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Nearly a dozen Daesh rebels killed in Achin raid
Date: 2019-11-30 09:56:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:8210171
KABUL, Nov 30 (MENA) - At least 11 Daesh militants have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province, the Afghan Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Saturday. In a statement, the MoU added that the air raid was conducted in Achin ....
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Afghan army commander killed in Helmand roadside explosion
Date: 2019-11-30 08:54:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:8210109
KABUL, Nov 30 (MENA) - An army regiment commander of Afghan border forces, was killed in a roadside bomb explosion in Marjah district, Helmand province on Saturday morning, the provincial governor’s spokesman Omar Zwak said. Zwak was quoted by ....
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British police identify London Bridge attacker
Date: 2019-11-30 08:20:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:7 - ID:8210069
LONDON, Nov 30 (MENA) - Scotland Yard has named the terrorist responsible for yesterday's attack on London Bridge as 28-year-old Usman Khan, who was previously convicted of a plot to blow up the London Stock Exchange in 2012, The Daily Mail ....
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UK premier confirms London Bridge attack was 'terrorist incident'
Date: 2019-11-29 19:30:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:42 - ID:8209866
LONDON, Nov 29 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday confirmed that the London Bridge attack was a terrorist incident. Speaking in Number 10 after he interrupted his election campaign and rushed to Downing Street, Johnson vowed that ....
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Metropolitan Police treats London Bridge attack as terror incident
Date: 2019-11-29 17:54:55 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:8209762
LONDON, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Metropolitan Police’s head of counter-terror policing confirmed City of London officers had shot dead the suspect involved in Friday’s incident on London Bridge and that the force was now treating the incident as ....
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Taliban ready to resume peace talks after Trump’s Kabul visit
Date: 2019-11-29 12:48:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:8209275
KABUL, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Taliban said Friday they were ready to restart peace talks with the United States, a day after President Donald Trump made a surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan and said he believed the radical group would agree to ....
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China, Russia, S.Africa conduct first joint naval drill
Date: 2019-11-29 12:39:44 GMT - China - World - SN:23 - ID:8209312
BEIJING, Nov 29 (MENA) - The Chinese navy has joined its Russian and South African counterparts in a joint exercise near Cape Town, expanding its reach to the southern tip of Africa for the first time, the South China Morning Post reported. The ....
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Death toll of Albania quake reaches 49
Date: 2019-11-29 11:04:47 GMT - Albania - World - SN:19 - ID:8209196
TIRANA, Nov 29 (MENA) - The operation to find survivors and recover bodies from Albania's deadly earthquake was winding down Friday, with rescue crews limiting their efforts to a collapsed beachfront hotel in the port town of Durres as the death ....
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Moscow wins World Travel Awards Grand Prix as best destination city
Date: 2019-11-29 08:56:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:8209091
MOSCOW, Nov 29 (MENA) - Moscow has for the first time won the main nomination of the World Travel Awards (WTA) — as "The Best Travel Destination City", bypassing London, Paris and St. Petersburg, head of the Moscow tourism committee, Ekaterina ....
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Trump makes surprise visit to US troops in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-11-28 19:32:38 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:84 - ID:8208774
KABUL, Nov 28 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump visited Afghanistan for the first time on Thursday, delivering Thanksgiving greetings to US troops deployed here in America’s longest-running war, The Washington Post reported. Making an ....