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250 killed, wounded in Kabul wedding blast
Date: 2019-08-18 09:54:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:8067019
KABUL, Aug 18 (MENA) - Sixty-eight people were killed and 182 injured in a deadly blast that targeted a wedding hall in Kabul, the state news agency Khaama Press reported on Sunday. There were women and children among the victims of the ....
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Pakistan says army ready for repulsing any Indian aggression
Date: 2019-08-17 18:59:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:41 - ID:8066613
ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Pakistani armed forces are fully prepared to repulse any form of Indian aggression in Kashmir, Pakistani army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday. Kashmir is definitely a nuclear flash point and a ....
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Hotel fire kills 8 in southern Ukraine
Date: 2019-08-17 07:39:55 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:8065788
KIEV, Aug 17 (MENA) - Eight people died and 10 were injured in a fire early on Saturday in a private hotel in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Ukraine's emergencies service said. "Eight people died in the fire and 10 more were rescued," the ....
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UNSC concludes closed-door meeting on Kashmir
Date: 2019-08-16 20:37:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:8065575
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - The UN Security Council met behind closed doors for the first time in decades on Jammu and Kashmir, the Washington Post reported on Friday. Pakistan's UN ambassador said the session showed that people in the region "may ....
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Active work in progress on supply of second batch of S-400 to Turkey - Kremlin
Date: 2019-08-16 17:44:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:8065535
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Active work is in progress for the supply of a second batch of air defense systems S-400 to Turkey under the previously concluded contract, TASS quoted Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov as saying Friday. "Active work ....
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North Korea says it has 'no intention' to hold talks with South
Date: 2019-08-16 17:13:23 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:46 - ID:8065499
PYONGYANG, Aug 16 (MENA) - North Korea on Friday rejected South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s Liberation Day call to rekindle inter-Korean talks, saying it had "no intention" to resume dialogue with Seoul even after joint US-ROK military drills end ....
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Explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan kills brother of Taliban chief Mullah Hebatullah
Date: 2019-08-16 16:57:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:8065527
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - An explosion in Quetta city of Pakistan has killed the brother of Mullah Haibatullah, the supreme leader of Taliban group, Khaama Press reported. Informed sources said that the Hafizullah Ahmadullah, the brother of Mullah ....
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First confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo's South Kivu province
Date: 2019-08-16 16:53:29 GMT - Democratic Republic of Congo - World - SN:44 - ID:8065521
KINSHASA, Aug 16 (MENA) - The eastern DR Congo province of South Kivu has recorded its first confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's year-old epidemic, one of which was a fatality, France 24 quoted the provincial government as saying ....
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Kremlin aide says Putin’s visit to North Korea is not under consideration
Date: 2019-08-16 16:45:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:43 - ID:8065497
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Russian president’s visit to North Korea is not under consideration at the moment, TASS reported. "I can’t tell you anything about it. This matter is not under consideration," Kremlin Aide Yury Ushakov told reporters ....
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Russia invites Trump, Kim Jong-un for 75th anniversary of WWII victory events — Kremlin
Date: 2019-08-16 16:45:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:8065496
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Russia has invited US President Donald Trump, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to attend the celebratory events timed to the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War (WWII) on ....
