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Britain temporary withdraws families of officials working at UK embassy in Beirut
Date: 2024-08-04 18:22:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:10815393
LONDON, Aug 4 (MENA) - British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Sunday temporarily withdrawing families of officials working at the British Embassy in Lebanon. The Foreign Office said: “Families of officials working at the British Embassy ....
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Biden hopes Iran backs down from conflict with Israel
Date: 2024-08-04 05:27:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:10814227
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (MENA) - US President Joe Biden has said he hopes Iran will back down from threats of retaliation against Israel to avert a serious war in the Middle East, according to Sky news. Tensions are rising in the region after Hamas's ....
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22 injured in explosion in paddock area at Germany's Nuerburgring auto racing track
Date: 2024-08-03 14:09:44 GMT - Germany - World - SN:31 - ID:10813452
BERLIN, Aug 3 (MENA) - Twenty-two people were injured by an explosion in the paddock area of Germany's famous Nuerbergring racetrack, AP quoted police as saying Saturday. Police said the accident, which they believe was caused by the explosion of ....
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U.S. forces move toward Israel as Iran threatens to attack
Date: 2024-08-03 08:08:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:10813048
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) – The U.S. military is repositioning assets and moving additional forces into the Middle East to defend against a potential attack on Israel by Iran, The Washington Post quoted U.S. officials as saying. US Defense ....
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Russia suffers 1,170 war casualties in past 24 hours
Date: 2024-08-03 07:38:20 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:9 - ID:10813040
KIEV, Aug 3 (MENA) - Russia’s total combat casualties since the invasion have amounted to an estimated 581,760, including 1,170 killed and wounded in the past day. That’s according to the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, Ukrinform ....
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Ukraine downs 24 Russian attack drones overnight Sat
Date: 2024-08-03 05:56:56 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:10812952
KIEV/MOSCOW, Aug 3 (MENA) - Ukraine’s air forces intercepted 24 of the 29 Russian kamikaze drones launched from Russia’s Primorsk-Akhtarsk and Kursk regions, as well as the Crimean peninsula. That’s according to the Ukrainian Air Force, Ukrinform ....
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China: 38 confirmed dead, 24 remain missing in highway bridge collapse
Date: 2024-08-02 20:27:26 GMT - China - World - SN:59 - ID:10812759
BEIJING, Aug 2 (MENA) - Thirty-eight people have been confirmed dead and 24 remained missing two weeks after a highway bridge collapse triggered by flash flood in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Xinhua news agency quoted local authorities as ....
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Athens on high alert over possible Israeli target attack
Date: 2024-08-02 12:54:53 GMT - Greece - World - SN:37 - ID:10812512
ATHENS, Aug 2 (MENA) - The National Intelligence Service (EYP) and counterterrorism authorities in Greece are on heightened alert after receiving a warning from foreign security services about a potential attack on an Israeli interest in Greece, ....
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Manila's Chinatown fire kills 11
Date: 2024-08-02 07:35:56 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:18 - ID:10812136
MANILA, Aug 2 (MENA) - A fire ripped through a building in the Philippine capital's Chinatown early Friday, killing 11 people, ABS-CBN News quoted authorities as saying. Crews from 14 fire trucks took two hours to control the morning blaze in ....
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School in South Delhi gets bomb threat via email
Date: 2024-08-02 07:32:53 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:10812132
NEW DELHI, Aug 2 (MENA) - A school in Delhi's Greater Kailash area has been cordoned over an email threatening to blow up the school, but nothing suspicious was found by the police, NDTV reported Friday. "An email was received at a school in ....