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Taliban ready to resume peace talks after Trump’s Kabul visit
Date: 2019-11-29 12:48:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8209275
KABUL, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Taliban said Friday they were ready to restart peace talks with the United States, a day after President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan and said he believed the radical group would agree to ....
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China, Russia, S.Africa conduct first joint naval drill
Date: 2019-11-29 12:39:44 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:8209312
BEIJING, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Chinese navy has joined its Russian and South African counterparts in a joint exercise near Cape Town, expanding its reach to the southern tip of Africa for the first time, the South China Morning Post reported. The ....
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Death toll of Albania quake reaches 49
Date: 2019-11-29 11:04:47 GMT - Albania - World - SN:19 - ID:8209196
TIRANA, Nov 29 (MENA) - The operation to find survivors and recover bodies from Albania's deadly earthquake was winding down Friday, with rescue crews limiting their efforts to a collapsed beachfront hotel in the port town of Durres as the death ....
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Moscow wins World Travel Awards Grand Prix as best destination city
Date: 2019-11-29 08:56:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8209091
MOSCOW, Nov 29 (MENA) - Moscow has for the first time won the main nomination of the World Travel Awards (WTA) — as "The Best Travel Destination City", bypassing London, Paris and St. Petersburg, head of the Moscow tourism committee, Ekaterina ....
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Trump makes surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-11-28 19:32:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:84 - ID:8208774
KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump visited Afghanistan for the first time on Thursday, delivering Thanksgiving greetings to US troops deployed here in America’s longest-running war, The Washington Post reported. Making an ....
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Facebook, messenger, Instagram crash on Thanksgiving
Date: 2019-11-28 17:39:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:8208648
WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (MENA) -Instagram, Facebook and Messenger have gone down in a major Thanksgiving outage. For many attempting to share Thanksgiving posts on Facebook on Thursday morning, it seemed the social network was not in the holiday ....
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Afghanistan special forces kill 7 militants in Kandahar raids
Date: 2019-11-28 12:03:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:8207703
KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - Special Forces killed seven Taliban militants during separate raids in southern Kandahar province, Khaama Press reported, quoting the Afghan military. According to a statement released by 205th Atal Corps, the Special ....
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Afghan peace talks may produce positive outcome in the ‘near term’: Senior U.S. General
Date: 2019-11-28 10:13:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8207595
KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - A top U.S. General has said the Afghan talks may produce a positive outcome in the ‘near term’ as efforts are under way to revive negotiations with the US. Army General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ....
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Albania quake death toll rises to 39, says PM
Date: 2019-11-28 09:45:11 GMT - Albania - World - SN:16 - ID:8207592
TIRANA, Nov 28 (MENA) - Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama put the death toll from the deadly quake that struck Albania's Adriatic coast at 39 after authorities said six more bodies had been recovered from the northwestern town of Thumane and two from ....
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Car bomb explosion injures 13 civilians northern Afghanistan
Date: 2019-11-28 08:15:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:8207469
KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - A Taliban car bomb went off prematurely in a residential area in the northern Afghan province of Sar-e Pul, injuring 13 civilians and damaging 10 houses, Khaama Press agency quoted the Afghan military as saying on ....