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Russia's head of nuclear troops killed in Moscow blast
Date: 2024-12-17 07:58:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:10994491
MOSCOW, Dec 17 (MENA) - A top Russian general in charge of radiation, chemical and biological protection forces has been killed in an explosion in Moscow, according to the country’s investigative committee, Euro news reported. Lieutenant General ....
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S. Korea holds regular defense drills around Dokdo: source
Date: 2024-12-17 07:51:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:10994480
SEOUL, Dec 17 (MENA) - South Korea conducted biannual defense drills near its easternmost islets of Dokdo earlier this week, a military source said, in what marked the sixth such exercise held under the current administration, Yonhap ....
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Russia's war casualties in Ukraine up by 1,600 over past day
Date: 2024-12-17 07:47:52 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:14 - ID:10994477
KIEV, Dec 17 (MENA) - The total combat losses of the Russian forces in Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to December 17, 2024, amount to approximately 765,110 personnel, including 1,600 in the past 24 hours. This was reported by the General Staff ....
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China extends visa-free transit stays to 10 days
Date: 2024-12-17 07:44:31 GMT - China - World - SN:13 - ID:10994472
BEIJING, Dec 17 (MENA) - China announced on Tuesday a relaxation of its visa-free transit policy, extending the permitted stay for eligible foreign travelers to 240 hours, or 10 days, from the original 72 to 144 hours, as authorities aim to lure ....
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China launches new satellite group
Date: 2024-12-17 07:39:12 GMT - China - World - SN:11 - ID:10994457
BEIJING, Dec 17 (MENA) - China sent a new group of satellites into space on Tuesday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province, Xinhua reported. Launched at 2:50 a.m. (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier ....
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Seoul sanctions N. Korean generals linked to troops in Russia
Date: 2024-12-17 07:33:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:10994447
SEOUL, Dec 17 (MENA) - The South Korean government has imposed independent sanctions on several North Korean generals who were allegedly deployed to Russia’s Kursk region, KBS reported. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that ....
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5 police officers killed, wounded in attack on police post in northwest Pakistan
Date: 2024-12-17 07:31:13 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:8 - ID:10994375
ISLAMABAD, Dec 17 (MENA) - Militants on a motorcycle opened fire Tuesday at a police post in restive northwest Pakistan, killing at least two officers and wounding three others before fleeing the scene, ABC News reported. No one immediately ....
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Bolivia issues arrest warrant for ex-president Morales over minor trafficking
Date: 2024-12-17 07:31:00 GMT - Bolivia - World - SN:7 - ID:10994377
LA PAZ, Dec 17 (MENA) - An arrest warrant has been issued for former Bolivian president Evo Morales on suspicion of alleged "trafficking" of a 15-year-old girl while he was in office from 2006 to 2019, authorities said Monday, France 24 news channel ....
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Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits Pacific island nation of Vanuatu
Date: 2024-12-17 07:30:05 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:10994374
WASHINGTON, Dec 17 (MENA) - A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday just off the coast of Vanuatu in the South Pacific Ocean, ABC news quoted the United States Geological Survey (USGS) agency as saying. A tsunami warning for the island nation ....
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S. Korean Constitutional Court to begin Yoon's impeachment trial Dec. 27
Date: 2024-12-16 07:45:19 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:10992997
SEOUL, Dec 16 (MENA) - The Constitutional Court said Monday it will hold its first preparatory hearing on the parliamentary impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Dec. 27 kicking off the judicial procedures for his impeachment trial, Yonhap ....
