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Indonesian police beef up security ahead of election results
Date: 2019-05-17 21:31:21 GMT - Indonesia - International - SN:7 - ID:7945763
Indonesia is deploying 32,000 security personnel in the capital, Jakarta, after warnings of a possible militant attack during the official announcement of presidential election results next week, police said Friday. National Police spokesman ....
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Iran's Zarif says 'no possibility' of talks with US: Kyodo
Date: 2019-05-16 20:33:42 GMT - Japan - International - SN:10 - ID:7944680
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday there is "no possibility" of negotiations with the US to reduce spiraling tensions, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported. "No, there is no possibility for negotiations," the news agency ....
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Merkel rules out future political office in EU or elsewhere
Date: 2019-05-16 20:31:15 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:9 - ID:7944677
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday ruled out taking on any political office in Brussels or elsewhere after her planned departure as Germany's leader in 2021, Fox news reported. The chancellor had sparked speculation that she may be eyeing a job ....
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Trump on war with Iran: 'I hope not'
Date: 2019-05-16 20:25:21 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7944672
US President Trump said Thursday he hopes the US does not go to war with Iran amid concerns in Washington that his administration may be preparing for military action, The Hill reported. “I hope not,” Trump said at the White House when asked ....
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Trump says he'll meet with Xi, Putin at G-20
Date: 2019-05-14 07:42:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:7940605
US President Donald Trump said Monday he will meet with China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit in Japan in June, Bloomberg reported. "It makes sense to get along with Russia," Trump told reporters Monday during a ....
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Malta rescues 85 migrants from sinking boat
Date: 2019-05-11 20:22:43 GMT - Malta - International - SN:4 - ID:7937627
A Maltese patrol boat rescued a group of 85 migrants late on Friday night and will bring them to Malta on Saturday, the Armed Forces said. The migrants, believed to be from North and Eastern Africa, were in a sinking wooden boat, the army said, ....
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Death threats see London Mayor Sadiq Khan given 24-hour police protection
Date: 2019-05-11 20:20:55 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:7937625
London mayor Sadiq Khan has round-the-clock police protection after receiving a deluge of death threats, The Independent reported. The measure was taken after City Hall referred 17 cases to the police in a three-month period last year and 237 ....
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Taliban overrun two outposts, 15 soldiers killed
Date: 2019-05-10 20:34:31 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:7936596
An Afghan official says the Taliban have launched an assault on two security outposts in western Badghis province, killing 15 security personnel in the latest in a series of deadly attacks targeting the country’s beleaguered security forces, ABC ....
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Three hurt after plane collides with fuel truck at Toronto airport
Date: 2019-05-10 20:33:39 GMT - Canada - International - SN:6 - ID:7936595
An aircraft with 50 passengers on board collided with a fuel truck at Canada's busiest airport early Friday, Euronews reported Friday. The incident occurred as an Air Canada Jazz plane was taxiing on the apron at Toronto Pearson International ....
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About 900 children taken away from vigilante group in Nigeria
Date: 2019-05-10 20:30:20 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:4 - ID:7936589
Nearly 900 children who were enlisted in a civilian defense militia in northeastern Nigeria have been officially separated from the group in accordance with a U.N. accord. The children had been part of a group that was helping government forces ....