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UK education min. resigns
Date: 2019-07-23 10:47:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:8035744
LONDON, July 23 (MENA) - UK Education Minister Anne Milton has resigned from the government, citing "grave concerns" about Boris Johnson's support for leaving the EU without a deal, The Independent reported. (MENA) M H K/M H E ....
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Pompeo: US seeks coalition to secure Strait of Hormuz
Date: 2019-07-23 08:46:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8035569
WASHINGTON, July 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Washington was building a coalition to patrol the Strait of Hormuz to keep shipping lanes open. In an interview to WFTV 9 late Monday while on a work visit to Orlando, Florida, ....
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Germany hosts Religions For Peace 10th World Assembly for 1st time in Aug.
Date: 2019-07-23 07:51:56 GMT - Germany - World - SN:12 - ID:8035487
BERLIN, July 23 (MENA) - Germany will host Religions for Peace 10th World Assembly, the world’s most representative, multi-religious gathering of religious communities, for the first time next month. The event will be held in the German city of ....
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Dozens of Taliban militants killed, detained in Special Forces raids in Aghanistan
Date: 2019-07-23 07:27:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8035496
KABUL, July 23 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed or detained dozens of Taliban militants during separate raids conducted in Logar and Paktika in eastern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The informed military sources said Tuesday that ....
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Kenyan police arrest finance minister on corruption charges
Date: 2019-07-22 12:56:32 GMT - Kenya - World - SN:58 - ID:8034543
NAIROBI, July 22 (MENA) - Kenyan police on Monday arrested Finance Minister Henry Rotich after the director of public prosecutions announced he would be charged over a dam scandal, Channel News Asia quoted the head of the directorate of criminal ....
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UK foreign office minister quits
Date: 2019-07-22 12:53:42 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:8034581
LONDON, July 22 (MENA) - Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan has announced his resignation, in the first of what is expected to be a stream of ministers walking out of government because they are unwilling to serve under Boris Johnson, The ....
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IAEA expresses deepest sadness over Amano's death
Date: 2019-07-22 09:34:19 GMT - Austria - World - SN:23 - ID:8034099
VIENNA, July 22 (MENA) - The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday in a note to member states that "The Secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency regrets to inform with deepest sadness of the passing away of Director ....
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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 ....
