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UN urges protecting 250,000 women humanitarians
Date: 2019-08-19 11:14:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:22 - ID:8068419
GENEVA, Aug 19 (MENA) - The United Nations is honoring the contribution of tens of thousands of women humanitarian aid workers who provide life-saving support to vulnerable people caught up in crises in some of the world’s most dangerous ....
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Seized Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar despite US pressure: paper
Date: 2019-08-19 11:00:19 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:8068372
NEW YORK, Aug 19 (MENA) - An Iranian oil tanker held for six weeks after being impounded left Gibraltar on Sunday, after the authorities in the British territory rejected a request from American officials to turn the vessel over to them, the latest ....
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Trump: US considering possibly buying Greenland, 'essentially it's a large real estate deal'
Date: 2019-08-19 06:14:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:8068046
WASHINGTON, Aug 19 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump spoke out Sunday on reports his administration has been looking into buying Greenland. Trump addressed the rumors with reporters outside Marine One after he'd landed in Morristown, N.J., ....
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5 killed, 6 injured in explosion in NW Pakistan
Date: 2019-08-18 20:48:02 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:84 - ID:8067871
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - Five people were killed including a tribe leader and six others wounded in an explosion in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghani borders, Pakistani police said on Sunday. An explosive device was planted in a car in ....
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Trump's trade adviser downplays China tariffs' impact on consumers
Date: 2019-08-18 20:47:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:8067904
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - One of the top trade officials in the White House argued on Sunday that China is bearing the burden of US tariffs on Chinese goods, not American consumers. "We've had tariffs on for over a year," Peter Navarro, the ....
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Gibraltar rejects US request to seize Iranian oil tanker
Date: 2019-08-18 16:49:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:65 - ID:8067680
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - A US attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker was rejected by a Gibraltar court on Sunday, paving the way for the ship to resume its journey in the Mediterranean under the Iranian flag and with a new name, the Washington Post ....
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Pakistan strongly condemns terrorist attack in Kabul
Date: 2019-08-18 15:56:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:60 - ID:8067691
ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (MENA) - Pakistan on Sunday strongly condemned the heinous bomb attack targeting civilians during a marriage function in Kabul on Saturday, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported. More than 60 innocent people had reportedly ....
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Iran ambassador to UK: Adrian Darya-1 expected to leave Gibraltar tonight
Date: 2019-08-18 15:03:52 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:56 - ID:8067632
LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - Iranian ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad has expected Iranian tanker Adrian Darya-1 to leave the British territory of Gibraltar on Sunday night. The vessel was caught by the British Royal Marines in a stand-off ....
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Canada welcomes signing of Sudan's constitutional agreement
Date: 2019-08-18 13:34:36 GMT - Canada - World - SN:50 - ID:8067362
OTTAWA, Aug 18 (MENA) - The Canadian government has welcomed the signing of the constitutional interim agreement between Sudan's ruling military council and the main opposition alliance, known as the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC). The move ....
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US hails Sudan's political agreement signing
Date: 2019-08-18 12:49:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:43 - ID:8067289
WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (MENA) - The US has congratulated the people of Sudan on signing of the Constitutional Declaration and political agreement between the Forces for Freedom and Change and the Transitional Military Council. "We are encouraged by ....