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21 Afghan soldiers killed, injured in Taliban attack on security convoy
Date: 2019-03-02 10:06:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7828841
KABUL, March 2 (MENA) - Taliban ambushed a convoy of Afghan security forces in northern Sari Pul province, killing nine, said Zabihullah Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor. Amani said 12 other forces were wounded during the battle with ....
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Brazil's president to visit US, Chile, Israel
Date: 2019-03-02 10:00:40 GMT - Brazil - World - SN:12 - ID:7828895
BRASILIA, March 2 (MENA) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will pay his first official visits to the United States, Chile and Israel this month, France 24 reported Saturday. The former Army captain, who took office on January 1, will be in the ....
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30 security personnel killed in Afghanistan's Helmand assault
Date: 2019-03-02 08:26:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:7828786
KABUL, March 2 (MENA) - At least 30 security personnel and 20 Taliban insurgents have been killed as a result of a coordinated attack in southern Helmand province, sources said on Saturday. The attack, involving a dozen Taliban militants, began ....
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Eight dead in Indonesia mine collapse as excavator digs for survivors
Date: 2019-03-01 16:23:40 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:42 - ID:7827892
JAKARTA, March 1 (MENA) - Rescuers at a collapsed Indonesian gold mine brought in a heavy excavator to the perilous site Friday as they ramped up efforts to reach more than 30 miners still trapped underground, France 24 reported. Search teams had ....
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Kosovo president says no land swap to be talked with Serbia
Date: 2019-03-01 16:11:22 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:40 - ID:7828290
TIRANA, March 1 (MENA) - Kosovo's president has strongly rejected any idea of a land swap with Serbia, Fox news reported. Hashim Thaci said Friday in the Albanian capital Tirana that "a land swap (with Serbia) would never occur," adding that not ....
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40 Afghan troops killed, injured in attack on Helmand military base
Date: 2019-03-01 15:49:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:7828289
KABUL, March 1 (MENA) - At least 25 Afghan security forces were killed and 15 others wounded in the ongoing attack by militants on a military base in southern Helmand province, local officials told TOLOnews. According to sources, the gunfire is ....
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Pakistan shall respond to any aggression in self-defense: army chief
Date: 2019-03-01 15:39:37 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:37 - ID:7828238
ISLAMABAD, March 1 (MENA) - Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said his country would respond in self-defense to any act of unprovoked aggression by the Indian military, Geo News reported. The Pakistani army chief ....
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Washington Gov. Jay Inslee joins 2020 Democratic presidential field
Date: 2019-03-01 15:36:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:7828233
WASHINGTON, March 1 (MENA) - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday became the latest Democrat to launch a 2020 presidential bid, asserting in a video that he is the only candidate who will make combating climate change the nation’s top priority, The ....
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US military would exit Afghanistan within 5 years - paper
Date: 2019-03-01 12:31:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:7827944
NEW YORK, March 1 (MENA) - All American troops would withdraw from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan being offered in peace negotiations that could lead to a government in Kabul that shares power with the ....
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Peru: Massive 7.3 magnitude quake smashes South America
Date: 2019-03-01 11:34:20 GMT - Peru - World - SN:20 - ID:7827865
LIMA, March 1 (MENA) - A powerful 7.3 magnitude quake hit just 11km from Azangaro, which is located near the Bolivian boarder. So strong was the tremor that it was also felt in Brazil, Bolivia and Chile, the Daily Express reported Friday. The US ....
