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Michael Gove: government 'operating on assumption' of no-deal Brexit
Date: 2019-07-28 06:56:26 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:7 - ID:8041817
LONDON, July 28 (MENA) - The government is “operating on the assumption” that Britain will leave the European Union without a deal on 31 October, Michael Gove has said. The new chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, who is in charge of no-deal ....
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Taliban commander killed, 14 militants wounded in clashes in northern Afghanistan
Date: 2019-07-28 06:54:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:6 - ID:8041822
KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - The Afghan security forces killed a Taliban commander and his six fighters during a clash in northern Faryab province, Khaama Press reported. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the security forces clashed with ....
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Kremlin confirms preparations for Putin's visit to France in August
Date: 2019-07-27 21:25:23 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:8041714
MOSCOW, July 27 (MENA) - The Kremlin has confirmed that preparations for the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to France in August are underway, TASS news agency reported on Saturday. "Putin's visit to France is being arranged within a ....
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Afghanistan: Taliban mine planter arrested
Date: 2019-07-27 14:30:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:8041274
KABUL, July 27 (MENA) - Afghan security forces arrested a Taliban militant specialized in planting landmines in Mazar-i-Sharif, the capital of Balkh province. Habibullah was arrested Friday while attempting to plant a bomb in a crowded area of ....
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Two gunmen killed in clashes with Indian forces in Kashmir
Date: 2019-07-27 13:05:10 GMT - India - World - SN:33 - ID:8041135
NEW DELHI, July 27 (MENA) - Indian police said that two gunmen were killed in clashes with security forces on Saturday in Shopian district, located in the southern part of the disputed territory of Kashmir with Pakistan. The skirmish erupted ....
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24 policemen killed, injured in east Afghanistan explosion
Date: 2019-07-27 10:38:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8040922
KABUL, July 27 (MENA) - Death toll from a car bomb explosion that took place in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni climbed to four, said the Provincial Government in a statement on Saturday. A car bomb went off in Aab Band district at around ....
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15 policemen killed, injured in east Afghanistan explosion
Date: 2019-07-27 08:05:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8040742
KABUL, July 27 (MENA) - A car bomb explosion inflicted casualties on security personnel in the eastern Afghan province of Ghazni, said the Provincial Government in a statement on Saturday. A car bomb went off in Aab Band district at around 4:30 ....
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114 killed, millions affected as floods hit Bangladesh
Date: 2019-07-27 07:38:09 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:11 - ID:8040710
DHAKA, July 27 (MENA) - The death toll from monsoon storms in Bangladesh rose to 114, with flood levels still rising in many parts of the country, Indian channel NDTV quoted officials as saying on Saturday. About 30 people have been reported ....
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Airstrikes kill 12 Taliban militants in Afghan Kandahar and Zabul provinces
Date: 2019-07-27 06:55:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:8040685
KABUL, July 27 (MENA) - The Afghan security forces carried out separate airstrikes in Kandahar and Zabul provinces, killing 12 Taliban militants, Khaama Press reported on Saturday. The informed military officials added that the security forces ....
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US willing to hold 3-way talks with Japan, S. Korea next week
Date: 2019-07-27 06:49:25 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8040683
TOKYO, July 27 (MENA) - A senior US official on Friday expressed willingness to hold a trilateral foreign ministerial meeting with Japan and South Korea on the margins of Association of Southeast Asian Nations-related foreign ministerial meetings ....