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  • 7 Taliban militants killed, 4 house-borne IEDs destroyed in Logar, Kandahar

    Date: 2019-06-15 09:37:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7981099

    KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces killed seven Taliban fighters in Logar and Kandahar provinces, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. The Special Forces also destroyed four house-borne improvised explosive ....

  • One person confirmed dead in Coromandel plane crash

    Date: 2019-06-15 09:30:44 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:14 - ID:7981080

    WELLINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - A pilot died in a light plane crash that took place in the northern New Zealand peninsula of Coromandel on Saturday, the New Zealand Herald reported. The as-yet unnamed pilot of the two-seater aircraft took off from ....

  • Afghan forces foil Taliban attack in west of country

    Date: 2019-06-15 09:25:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7981078

    KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - Afghan security forces thwarted a Taliban attack on the outskirts of Farah city in west of the country, provincial police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib said on Saturday. The attack was carried out on a security post in ....

  • Tajik president urges Asian coordination against terror, organized crime

    Date: 2019-06-15 08:34:54 GMT - Tajikistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7980982

    DUSHANBE, June 15 (MENA) - President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon asserted on Saturday the necessity of coordination and cooperation between Asian countries in face of the current challenges, topped by terrorism and organized crime. Rahmon was ....

  • Afghan Special Forces rescue soldiers from Taliban prison in Ghor

    Date: 2019-06-15 08:27:22 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7980995

    KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces rescued three security personnel from a Taliban prison in Ghor province, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. The Special Forces freed the three security personnel during an operation in ....

  • Malaysian PM begins three-day working visit to UK

    Date: 2019-06-15 08:26:01 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:10 - ID:7980981

    KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 15 (MENA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad arrived in London on Friday night on a three-day working visit to the United Kingdom, accompanied by his wife Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, Malaysian news agency Bernama ....

  • Canada postpones departure from Mali until end of August

    Date: 2019-06-14 22:18:07 GMT - Canada - World - SN:64 - ID:7980798

    OTTAWA, June 14 (MENA) - Canada's peacekeeping contingent will stick around in Mali for an extra few weeks this summer in order to smooth the transition for the next country set to provide helicopter support for the United Nations mission in the ....

  • Mexico says US cannot send back unlimited number of asylum seekers

    Date: 2019-06-14 17:27:49 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:55 - ID:7980517

    MEXICO CITY, June 14 (MENA) - Mexico has not accepted that the United States send it an unlimited number of asylum seekers, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said, ahead of meetings with US officials on Friday to determine the expansion of a ....

  • Trump says he's in no rush for deal with North Korea

    Date: 2019-06-14 16:36:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:7980443

    WASHINGTON, June 14 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Friday said he was in no rush to reach a deal with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programs, days after saying he had received a letter from Pyongyang’s leader Kim Jong Un, Euronews ....

  • 5 policemen killed in ambush by Maoists near India's Jharkhand

    Date: 2019-06-14 16:31:32 GMT - India - World - SN:50 - ID:7980515

    NEW DELHI, June 14 (MENA) - Five Indian policemen have been shot dead in an ambush by Maoists near Jamshedpur in Jharkhand, NDTV news channel reported. The attack took place this evening when the policemen were patrolling a local market in ....

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