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UN nuclear watchdog chief Amano dies aged 72
Date: 2019-07-22 08:38:38 GMT - Austria - World - SN:16 - ID:8034059
VIENNA, July 22 (MENA) - UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano has died, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday. The news came as the 72-year-old Japanese man was preparing to step down due to an unspecified illness, ....
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Abe wins upper house poll
Date: 2019-07-22 07:37:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:8033984
TOKYO, July 22 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling coalition won Sunday's upper house election but his long-held hope of constitutional reform moved further out of reach after pro-amendment forces lost the two-thirds majority needed ....
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Seoul leaves various possibilities open over Hormuz Strait issue: ministry
Date: 2019-07-22 06:57:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8033968
SEOUL, July 22 (MENA) - South Korea is closely monitoring the situation in waters off Iran, including the U.S.' possible request for its troops dispatch to the region, Yonhap news agency quoted the South Korean defense ministry as saying ....
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Vice president of Venezuelan congress ends hunger strike
Date: 2019-07-22 06:56:48 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:9 - ID:8033946
CARACAS, July 22 (MENA) - The detained vice president of Venezuela's National Assembly Edgar Zambrano has ended his 10-day hunger strike. His wife Sobella Mejias wrote on Sunday in the short message service Twitter, the authorities have allowed ....
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U.S. airstrike kills Taliban deputy intelligence chief in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-07-22 06:52:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8033978
KABUL, July 22 (MENA) - A U.S. airstrike killed the deputy intelligence chief of Taliban for Qarabagh district of Ghazni province, Khaama Press reported. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement on Monday said the U.S. forces conducted the ....
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Lightning strikes kill 32 in India's Uttar Pradesh
Date: 2019-07-22 06:28:19 GMT - India - World - SN:7 - ID:8033956
NEW DELHI, July 22 (MENA) - As many as 32 people were killed in Uttar Pradesh due to lightning on Sunday, NDTV quoted officials as saying Monday. A day earlier, the lightning had claimed one life in the state, while two others had died of snake ....
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Korean ship attacked by pirates near Singapore Strait
Date: 2019-07-22 06:15:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8033935
SEOUL, July 22 (MENA) - A South Korean freighter was attacked by pirates near the Singapore Strait on Monday, Yonhap reported Monday. The pirates armed with guns and other weapons assaulted sailors of the South Korean-registered vessel, the ....
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Reports about Turkmen president’s death are hoax, says Turkmen embassy
Date: 2019-07-21 21:41:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:8033784
MOSCOW, July 21 (MENA) - Rumors about the death of Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov are absolutely not true, a spokesman for the Turkmen embassy in Moscow told TASS on Sunday. "They are an absolute hoax," the spokesman ....
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Pompeo says UK will extradite Wikileaks founder to US for prosecution
Date: 2019-07-21 21:08:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8033818
WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the UK will extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face prosecution on espionage charges. The US submitted a request for extradition to Britain, ....
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Four Turks kidnapped in Nigeria, police launch rescue operation
Date: 2019-07-21 20:35:38 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:72 - ID:8033745
ABUJA, July 21 (MENA) – Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue operation, Euronews reported. “Four Turkish expatriates were kidnapped at a drinking spot in Gbale village in the Edu local ....
