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Japan apologizes for J-Alert malfunction after N. Korea launch
Date: 2022-10-05 07:25:33 GMT - Japan - World - SN:11 - ID:9807099
TOKYO, Oct 5 (MENA) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno apologized Wednesday for the malfunctioning of the government's J-Alert early warning system in nine of Tokyo's island towns and villages after a North Korean ballistic missile ....
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4 gunmen killed in clashes with Indian forces in Kashmir region
Date: 2022-10-05 07:06:01 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:9807031
NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (MENA) - The Indian police said Wednesday that four militants were killed in clashes with security forces in Shopian division in Jammu and Kashmir region. The gunmen belong to terrorist groups, NDTV channel reported. The ....
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US Navy carrier USS Gerald R. Ford departs for its first major deployment
Date: 2022-10-05 06:56:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:9807035
WASHINGTON, Oct 5 (MENA) - The US Navy's newest and most advanced aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) departed Wednesday on its first major deployment in the Atlantic area of operations. The commander of the US Navy's 2nd Fleet said ....
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New clashes break out in Ecuador prison after deadly riot
Date: 2022-10-05 06:46:02 GMT - Ecuador - World - SN:7 - ID:9807050
QUITO, Oct 5 (MENA) - New clashes were reported Tueseday in an Ecuadoran prison, where 15 people died in a riot the day before, the state prison administration authority said. “There has been a new incident” in the Latacunga prison in the center ....
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Soul, Washington launch 4 missiles into East Sea in response to N. Korea's test
Date: 2022-10-05 06:25:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:5 - ID:9807000
SEOUL, Oct 5 (MENA) - South Korea and the US fired four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea on Wednesday in joint drills, a day after North Korea's intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) launch, Yonhap News Agency quoted the South's ....
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UK to propose asylum ban on English Channel migrants --min.
Date: 2022-10-04 22:21:22 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:9806898
LONDON, Oct 4 (MENA) - British Interior Minister Suella Braverman set out plans on Tuesday for new powers which would ban migrants who cross the English Channel from claiming asylum. Braverman used her speech to the governing Conservative ....
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UN appeals for increasing humanitarian aid to Pakistan five times
Date: 2022-10-04 14:03:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:47 - ID:9806199
ISLAM ABAD, Oct 4 (MENA) - The United Nations has revised up its humanitarian appeal for Pakistan five-fold to $816 million from $160 million as it seeks to control a surge in water-borne diseases following the country's worst floods in decades, an ....
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Russia's Federation Council ratifies annexation of four Ukrainian regions
Date: 2022-10-04 10:11:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:9805573
MOSCOW, Oct 4 (MENA) - The Russian Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliament, has ratified unification treaties with Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics and Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, according to Russia Today. The ....
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U.S. to impose costs on Iran for crackdown on protests, Biden says
Date: 2022-10-04 10:08:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:28 - ID:9805571
WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (MENA) - The United States this week will impose further costs on Iranian officials responsible for violence against demonstrators who protested against Iran's government after the death of Mahsa Amini, President Joe Biden said in ....
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Japan mulling evacuation shelters amid growing missile threats
Date: 2022-10-04 08:42:34 GMT - Japan - World - SN:19 - ID:9805422
TOKYO, Oct 4 (MENA) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hirokazu has revealed the government is considering whether and how evacuation shelters should be set up in Japan for missile threats amid tensions in the Taiwan Strait and other places, ....