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At least 10 killed, 73 injured in Turkey train derailment
Date: 2018-07-08 21:15:47 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:15 - ID:7479590
Ten people were killed and 73 injured on Sunday when a train packed with weekend passengers derailed in northwest Turkey, the Turkish health ministry said. The train, with 360 people on board, was traveling from Kapikule on the Bulgarian border ....
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Ethiopia and Eritrea to re-open embassies in each other's capitals
Date: 2018-07-08 18:33:16 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:13 - ID:7479454
Ethiopia and Eritrea have agreed to re-open embassies in each other's capitals, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy said on Sunday after a day of talks with Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki, The New York Times reported. "After the discussion, we ....
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Ethiopia PM starts historic visit to Eritrea
Date: 2018-07-08 09:26:02 GMT - Ethiopia - International - SN:2 - ID:7478441
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has arrived in Eritrea on an official visit, the first in around 20 years. Ahmed is scheduled to have talks with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki on bilateral relations and differences including a borde ....
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Romanian MiG-21 fighter jet crashes during airshow, kills pilot
Date: 2018-07-07 17:58:20 GMT - Romania - International - SN:8 - ID:7477974
A Romanian air force MiG-21 Lancer fighter jet crashed during an airshow in eastern Romania on Saturday, killing its pilot, the defense ministry said, Euro News reported. Eyewitnesses at the airshow, attended by about 4,000 people said the plane ....
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At least 19 killed, injured in two blasts in Somalia
Date: 2018-07-07 11:44:29 GMT - Somalia - International - SN:4 - ID:7477435
At least nine people are dead and more than 10 wounded in an ongoing extremist attack on Somalia's interior ministry, ABC news reported on Saturday. Police in Somalia's capital said two explosions have occurred near the interior ministry as the ....
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Pope Tawadros attends prayer for Middle East peace in Italy
Date: 2018-07-07 09:59:34 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:2 - ID:7477216
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese attended on Saturday ecumenical prayer for peace in the Middle East, at an invitation by Pope Francis of the Vatican. The pontiff's several-day visit to Italy comes at the ....
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At least 16 dead, 50 missing as heavy rains continue to lash western Japan
Date: 2018-07-07 08:45:56 GMT - Japan - International - SN:1 - ID:7477103
The death toll from heavy rains across a wide swath of western Japan rose to at least 16 by Saturday morning, after three more victims killed in mudslides were found in Ehime Prefecture. At least 50 people remained missing, The Japan Times ....
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Netherlands expels two Iranian embassy staff
Date: 2018-07-06 16:55:17 GMT - Netherlands - International - SN:11 - ID:7476631
The Netherlands has expelled two Iranian embassy staff, RadioFarda quoted the Dutch Intelligence service AIVD as saying on Friday. "We can confirm that the Netherlands has expelled two persons accredited to the Iranian embassy," a spokesperson ....
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Kremlin refutes reports that pro-Iranian pullout from Syria will top Putin-Trump talks
Date: 2018-07-06 13:30:20 GMT - Russia - International - SN:10 - ID:7476314
Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has repudiated media reports, which claimed that the withdrawal of pro-Iranian forces from Syria would top the agenda of a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald ....
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Japanese FM attends Egyptian embassy celebration of July 23 Rev.
Date: 2018-07-06 12:58:25 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:9 - ID:7476240
Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono took part, as a guest of honor representing the Japanese government, in a celebration held by the Egyptian embassy in Tokyo to mark the anniversary of the July 23 Revolution. Addressing the celebration, Egypt's ....