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California wildfires death toll rises to 44
Date: 2018-11-13 07:27:10 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:7667365
Massive fires in California grew overnight Monday, leaving thousands of exhausted firefighter battling to stretch containment lines around the raging blazes that have killed at least 44 people and destroyed thousands of homes, ABC News ....
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Ethiopian PM probes with European Commission president latest regional developments
Date: 2018-11-11 17:11:47 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:8 - ID:7665190
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed discussed over the phone on Sunday with European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker the latest developments in the region and Horn of Africa. During the phone call received by Ahmed, Juncker praised the ....
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Addis Ababa resumes flights to Mogadishu after 41-year-halt
Date: 2018-11-09 15:57:55 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:3 - ID:7662264
Ethiopian Airlines operated on Friday the first direct passenger flight between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu after 41 years, the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reported. The resumption of direct flights comes 41 years after Ethiopian Airlines ....
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Facebook blocks 115 accounts on eve of US midterms amid probe into 'inauthentic behaviour'
Date: 2018-11-06 09:45:02 GMT - USA - International - SN:7 - ID:7656964
Facebook has blocked 115 accounts it said may have been “engaged in coordinated inauthentic behavior” ahead of the US midterm elections today, The Telegraph reported. The social network said it had been contacted by US law enforcement on Sunday ....
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Taliban seizes police base northern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-11-02 18:24:01 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:7651767
Taliban militants seized a key base of the Afghan police after an hours-long clash that left three security personnel dead and 17 others held hostage in northern Faryab province, an official said on Friday. The rebels waged the coordinated attack ....
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Ebola death toll in DR Congo rises to 180
Date: 2018-11-02 17:47:42 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - International - SN:3 - ID:7651712
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed 180 lives, according to the health ministry, with 10 more reported deaths in recent days, France 24 reported. The ministry said that it had recorded 285 possible cases and 180 ....
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UN: Over 88 journalists killed this year
Date: 2018-11-01 18:28:04 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:6 - ID:7650427
United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio Guterres said that this year alone, at least 88 journalists have been killed. In a message released by the UN to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, November 2, ....
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Norway summons Iranian amb. over Denmark plot
Date: 2018-11-01 18:22:26 GMT - Norway - International - SN:4 - ID:7650412
Norway’s foreign minister has summoned Iran’s ambassador to Norway for talks in connection with Danish allegations about an Iranian plot to kill an opposition activist in Denmark, The Washington Post reported on Thursday. Danes say intelligence ....
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Ukraine to close airspace above Black Sea on Nov 1-4 to test missiles
Date: 2018-10-31 23:29:44 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:8 - ID:7648914
Ukraine will begin missile tests in the Kherson region on November 1 and the airspace over the Black Sea will be closed, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Dmitriy Strutinskiy said Wednesday. "Tests of missiles for air defense systems will begin in ....
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Unidentified fighter jets target Al-Shabaab camp in Central Somalia
Date: 2018-10-31 17:42:46 GMT - Somalia - International - SN:3 - ID:7648651
Unknown warplanes have carried out an airstrike in central Somalia, targeting Al-Shabaab base on Tuesday, authorities told Shabelle Media Network (SMN). The fighter jets bombed Al-Shabaab target in Wabho area located in Hiran region of central ....