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18 Daesh loyalists killed, 11 wounded in Kabul's Nangarhar
Date: 2016-06-05 14:30:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:41 - ID:5046213
KABUL, June 5 (MENA) - At least 18 loyalists of Daesh terrorist group were killed and 11 others were wounded during an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense (MoD) was quoted by Khaama Press as saying on ....
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Advance on Fallujah has slowed; Iraq’s Shiite militias want to step in
Date: 2016-06-05 13:56:59 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:5046629
WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) - Only a few days ago, the Daesh terrorist group ruled this verdant Iraqi farmland. By Saturday, the area was firmly controlled by powerful Shiite militias, which delivered swift blows to the extremists and severed their ....
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US Navy officer arrested for drunk driving in Okinawa
Date: 2016-06-05 08:15:39 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:5044317
TOKYO, June 5 (MENA) - A US Navy officer was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving in Okinawa, where a US base worker's alleged involvement in the death of a local woman last month has sparked anger among residents, Kyodo reported. The ....
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Facebook asserts not using phone's microphone to eavesdrop
Date: 2016-06-05 07:01:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:5044057
WASHINGTON, June 5 (MENA) – Facebook wants you to know that it’s not listening to you through your cell phone’s microphone, Time Magazine reported on Sunday. In a Thursday post on its website, the social media network countered recent claims ....
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3 Minnesota found guilty of plotting to join Daesh
Date: 2016-06-04 20:40:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:93 - ID:5043537
WASHINGTON, June 4 (MENA) – Three Somali-Minnesotan men in their early twenties were found guilty Friday of plotting to travel to Syria to join Daesh, ABC News reported on Saturday. The most serious of the crimes Mohamed Farah, 22, Abdirahman ....
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Obama mourns boxing legend Muhammad Ali
Date: 2016-06-04 20:05:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:5043325
WASHINGTON, June 4 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said he and first lady Michelle Obama mourned boxing legend Muhammad Ali who denied on Friday at the age of 74, CNN reported. "We're also grateful to God for how fortunate we are to have known ....
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Beijing calls on Washington, Tokyo to stop 'accusations' on South China Sea issue
Date: 2016-06-04 20:02:59 GMT - China - World - SN:89 - ID:5043329
BEIJING, June 4 (MENA) - China's Foreign Ministry said Saturday remarks by US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter and Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani on the South China Sea issue "are full of groundless accusations against China's legitimate ....
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One dead, 14 missing after leisure boat capsizes in China
Date: 2016-06-04 18:11:01 GMT - China - World - SN:80 - ID:5042533
BEIJING, June 4 (MENA) - A child was confirmed dead and 14 other people went missing after a leisure boat capsized on a lake in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. The child was one of the four people who ....
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1 dead in building collapse at Thai island resort
Date: 2016-06-04 16:34:14 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:75 - ID:5042517
BANGKOK, June 4 (MENA) - A woman who was one of six Thai tourists at a beach resort in eastern Thailand was killed Saturday when the building in which they were staying collapsed, police said. The other five people in the woman’s party, all Thai, ....
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Cybercrime costs global economy $500Bln -- Medvedev
Date: 2016-06-04 15:33:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:5041253
MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - The global economy loses on average $500 billion to cybercrime, with growing costs for the Russian economy, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was quoted by Sputnik as saying. "The global cost of cybercrime is ....