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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 ....
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US airstrike in Somali mountains nets 13 dead terrorists, no civilians killed - AFRICOM
Date: 2019-05-09 19:59:26 GMT - USA - International - SN:8 - ID:7935541
A US airstrike targeting a mountain outpost of Daesh terror group (banned in Russia) killed 13 terrorists with no civilian deaths, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a press release on Thursday. "At this time, it is assessed the airstrike on ....
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Cypriot president describes Turkish activities in Cyprus’ EEZ as “a second invasion”
Date: 2019-05-08 16:36:19 GMT - Cyprus - International - SN:3 - ID:7934069
Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades described Turkish activities in Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone as “a second invasion,” noting that the government follows the situation with a vigilant eye, Cypriot News Agency (CNA) reported on Tuesday. He ....
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13 dead, 6 injured in plane fire at Moscow airport
Date: 2019-05-05 21:40:59 GMT - Russia - International - SN:8 - ID:7930087
At least 13 people, who were on board a burnt-out Aeroflot plane that crash-landed in the Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, have been confirmed dead, Russia Today reported Sunday. Seven more passengers were injured, three of them seriously, the ....
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Trump says ‘repression’ in Venezuela must end
Date: 2019-05-02 21:55:54 GMT - USA - International - SN:9 - ID:7926129
US President Donald Trump says the “brutal repression” of the Venezuelan people must end, and it must end soon. He says the Venezuelan people are starving and have no water, The Washington Post reported. “We wish them well,” he said. Trump ....
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Spain confirms Venezuelan activist Lopez at embassy in Caracas
Date: 2019-05-01 21:41:55 GMT - Spain - International - SN:6 - ID:7924808
Spain's government has confirmed that Venezuelan opposition activist Leopoldo López is at the Spanish Embassy in Caracas following an attempted military uprising on Tuesday that aimed to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro, ABC News reported on ....
