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Massive blast wrecks head offices of Danish Tax Agency
Date: 2019-08-07 07:59:58 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:14 - ID:8055480
COPENHAGEN, Aug 7 (MENA) - The headquarters of the Danish Tax Agency has been rocked by a major explosion which blew off its front door and shattered windows across its facade, according to Euronews network. Two people were inside the building ....
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Pentagon chief urges Japan to mull joining Strait of Hormuz coalition
Date: 2019-08-07 06:31:59 GMT - Japan - World - SN:8 - ID:8055394
TOKYO, Aug 7 (MENA) - U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper has urged Japan to consider taking part in a coalition to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz as Washington struggles to garner support for its efforts to counter Iranian activities in the ....
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US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman resigns
Date: 2019-08-06 18:52:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:8055075
MOSCOW, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman on Tuesday turned in his resignation letter to President Trump, The Hill reported. “American citizenship is a privilege and I believe the most basic responsibility in return is service ....
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US envoy to Afghanistan: We achieved excellent progress in talks with Taliban
Date: 2019-08-06 16:21:26 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:84 - ID:8054852
KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said he has made “excellent progress” in his talks with the Taliban in Doha over the last few days. Khalilzad made the announcement in a tweet on ....
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NATO Sect. Gen. says there is real chance for peace in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-08-06 13:10:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:60 - ID:8054445
KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said a real chance exists for peace in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. He made the remarks during a press conference with the New Zealand prime Minister. Stoltenberg said ....
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UN envoy hopes for Friday's meeting between rival Cypriot leaders to yield positive results
Date: 2019-08-06 11:20:38 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:42 - ID:8054243
NICOSIA, Aug 6 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General’s special envoy Jane Holl Lute conveyed the wish that a meeting on Friday of rival Cypriot leaders will yield positive results and promised that she will return to the island in the next weeks. In a ....
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Obama implicitly rebukes Trump with call to reject normalisation of racism
Date: 2019-08-06 10:51:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8054137
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 (MENA) - Barack Obama has said Americans must “soundly reject language” from any leader who “feeds a climate of fear and hatred or normalizes racist sentiments” in his first public statement since mass shootings in Texas and Ohio, ....
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57 dead, 18,000 taken to hospitals in week in Japan heat wave
Date: 2019-08-06 10:35:35 GMT - Japan - World - SN:37 - ID:8054164
TOKYO, Aug 6 (MENA) - Fifty-seven people died due to heat-related medical issues in Japan over the week starting July 29, the government said Tuesday, with the number of those taken to hospitals more than tripling from the previous week's 5,664 to ....
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UN concerned over India's move to revoke special status of Kashmir
Date: 2019-08-06 10:33:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:36 - ID:8054182
ISLAMABAD/NEW YORK, August 6 (MENA) - The United Nations expressed concern over India’s move to revoke the special status of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK), a UN-recognised disputed territory, Pakistan's Express Tribune reported. Pakistan strongly ....
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N. Korea fires 2 short-range ballistic missiles: S. Korea's military
Date: 2019-08-06 07:52:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:15 - ID:8053897
TOKYO, Aug 6 (MENA) - North Korea launched two projectiles believed to be short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Tuesday morning, South Korea's military said, with Pyongyang also condemning a US-South Korea joint military exercise ....
