ....
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Hammond wishes Muslims in Britain, world happy Ramadan
Date: 2015-06-17 13:01:48 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:39 - ID:2815761
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has sent warmest wishes to Muslims in the UK and across the world at the start of the holy month of Ramadan. "To Muslims in the UK and around the world I wish ‘Ramadan Mubarak’," Hammond said in a press ....
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New round of nuclear talks with Iran to start this week
Date: 2015-06-17 11:25:18 GMT - Iran - International - SN:26 - ID:2814857
The new round of talks will begin after a meeting between Iran's nuclear negotiators and a senior European Union official on Wednesday, the European Commission said on Tuesday, according to Deutsche Welle. "EU Political Director Helga Schmid and ....
