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Italy PM reports to president, but no gov’t crisis – sources
Date: 2019-08-08 22:31:41 GMT - Italy - World - SN:77 - ID:8058214
ROME, Aug 8 (MENA) – Italy’s Premier Giuseppe Conte had talks with President Sergio Mattarella to update the head of State about the political situation on Thursday, sources said. The sources were quoted by ANSA news agency as saying that there ....
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Pakistan PM questions international community's moral courage to prevent 'genocide'
Date: 2019-08-08 21:39:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:75 - ID:8058201
ISLAMABAD, Aug 8 (MENA) – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday questioned whether the global community would have the "moral courage" to stop a possible genocide from taking place in Indian-occupied Kashmir, Dahaka Tribune ....
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Trump administration orders freeze on congressionally-approved foreign aid
Date: 2019-08-08 20:46:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8058184
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump's administration has ordered two federal agencies to freeze billions of dollars’ worth of congressionally approved funding for foreign aid, pending the agencies' review, Voice of America ....
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680 undocumented immigrants are arrested in Mississippi
Date: 2019-08-08 18:10:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:8057995
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA)- US immigration authorities have detained some 680 undocumented immigrants in what a federal prosecutor described as a record-setting operation, CNN reported Thursday. US Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi ....
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Climate change threatens world’s food supply, UN warns
Date: 2019-08-08 17:58:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:8058000
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - The world’s land and water resources are being exploited at “unprecedented rates,” a new United Nations report warns, which combined with climate change is putting dire pressure on the ability of humanity to feed ....
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US approves $800m sale of helicopters to South Korea
Date: 2019-08-08 17:36:08 GMT - south korea - World - SN:59 - ID:8057976
SEOUL, Aug 8 (MENA) - The US State Department has approved a sale of 12 Lockheed Martin-Sikorky MH-60R Seahawk helicopters to the South Korean Navy for $800 million. The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the State Department had ....
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Trump voices dismay over strong dollar
Date: 2019-08-08 16:33:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:57 - ID:8057969
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump again took aim at the US currency, taking a step closer to scrapping longstanding official support for a strong dollar, Bloomberg reported Thursday. “One would think that I would be thrilled ....
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France receives more Yazidi women and children from Iraq
Date: 2019-08-08 16:04:58 GMT - France - World - SN:53 - ID:8057628
TOULOUSE, Aug 8 (MENA) - France received a new group of Yazidi women and children and helping them settle in the country, The New York Times reported. France’s interior and foreign ministries said 31 families arrived Thursday in the southern city ....
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Afghan Telecom’s Commercial Director killed in an explosion in Kabul city
Date: 2019-08-08 16:00:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:8057872
KABUL, Aug 8 (MENA) - An explosion in Kabul city killed the commercial director of the Afghan Telecom Company, Khaama quoted the Ministry of Interior as saying. The Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials said a magnetic bomb went off in Company ....
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Turkish military offensive against Syrian Kurds not likely to happen - paper
Date: 2019-08-08 14:23:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8057445
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - A Turkish military offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters appeared to be averted as the United States and Turkey announced Wednesday that they had agreed to address Turkish security concerns and work together on the ....
