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  • Daesh-K spokesman killed in US airstrike in East of Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-12-27 09:50:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7732372

    KABUL, Dec 27 (MENA) - The spokesman of the Daesh Khurasan Sul Aziz Azam has been killed in an airstrike of the US forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Azam was killed in an airstrike which was conducted two days ago in Nangarhar ....

  • Extreme weather linked to climate change caused billions in damage this year

    Date: 2018-12-27 07:56:46 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:12 - ID:7732252

    LONDON, Dec 27 (MENA) - Extreme weather events linked with climate change, including hurricanes, wildfires and droughts, cost the world billions of pounds over the past year. Heatwaves tore across the northern hemisphere this summer, and ....

  • Trump makes surprise visit to US troops in Iraq

    Date: 2018-12-26 20:22:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7732093

    WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump went to Al Asad Air Base in Iraq on his first visit to US troops in the Middle East as president, ABC News reported. First lady Melania Trump joined him on the unscheduled Wednesday visit, ....

  • Ukraine slams terror attack on Libya's foreign ministry

    Date: 2018-12-26 19:56:21 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:71 - ID:7732003

    KIEV, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has strongly condemned a terrorist act committed in the Libyan city of Tripoli on Tuesday. "We consider the crime committed at the Foreign Ministry of Libya as a continuation of the chain of ....

  • Kosovo says border swap with Serbia non-negotiable

    Date: 2018-12-26 19:04:35 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:69 - ID:7732002

    PRISTINA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Kosovo's government said that a proposed border swap with Serbia is not negotiable, ABC News reported. Following a meeting on Wednesday, Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj said he would "welcome any idea or suggestion for ....

  • 430 killed, 1,500 wounded in Indonesia tsunami

    Date: 2018-12-26 08:52:30 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:14 - ID:7731027

    JAKARTA, Dec 26 (MENA) - At least 430 people were killed when a tsunami — sparked by landslides from an erupting volcano — swept through the Sunda Strait, leaving about 1,500 injured and almost 22,000 displaced in villages on the Java and Sumatra ....

  • US boosts number of its high-precision weapons near Russian borders — Navy commander

    Date: 2018-12-26 07:46:07 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7730971

    MOSCOW, Dec 26 (MENA) - The United States has been increasing the number of its strategic non-nuclear high-precision systems in sea waters surrounding Russia, Russian Navy Commander Adm. Vladimir Korolev said as quoted by Tass news ....

  • S. Korea completes preliminary design of new submarine

    Date: 2018-12-26 07:25:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7730909

    SEOUL, Dec 26 (MENA) - South Korea has completed the preliminary design of a 3,000-ton indigenous submarine that features capabilities for longer-duration and speedier underwater operations, Yonhap quoted Seoul's arms procurement agency as saying ....

  • US-led coalition strikes Daesh targets in Syria

    Date: 2018-12-25 22:33:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7730772

    WASHINGTON, Dec 25 (MENA) - The US-led combined joint task force fighting Daesh announced Tuesday that it continued airstrikes and coordinated attacks in Syria, days after President Donald Trump's decision to begin the withdrawal of US troops in the ....

  • Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Rises to 429

    Date: 2018-12-25 11:14:26 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:24 - ID:7729603

    JAKARTA, Dec 25 (MENA) - Indonesian disaster management officials say the death toll from Saturday's tsunami that struck parts of the west coast of Java now stands at 429 people, VOA reported. Rescue crews have turned to sniffer dogs and drones ....

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