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Around 1,500 terrorists gather along Afghanistan-Tajikistan border
Date: 2015-06-18 20:30:55 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:99 - ID:2824397
KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - Terrorists affiliated with various groups have been spotted along the border with Tajikistan and inside the Afghan soil, Afghan News Agency Khaama Press (KP) reported. The issue was shared by a top-rank security official ....
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Ukraine parl't sacks head of state security service
Date: 2015-06-18 20:28:02 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:98 - ID:2824453
KIEV, June 18 (MENA) - Ukraine's parliament Thursday has fired the powerful head of state security service after he had a disagreement with President Petro Poroshenko and became involved in a conflict with the nation's chief prosecutor, according to ....
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Sources: Boko Haram kills at least 30 in Niger
Date: 2015-06-18 20:20:34 GMT - Niger - World - SN:97 - ID:2824401
NIAMEY, June 18 (MENA) - Boko Haram militants attacked two villages in southern Niger's Diffa region overnight, killing at least 30 civilians, two security sources said on Thursday, according to Voice of America. It was the second major ....
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US may have spent aid on ghost schools, teachers in Afghanistan: SIGAR
Date: 2015-06-18 20:05:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:96 - ID:2824349
KABUL, June 18 (MENA) - The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has said that the United States may have spent taxpayer dollars on schools and teachers that did not exist, Khaama Press reported. The United States ....
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Russia summons Belgian amb. over freezing Russian accounts
Date: 2015-06-18 19:09:35 GMT - Russia - World - SN:91 - ID:2824117
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - Russia's Foreign Ministry summoned the Belgian ambassador on Thursday, informing him that Russia may adopt reciprocal measures if asset seizures are not reversed, according to Sputnik International. Russia may be forced to ....
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Egyptian GDRs in London stable
Date: 2015-06-18 18:21:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:86 - ID:2823933
LONDON, June 18 (MENA) - The Egyptian Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) in the London Stock Exchange showed stable performance at the close of Thursday's trading, except for the GDRs of the Edita Food Industries which went up by 17.99 percent to ....
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Saudi king accepts Putin's invitation to visit Moscow
Date: 2015-06-18 16:19:26 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:2823129
MOSCOW, June 18 (MENA) - King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia has accepted President Vladimir Putin's invitation to visit Russia, the TASS cited Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohammad bin Salman as saying on ....
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As UN-backed talks continue, Security Council calls for political solution to Libyan crisis
Date: 2015-06-18 15:07:47 GMT - Libya - World - SN:73 - ID:2822845
TRIPOLI, June 18 (MENA) - The United Nations Security Council has emphasized the urgency for Libyan stakeholders to reach a political solution to the country’s crisis amid ongoing United Nations-facilitated talks. In a statement issued late this ....
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German FM greets Muslims on Ramadan
Date: 2015-06-18 13:13:56 GMT - Germany - World - SN:59 - ID:2822233
BERLIN, June 18 (MENA) - German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier greeted Muslims on the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. In a statement issued by the German Foreign Ministry, the minister hoped Ramadan will meet the good ....
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Lavrov optimistic about success of Iran nuclear talks
Date: 2015-06-18 12:14:22 GMT - Iran - World - SN:49 - ID:2821425
TEHRAN, June 18 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reiterated that his outlook on the successful outcome of talks between P5+1 mediators and Tehran on a comprehensive nuclear deal with Iran before the June 30 deadline remains ....