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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 ....
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Putin awards Hero of Russia titles to pilots of belly-landed aircraft
Date: 2019-08-16 16:32:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:40 - ID:8065498
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has bestowed the Hero of Russia titles on the two Ural Airlines pilots who were forced to make an emergency landing in a cornfield in Moscow on Thursday. Other crew-members have been awarded ....
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India suspends Thar Link Express amid tensions with Pakistan
Date: 2019-08-16 14:35:29 GMT - India - World - SN:36 - ID:8065359
NEW DELHI, Aug 16 (MENA) - India on Friday suspended the weekly Thar Link Express which connects Jodhpur in Rajasthan to Karachi in Pakistan, The Times of India reported. The train's scheduled journey on Friday will not take place, North Western ....
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Three Russians kidnapped by pirates off Cameroon's coast - Moscow
Date: 2019-08-16 14:34:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:35 - ID:8065276
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - Three Russian nationals have been kidnapped by pirates off Cameroon's coast, and Russian diplomats are making effort to release them, Sputnik News quoted a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday. "According to ....
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UN: New bid to repatriate Rohingya Muslims from Bangladesh to Myanmar
Date: 2019-08-16 12:40:57 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:25 - ID:8065185
NEW YORK, Aug 16 (MENA) - Myanmar and Bangladesh are making a second attempt to start repatriating Rohingya Muslims after more than 700,000 of them fled a security crackdown in Myanmar almost two years ago, The Time reported on Friday, citing a ....
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Four killed in blast at mosque in Balochistan’s Kuchlak
Date: 2019-08-16 11:25:32 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:23 - ID:8065135
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (MENA) - At least four people were killed in a blast at a mosque in Kuchlak, near Quetta on Friday. At least eight injuries have been reported, according to Geo News channel. The blast occurred during the Friday prayer sermon at ....
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Pakistan lodges protest with India over ceasefire violations
Date: 2019-08-16 11:20:54 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:8065032
ISLAMABAD, Aug 16 (MENA) - Pakistan on Friday lodged a strong protest with India over the unprovoked ceasefire violations by Indian occupation forces along the Line of Control (LoC) on August 15 and 16. The Foreign Office summoned Indian Deputy ....
