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  • Daesh claims responsibility for Afghanistan's bombing

    Date: 2019-08-18 12:36:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:41 - ID:8067358

    KABUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group claimed on Sunday responsibility for the deadly bombing in west of Kabul city. The group issued a statement in Arabic saying the attack was carried out by suicide bomber Abu Asim Al-Pakistani, ....

  • Russia ready to discuss missile issues with US: defense min.

    Date: 2019-08-18 12:14:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:8067114

    MOSCOW, Aug 18 (MENA) - Despite the United States’ withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Moscow is still ready for dialogue on intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the Rossiya-24 TV channel on ....

  • UK faces food, fuel and drugs shortages in no-deal Brexit: report

    Date: 2019-08-18 10:24:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:8067113

    LONDON, Aug 18 (MENA) - A no-deal Brexit could lead to shortages of food, fuel and medicine, as well as a hard border on the island of Ireland, Sky News quoted leaked official government documents published in the Sunday Times. The newspaper said ....

  • 250 killed, wounded in Kabul wedding blast

    Date: 2019-08-18 09:54:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8067019

    KABUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - Sixty-eight people were killed and 182 injured in a deadly blast that targeted a wedding hall in Kabul, the state news agency Khaama Press reported on Sunday. There were women and children among the victims of the ....

  • Pakistan says army ready for repulsing any Indian aggression

    Date: 2019-08-17 18:59:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:41 - ID:8066613

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Pakistani armed forces are fully prepared to repulse any form of Indian aggression in Kashmir, Pakistani army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday. Kashmir is definitely a nuclear flash point and a ....

  • Hotel fire kills 8 in southern Ukraine

    Date: 2019-08-17 07:39:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:8065788

    KIEV, Aug 17 (MENA) - Eight people died and 10 were injured in a fire early on Saturday in a private hotel in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine's emergencies service said. "Eight people died in the fire and 10 more were rescued," the ....

  • UNSC concludes closed-door meeting on Kashmir

    Date: 2019-08-16 20:37:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8065575

    NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - The UN Security Council met behind closed doors for the first time in decades on Jammu and Kashmir, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Pakistan's UN ambassador said the session showed that people in the region "may ....

  • Active work in progress on supply of second batch of S-400 to Turkey - Kremlin

    Date: 2019-08-16 17:44:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:8065535

    MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Active work is in progress for the supply of a second batch of air defense systems S-400 to Turkey under the previously concluded contract, TASS quoted Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov as saying Friday. "Active work ....

  • North Korea says it has 'no intention' to hold talks with South

    Date: 2019-08-16 17:13:23 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:46 - ID:8065499

    PYONGYANG, Aug 16 (MENA) - North Korea on Friday rejected South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Liberation Day call to rekindle inter-Korean talks, saying it had "no intention" to resume dialogue with Seoul even after joint US-ROK military drills end ....

  • Explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan kills brother of Taliban chief Mullah Hebatullah

    Date: 2019-08-16 16:57:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8065527

    KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - An explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan has killed the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, the supreme leader of Taliban group, Khaama Press reported. Informed sources said that the Hafizullah Ahmadullah, the brother of Mullah ....

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