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Afghan Special Forces arrest Taliban fighter disguised in women’s dress
Date: 2019-08-03 13:12:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:29 - ID:8050309
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA)- The Afghan Special Forces arrested a Taliban fighter disguised in women’s dress in southeastern Ghazni province, Khaama Press reported. The Afghan Ministry of Interior said in a statement the Special Unit of the Afghan National ....
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Iran’s FM was invited to meet Trump in the Oval Office - US magazine
Date: 2019-08-03 10:18:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:8050006
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, received an unexpected invitation—to meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, ....
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Roadside bomb kills 3 western Afghanistan
Date: 2019-08-03 09:57:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8050001
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - At least three people were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in the western Afghan province of Herat. Shukrullah Shakir, the governor of Zenda Jan district, was killed in the incident, Afghan ....
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Civilian casualties in Afghan war jump in July
Date: 2019-08-03 09:32:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8049871
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - Civilian casualty rates across Afghanistan jumped back to record levels last month, following a dip earlier in the year, the UN said Saturday. According to the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, more than 1,500 civilians ....
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US federal judge rules against Trump asylum policy
Date: 2019-08-03 09:23:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:8049943
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (MENA) - A federal judge in Washington D.C. ruled Friday against a Trump administration policy that would only allow migrants who enter the US through legal ports of entry to claim asylum, the latest blow against the ....
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Afghanistan: 13 Taliban militants killed in airstrikes on Bulcheragh district
Date: 2019-08-03 09:03:21 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8049941
KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - The A-29 light attack planes of the Afghan Air Force pounded Taliban hideouts in northern Faryab province, killing at least 13 militants, Khaama Press reported Saturday. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement the Afghan ....
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India's police: 7 Maoists killed in Chhattisgarh encounter
Date: 2019-08-03 08:45:29 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:8049927
NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (MENA) - Indian police said that seven Maoists were killed in a gunfight with security forces in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh Saturday, NDTV reported. The exchange of fire happened at around 6 am in the forest near ....
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UN chief laments ending of Cold War-era disarmament treaty
Date: 2019-08-03 08:32:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8049868
NEW YORK, Aug 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his “deep regret” that the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty between the United States and Russia came to an end. In a statement issued by his ....
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Russia puts out 84 Siberia wildfires
Date: 2019-08-03 08:30:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8049862
MOSCOW, Aug 3 (MEN) - Russian Defense Ministry's aviation has extinguished 84 wildfires on the territory of 113,000 hectares in Siberia in the last two days, the ministry's press service said. "Using Russian Defense Ministry's aircraft and ....
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Venezuela ‘ready for battle’ if Trump imposes blockade: Maduro
Date: 2019-08-03 08:23:08 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:11 - ID:8049858
CARACAS, Aug 3 (MENA) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said his country was “prepared for battle” if the US imposes a quarantine, and said his envoy to the UN would denounce the “illegal” threat before the Security Council, Russia Today channel ....
