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British air force intercepts Russian jets in Estonia
Date: 2019-06-17 20:58:54 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:87 - ID:7984929
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - Britain's Royal Air Force said Monday that two of its jets deployed in Estonia have been scrambled twice in recent days to intercept Russian aircraft, ABC News reported. The RAF said the incidents brought the number of ....
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Russia says US bombers intercepted over Black, Baltic Seas
Date: 2019-06-17 20:42:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:86 - ID:7984927
MOSCOW, June 17 (MENA) - Russian Su-27 fighter jets intercepted US strategic bombers approaching Russia's border from the Black and Baltic Seas, TASS quoted a spokesman for Russia's National Defense Management Centre as saying Monday. "On June ....
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Belarusian trade minister hails Sisi’s visit
Date: 2019-06-17 18:10:02 GMT - Belarus - World - SN:78 - ID:7984828
MINSK, June 17 (MENA) - Belarusian Trade Minister Vladimir Koltovich said his country voiced hope President Abdel Fattah El Sisi's visit to his country will promote mutual cooperation with Egypt. Koltovich on Monday cited that 120 meetings were ....
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Afghan official hopes release of Taliban prisoners is gesture of good will
Date: 2019-06-17 12:22:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:35 - ID:7983893
KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - Almost a week after the Afghan government released at least 400 Taliban prisoners out of 887 inmates to be freed in the near future, Chief Executive of Afghanistan, Abdullah Abdullah, said he hopes the move will be a gesture ....
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Nuclear powers upgrade arsenals as numbers fall: SIPRI
Date: 2019-06-17 10:13:37 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:22 - ID:7983787
STOCKHOLM, June 17 (MENA) - Nuclear powers are continuing to modernize their arsenals despite an overall decrease in the number of nuclear warheads, Deutsche Welle quoted a Sweden-based peace research institute as saying Monday. Nine ....
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100 children die of encephalitis in India's Bihar
Date: 2019-06-17 09:46:37 GMT - India - World - SN:18 - ID:7983623
NEW DELHI, June 17 (MENA) - Around 100 children have died from encephalitis in Muzaffarpur city in the state of Bihar, in east India, over the last 16 days, NDTV news channel reported on Monday. Nearly 300 children have been admitted to the ....
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Myanmar: UN threatens to withdraw aid over 'policy of apartheid' against Rohingya
Date: 2019-06-17 09:35:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:7983700
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - The United Nations in Myanmar has warned it will withdraw support in Rakhine state to avoid complicity in a government “policy of apartheid” for Rohingya Muslims. A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from UN resident ....
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Power cut hits all of Argentina and Uruguay, utility says
Date: 2019-06-16 15:13:10 GMT - Argentina - World - SN:46 - ID:7982792
BUENOS AIRES, June 16 (MENA) - A "massive failure" in an electrical interconnection system has left Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay completely without power, a utility distributor said Sunday, the CNN reported. Parts of Chile and southern Brazil ....
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Trump accuses NYT of 'virtual act of treason' for report on US cyber attacks against Russia: paper
Date: 2019-06-16 10:06:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:7982315
WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - President Donald Trump accused the New York Times of committing a "virtual act of treason" in response to a report that said the U.S. is ramping up attacks on Russian power grid. In a pair of tweets Saturday evening, ....
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WDCD 2019 to be celebrated on Monday
Date: 2019-06-16 09:41:25 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:14 - ID:7982241
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - The 25th anniversary of the Convention and the World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD) will be celebrated on Monday under the rubric “Let’s Grow the Future Together”. The United Nations Convention to Combat ....
