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  • 7 killed, wounded in shootout in India

    Date: 2019-08-24 11:28:07 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:8074888

    NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (MENA) – An encounter between the Naxals and the District Reserve Guard (DRG) claimed the lives of two Jawans and five Naxals in Narayanpur located in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, DNA India reported Saturday. Based on ....

  • Pakistan: Two killed in attack on security check post

    Date: 2019-08-24 10:11:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8074784

    ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (MENA) - At least two people were killed when unidentified gunmen opened fire overnight on a security check post in Daraban Kalan tehsil of Dera Ismail Khan, Geo News reported Saturday. According to details, at least two others ....

  • Afghan forces kill 25 Taliban militants in north of country

    Date: 2019-08-24 09:59:35 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:8074735

    KABUL, Aug 24 (MENA) - Afghan forces killed 25 militants of Mullah Shoaib, one of the commanders of Taliban in northern Balkh province, Khaama Press reported Saturday. The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement that security forces killed the ....

  • Japan's premier arrives in France to attend G-7 summit

    Date: 2019-08-24 09:21:11 GMT - France - World - SN:10 - ID:8074743

    BIARRITZ, France, Aug 24 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Biarritz, France on Saturday to attend the G-7 summit, CNN reported. The world leaders are still flocking to France to take part in the summit. This year's summit ....

  • Trump arrives in France for G-7 summit

    Date: 2019-08-24 08:21:29 GMT - France - World - SN:7 - ID:8074673

    BIARRITZ, France, Aug 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump arrived Saturday in Biarritz, France to participate in the G-7 summit 2019, Alhurra channel reported. The US president said earlier that he was expecting 'fruitful' talks with his ....

  • UN expert: No peace in Myanmar if no military prosecutions

    Date: 2019-08-23 21:37:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:8074495

    NEW YORK, Aug 23 (MENA) - A member of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar warned Friday that there will be no long-term peace in the country and no return of Rohingya refugees unless there is accountability for the ....

  • Flights cancelled as Taiwan braces for typhoon

    Date: 2019-08-23 17:48:33 GMT - Taiwan - World - SN:50 - ID:8074353

    TAIPEI, Aug 23 (MENA) - Taiwan braced for Typhoon Bailu on Friday, prompting cancellations of domestic flights amid warnings of floods and high seas on the island, Euronews reported. Typhoon Bailu, categorized at the weakest typhoon level by ....

  • PM 'deeply concerned' about Amazon rainforest fires

    Date: 2019-08-23 16:28:47 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:8074319

    LONDON, Aug 23 (MENA) - Italian Prime Minister Boris Johnson has expressed concern about the fires raging in the Amazon and called for international action to protect rainforests, as his government came under pressure from Jeremy Corbyn to take ....

  • Detention of American detained in Russia on spy charges extends by 2 months

    Date: 2019-08-23 16:13:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:48 - ID:8074280

    MOSCOW, Aug 23 (MENA) - A retired United States Marine detained in Russia for eight months on allegation of spying will remain in detention for two more months, a Moscow court ruled Friday, despite the man’s claims that prison guards had injured ....

  • Trump aide claims he's not worried about China's latest trade war

    Date: 2019-08-23 16:00:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:8074250

    WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (MENA) - White House trade adviser Peter Navarro, who provides a strong protectionist voice on US trade talks within the Trump administration, denied that China's announcement on imposing tariffs on US goods caught the White House ....

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