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Austrain FM calls for ending talks on Turkey's EU membership
Date: 2016-08-06 09:55:13 GMT - Austria - World - SN:22 - ID:5381249
VIENNA, Aug 6 (MENA) - Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has called for ending talks on Turkey's EU membership. Kurz said that an agreement on refugees with Turkey would not last. He said the EU should remain independent and never ....
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Three killed in fresh firing in Kashmir
Date: 2016-08-05 22:14:42 GMT - India - World - SN:94 - ID:5380397
NEW DELHI, Aug 5 (MENA) - Three civilians were killed and more than 100 injured in clashes across Kashmir on Friday as thousands defied curfew imposed to prevent a protest march to Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Times of India reported. The deaths ....
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Major dissident republican arms dump found near N. Ireland
Date: 2016-08-05 20:01:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:5380125
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Firearms and munitions were found by police during a two-day search operation in the grounds of a former convent on the outskirts of Lurgan, North Ireland, the BBC News reported. The weapons that were discovered are ....
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Japan protests to China after ships enter Japan waters near Senkakus
Date: 2016-08-05 18:17:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:78 - ID:5379989
TOKYO, Aug 5 (MENA) - Japan lodged a strong protest with China on Friday, with Beijing's envoy to Japan summoned to the Foreign Ministry hours after Chinese fishing boats and coast guard vessels entered Japanese territorial waters around the Senkaku ....
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Xinjiang issues China's first local counterterrorism law
Date: 2016-08-05 17:49:06 GMT - China - World - SN:71 - ID:5379577
BEIJING, Aug 5 (MENA) - The regional government of Xinjiang unveiled China's first local counterterrorism law Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. Based on China's Counterterrorism Law, passed in December 2015, the regional law details and ....
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Italy arrests people smugglers led by alleged radical Islamist
Date: 2016-08-05 16:50:39 GMT - Italy - World - SN:65 - ID:5379581
ROME, Aug 5 (MENA) - Italian police on Friday arrested eight people on suspicion of people smuggling and falsifying documents, saying that the gang's leader had sworn loyalty to Daesh, the Daily Mail reported. The group of eight, made up ....
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Russia tells US fight against Syrian militants must be intensified
Date: 2016-08-05 16:05:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:5379301
MOSCOW, Aug 5 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that the fight against extremist groups in Syria must be stepped up because they are using poison gas on civilians. Lavrov and Kerry ....
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Indonesia arrests six suspected of plotting Singapore "rocket attack"
Date: 2016-08-05 15:29:54 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:55 - ID:5379037
JAKARTA, Aug 5 (MENA) - Six suspected militants with links to Daesh group were arrested by Indonesian police on Friday while allegedly plotting a rocket attack on Singapore, the Daily Mail quoted authorities in Indonesia and Singapore as saying on ....
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10 arrested after Black Lives Matter protesters block road to Heathrow Airport
Date: 2016-08-05 12:55:17 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:41 - ID:5378041
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Activists linked to the US-based group Black Lives Matter blocked a road Friday leading to London’s Heathrow Airport and held protests in other British cities, the Global News reported. London’s Metropolitan Police said ....
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Black Lives Matter protest sparks traffic chaos outside London's Heathrow airport
Date: 2016-08-05 12:27:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:36 - ID:5377841
LONDON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Black Lives Matter activists protesting against racism in the UK have blocked roads in three major cities including London where traffic has been brought to a standstill outside Heathrow airport. As the movement carried out ....