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Afghan president's visit to US delayed amid 'differences'
Date: 2019-09-06 20:18:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8093124
KABUL, Sept 6 (MENA) - Afghan officials have confirmed that President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s trip to the United States has been postponed, Khaama Press reported on Friday. The officials have not disclosed information regarding the postponement ....
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US, Russia should maintain dialogue - senator
Date: 2019-09-06 19:52:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:44 - ID:8093122
MOSCOW, Sept 6 (MENA) - An American senator visiting Russia said he believes Moscow and Washington should maintain a dialogue regardless of who becomes U.S. president in the 2020 election, ABC News reported on Friday. Mike Lee, a member of US ....
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More than 76,000 in hurricane-hit Bahamas may need food, aid: WFP
Date: 2019-09-06 10:04:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:25 - ID:8092559
GENEVA, Sept 6 (MENA) - More than 76,000 people could be in need of food and other aid in the Bahamas after the Caribbean nation was ravaged by Hurricane Dorian, the UN's World Food Program said on Thursday, with eight tons of supplies ready to ....
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Heavy clashes ongoing in Farah in Afghanistan: Officials
Date: 2019-09-06 08:58:10 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:8092404
KABUL, Sept 6 (MENA)- Heavy clashes are ongoing between government forces and the Taliban movement on the outskirts of the city of Farah since Thursday night, local officials said on Friday. Taliban have been pushed back from the outskirts of ....
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Afghan president heads to Washington to meet Trump
Date: 2019-09-06 08:12:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8092378
KABUL, Sept 6 (MENA)- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will travel to Washington DC on Saturday with a 13-member delegation to meet with President Donald Trump on Monday, TOLOnews channel quoted sources as saying. Ghani’s visit to Washington comes ....
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French police: Two women stabbed in Marseille
Date: 2019-09-06 08:06:57 GMT - France - World - SN:12 - ID:8092355
PARIS, Sept 6 (MENA)- A knife attack took place on a school in Marseille, south of France, leaving two women injured, French police said on Friday. The man accused of stabbing the two women was found, meanwhile the motives of the attack remain ....
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Typhoon Lingling approaches S. Korea
Date: 2019-09-06 07:37:15 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8092321
SEOUL, Sept 6 (MENA) - A powerful typhoon is quickly moving northward to South Korea, with the country's southernmost island of Jeju bracing for the storm Friday afternoon, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported. Typhoon Lingling, this year's ....
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Dorian death toll climbs to 30 in Bahamas: PM
Date: 2019-09-06 06:57:02 GMT - The Bahamas - World - SN:9 - ID:8092295
NASSAU, Sept 6 (MENA) - The death toll from Hurricane Dorian has risen to 30 in the Bahamas, Chinese official news agency Xinhua quoted Prime Minister of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis as saying. Minnis called the storm a "generational ....
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No plan to seize Iranian tanker Adrian Darya 1: Pentagon chief
Date: 2019-09-06 06:09:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:8092279
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he currently had no plan to seize the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, which is at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers. Esper said he was in favor of efforts ....
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US will not lift Iran sanctions for the time being: Trump
Date: 2019-09-06 06:06:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8092278
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron about the necessity of halting Iran's activities posing threat to the freedom of navigation and trade in the Gulf region. During a phone call ....
