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Two monks shot dead as violence flares in Thailand's deep south
Date: 2019-01-19 08:06:17 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:9 - ID:7763887
BANGKOK, Jan 19 (MENA) - Gunmen in Thailand's deep south shot dead two Buddhist monks and wounded two others inside a temple, police said Saturday, capping a week of deadly violence as the prime minister vowed to "punish" those responsible, France ....
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Daesh bomb kills Taliban local commander in Kunar province
Date: 2019-01-19 07:55:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7763899
KABUL, Jan 19 (MENA) - A local commander of the Taliban group was killed in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. The Afghan Military in ....
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US lawmakers to investigate report that Trump directed Cohen to lie to Congress
Date: 2019-01-18 18:39:26 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7763546
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - Lawmakers said they would investigate a report that President Donald Trump directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the president’s involvement in a real-estate deal with Russia during the 2016 ....
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Moscow condemns deadly car bomb attack in Bogota
Date: 2019-01-18 18:28:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:7763550
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday a deadly car bomb attack that hit the General Santander National Police Academy in Bogota and expressed hope for a successful conclusion of the peace process in Colombia, ....
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Moscow warns of 'relaunch of Reagan-era Star Wars program'
Date: 2019-01-18 18:09:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:62 - ID:7763518
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday described a fresh new US Missile Defence Strategy, presented by President Donald Trump Thursday, as "relaunch of Reagan-era Star Wars program." "Contrary to the claims of the authors ....
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Swedish parliament confirms Stefan Lofven as PM
Date: 2019-01-18 17:24:08 GMT - Sweden - World - SN:59 - ID:7763545
STOCKHOLM, Jan 18 (MENA) - Swedish parliament on Friday voted to give Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office, ending more than four-month deadlock, RT reported. Lofven secured a deal with the Center, Liberal and Green ....
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Navy officials says carrier could be sent through Taiwan Strait
Date: 2019-01-18 17:17:27 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:7763521
WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (MENA) - A Navy official on Friday said it could still send an aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait in spite of recent military advances by China that could heighten the threat posed to US warships, The Hill reported. "We ....
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Dozens Taliban militants killed in separate military operations in Nangarhar
Date: 2019-01-18 16:36:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7763447
KABUL, Jan 18 (MENA) - A coalition airstrike targeted a group of Taliban insurgents who were planting Improvised Explosive Device on a roadside in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan leaving at least five militants dead, Khaama Press ....
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Iraqi FM to visit Moscow on Jan. 30 - ambassador
Date: 2019-01-18 15:01:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:7763382
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Iraq's new Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Alhakim will visit Moscow on January 30 to meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Iraqi Ambassador to Moscow Haidar Mansour Hadi told Sputnik news agency on ....
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Lavrov: Russia ready to continue dialogue with US to save INF
Date: 2019-01-18 12:13:14 GMT - Russia - World - SN:30 - ID:7763101
MOSCOW, Jan 18 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia is ready to continue the dialogue with the United States in order to save the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, Sputnik news agency reported. "Despite ....
