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UK PM defends draft Brexit deal
Date: 2018-11-15 15:54:50 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:1 - ID:7671827
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has defended the draft Brexit Agreement which was reached on Wednesday, saying that it is the best deal that could be reached by a country with the European Union (EU), the BBC reported on Thursday. Addressing the ....
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UN Security Council lifts arms embargo, targeted sanctions on Eritrea
Date: 2018-11-14 21:04:10 GMT - United Nations - International - SN:18 - ID:7670565
The UN Security Council on Wednesday lifted sanctions on Eritrea following a landmark peace deal with Ethiopia and a thaw with Djibouti that have buoyed hopes for positive change in the Horn of Africa, France 24 reported. The council unanimously ....
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Israel's defense minister resigns
Date: 2018-11-14 17:12:40 GMT - Israel - International - SN:10 - ID:7670325
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced his resignation on Wednesday in the wake of the cease-fire agreements with Hamas. Lieberman said all of the members of his party, Yisrael Beiteinu, will quit the Israeli government coalition, ....
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Putin: Russia became ASEAN's dialogue partner
Date: 2018-11-14 08:52:26 GMT - Singapore - International - SN:2 - ID:7669200
Russian President Vladmir Putin said Russia became ASEAN’s dialogue partner in 1996. The previous Russia-ASEAN summit took place in Sochi in 2016, the Russian news agency Tass reported. Russia-ASEAN trade turnover grew by more than 30% this ....
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Trump nominates retired general as ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Date: 2018-11-14 06:57:05 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:7669018
US President Donald Trump announced that he will nominate Gen. John P. Abizaid, a retired commander of forces in the Middle East, as his new ambassador to Saudi Arabia, The New York Times reported Wednesday. General Abizaid, a Lebanese-American ....
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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 ....
