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FM spokesman: Iran-US talks excluded to nuclear issue
Date: 2016-08-01 23:01:24 GMT - Iran - World - SN:72 - ID:5358509
TEHRAN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Monday that diplomatic encounter with Washington excluded to the nuclear dispute. According to Iran's IRNA news agency, Qassemi made the remarks in response to recent ....
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Italy says US anti-Daesh strikes in Libya "positive"
Date: 2016-08-01 22:55:28 GMT - Libya - World - SN:71 - ID:5358501
TRIPOLI, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Italian foreign ministry said Monday the US air strikes against Daesh in Libya are "positive". ANSAmed quoted a ministry statement as saying "the operations are taking place upon a request by the government of Prime ....
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Dutch authorities enhance security at Amsterdam airport
Date: 2016-08-01 22:19:34 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:69 - ID:5358429
AMSTERDAM, Aug 1 (MENA) – Dutch authorities said on Monday it will take extra security measures at one of Europe’s largest airports; Amsterdam’s Schiphol. According to a statement carried by Sky News Arabia, local authorities said the current ....
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Indonesia to sink dozens of foreign illegal fishing vessels
Date: 2016-08-01 20:09:04 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:62 - ID:5358089
JAKARTA, Aug 1 (MENA) - Indonesia will mark its Independence Day later this month by sinking as many as 71 foreign vessels that were seized for fishing illegally in the country's waters, ABC News reported on Monday. Maritime and Fisheries ....
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70% of Daesh militants in Afghanistan are Pakistani Taliban: US commander
Date: 2016-08-01 20:08:41 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:5358085
KABUL, Aug 1 (MENA) - Top US commander in Afghanistan General John Nicholson has said roughly 70 percent of Daesh group loyalists fighting in Afghanistan are members of Taliban Pakistan. Briefing the Washington-based journalists earlier this ....
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Pentagon says to continue raids against Daesh in Libya
Date: 2016-08-01 20:07:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:60 - ID:5357925
WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (MENA) - The US military on Monday conducted precision airstrikes against Daesh targets in the Libyan city of Sirte, Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook said. The airstrikes comes at the request of the Libyan government of ....
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Turkish Foreign ministry summons German diplomat
Date: 2016-08-01 13:45:47 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:37 - ID:5355817
ANKARA, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Turkish Foreign Ministry summoned on Monday the charge d'affaires of Germany in protest over a German court ruling that prevented President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from addressing a demonstration in Germany to denounce ....
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Wall Street Journal: European prisons fueling radicalism spread
Date: 2016-08-01 13:25:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:5355973
NEW YORK, Aug 1 (MENA) - European prisons fuel radicalism among the prisoners, said the Wall Street Journal, referring to the Paris terror suspect Salah Abdeslam who was transferred to a prison cell in France where the paint on the walls was still ....
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Kremlin: Five servicemen killed in helicopter crash in Syria
Date: 2016-08-01 13:05:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:27 - ID:5355333
MOSCOW, Aug 1 (MENA) - Five Russian military personnel on board a helicopter have died after their aircraft was shot down in Syria, the Kremlin, quoted by ABC, has confirmed. The Russian defence ministry said the military helicopter was shot down ....
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Attack on Northgate hotel ended in Kabul, all terrorists shot dead
Date: 2016-08-01 09:44:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:5354077
KABUL, August 1 (MENA) - A coordinated attack followed by a massive explosion has ended with the elimination of all three terrorists, Khaama Press reported quoting the security officials as saying. Sediq Sediqi, spokesman for the Ministry of ....