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  • Trump says military action against Iran still on table

    Date: 2019-06-22 17:08:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:7991980

    WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said Saturday he will impose additional sanctions on Iran in an effort to prevent Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons, adding that military action was still a possibility, The New York Times ....

  • Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist killed during encounter with security forces

    Date: 2019-06-22 10:20:14 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:7991333

    NEW DELHI, June 22 (MENA) - One terrorist was killed after an encounter between terrorists and security forces broke out in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district early Saturday. The gunfight was reported from Bujthalan area of Boniyar in ....

  • 18 injured in bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar

    Date: 2019-06-22 10:19:31 GMT - India - World - SN:14 - ID:7991326

    NEW DELHI, June 22 (MENA) - Eighteen people were injured on Saturday in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, India TV reported. Police said a bus on way from Kandni village to Kishtwar town turned turtle on the road at Fogmorh ....

  • Three dead and one gravely injured in Paris' building fire

    Date: 2019-06-22 09:57:16 GMT - France - World - SN:13 - ID:7991316

    PARIS, June 22 (MENA) - Three people were killed and one person was gravely injured after a building went up in flames on Saturday morning in Paris' eleventh arrondissement, Euronews reported, quoting the city's fire brigade. Twenty-seven other ....

  • Pakistan remains committed to peaceful, stable Afghanistan: foreign minister

    Date: 2019-06-22 09:09:49 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7991232

    ISLAMABAD, June 22 (MENA) - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday said Pakistan remains committed to a peaceful, stable, united, democratic and prosperous Afghanistan. Addressing the inaugural session of the Afghanistan ....

  • Putin temporarily suspends passenger air service with Georgia

    Date: 2019-06-22 08:08:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:7991168

    MOSCOW, June 22 (MENA) - President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree, which imposes a temporary ban on passenger flights with Georgia from July 8, the Kremlin press service reported. "From July 8, 2019, Russian airlines are temporarily ....

  • 9 killed as skydiving plane crashes in Hawaii, deadliest US civilian accident in 4 years

    Date: 2019-06-22 07:53:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:8 - ID:7991165

    WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - Nine people were killed when a skydiving plane crashed on the island of Oahu Friday, the deadliest civilian plane accident in the US since 2015, ABC News reported Saturday. The twin-engine King Air plane crashed ....

  • Afghan Special Forces kill 14 Taliban militants in Ghazni province

    Date: 2019-06-22 07:12:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:6 - ID:7991105

    KABUL, June 22 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed 14 Taliban militants during an operation in Ghazni province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. “Afghan Special Forces conducted a raid in Deh Yak district killing 14 Taliban ....

  • Mexico deploys 6,000 soldiers in south to face migrants

    Date: 2019-06-21 20:09:07 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:61 - ID:7990831

    MEXICO CITY, June 21 (MENA) - Mexico deployed 6,000 National Guard members to help control the flow of Central American migrants headed toward the U.S. and filled 650 immigration agency posts to regulate border crossings, the government was quoted ....

  • Cyprus ex-president Dimitris Christofias died

    Date: 2019-06-21 17:28:29 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:54 - ID:7990751

    NICOSIA, June 21 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades said his predecessor Dimitris Christofias has died at the age of 72, ABC news reported. Anastasiades said he was informed of Christofias’ death on Friday with "deep ....

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