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23 terrorists detained in Nangarhar
Date: 2015-05-23 12:28:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:60 - ID:2648109
KABUL, May 23 (MENA) - National Directorate of Security (NDS) – Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested 23 militants from different parts of eastern Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported. A statement issued Saturday by NDS states that ....
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White House condemns Saudi mosque blast
Date: 2015-05-22 19:35:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:112 - ID:2644469
CAIRO, May 22 (MENA) – The White House on Friday deplored the deadly suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in Saudi Arabia. We "mourn the loss of life and condemn this violence," said White House spokesman Josh Earnest. "All of the victims were ....
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Czech government faces no-confidence vote session Tuesday
Date: 2015-05-22 18:38:12 GMT - Czech - World - SN:107 - ID:2644233
PRAGUE, May 22 (MENA) - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka's centre-left government will face a no-confidence vote in the lower house on Tuesday, Radio Prague reported on Friday. The demand for a no-confidence vote was tabled by the opposition ....
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British army works to defuse bomb near Wembley Stadium
Date: 2015-05-22 09:49:43 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:2640817
LONDON, May 22 (MENA) - Homes have been evacuated as the Army works to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb discovered near Wembley Stadium, according to ITV News. The 50kg explosive, which is believed to have been dropped over London during ....
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Russian official: US recognizes Assad main factor in solving Syrian crisis
Date: 2015-05-22 07:17:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:22 - ID:2639865
MOSCOW, May 22 (MENA) – The US has recognized that Syrian President Bashar al Assad is a main factor in solving the crisis there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov announced on Friday. Speaking to reporters, Bogdanov said that the US ....
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4.6-magnitude quake hits China's Wendeng: CENC
Date: 2015-05-22 06:46:14 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:2639717
BEIJING, May 22 (MENA) - A 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Wendeng City of east China's Shandong Province at 12:05 a.m. Friday (Beijing Time), the China Earthquake Networks Center said. According to Xinhua News Agency, the epicenter was monitored ....
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US Secretary of Defense meets Tunisian president
Date: 2015-05-22 06:44:35 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:2639721
WASHINGTON, May 22 (MENA) – US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter met on Thursday with visiting Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi at the Pentagon. The meeting focused on U.S.-Tunisian defense partnership, Tunisia's security situation, and ....
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Obama: We're not losing against Daesh
Date: 2015-05-21 22:15:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:2639409
WASHINGTON, May 22 (MENA) - Assessing his war on Daesh after the group overtook the key Iraqi city of Ramadi, US President Barack Obama said in an interview this week his strategy against the terrorists isn't failing. "I don't think we're losing," ....
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Pakistani official says favorable political atmosphere after offensive against terrorism
Date: 2015-05-21 22:00:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:128 - ID:2639405
ISLAMABAD, May 21 (MENA) - Pakistan’s Army Chief General Raheel Sharif on Thursday said that a ‘favorable political atmosphere’ is being built in the country following the launch of military offensive Zarb-e-Azb against terrorism in the tribal belt, ....
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Guatemala interior minister, close ally of president, resigns amid political crisis
Date: 2015-05-21 21:41:40 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:124 - ID:2639349
GUATEMALA CITY, May 21 (MENA) - Guatemala's interior minister is stepping down amid a growing political crisis and calls for President Otto Perez Molina and officials close to him to resign, Fox News reported. Mauricio Lopez Bonilla is a former ....