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Japan likely to pass bill striking S. Korea off export whitelist
Date: 2019-07-30 06:57:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:11 - ID:8044455
SEOUL, July 30 (MENA) - Japan is highly likely to pass a bill later this week to remove South Korea from its "whitelist" of trusted trade partners, the foreign ministry said Tuesday, in what would be an additional economic retaliatory measure in a ....
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50 Taliban militants killed, injured in northern Afghanistan raid
Date: 2019-07-30 06:48:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:10 - ID:8044479
KABUL, July 30 (MENA) - Afghanistan's Special Forces killed and wounded at least 50 Taliban militants during military operations in the northern province of Faryab, Khaama Press reported. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Special Operations ....
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Installation ceremony of Malaysia's 16th King begins
Date: 2019-07-30 06:33:17 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:7 - ID:8044483
KUA LAMPUR, July 30 (MENA) - Malaysians once again witnessed a historic moment as Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah is officially installed as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in a ceremony steeped in Malay royal customs and ....
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11 dead, over 5,000 hospitalized as extreme heat engulfs Japan
Date: 2019-07-30 06:31:24 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:8044454
TOKYO, July 30 (MENA) - At least 11 people died and 5,664 were hospitalized over the past week as a sudden heatwave overspread across all parts of Japan, the Japanese Fire and Disaster Agency informed on Tuesday, according to Sputnik. Between ....
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Pakistani military aircraft crashes on training flight, 17 killed
Date: 2019-07-30 05:56:59 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:4 - ID:8044451
ISLAMABAD, July 30 (MENA) - A Pakistani military aircraft on a training flight crashed in a built-up area in the city of Rawalpindi, killing all five crew members and 12 civilians, The Times of India quoted a statement from the army's ....
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UK pound flops to new low against US dollar
Date: 2019-07-29 12:45:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:38 - ID:8043545
LONDON, July 29 (MENA) - The pound slumped to a new two-year low against the dollar after UK Premier Boris Johnson announced the government was "turbo-charging" preparations for a no-deal Brexit on 31 October. Sterling dropped to as low as ....
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Imran Khan may visit Afghanistan in the near future: report
Date: 2019-07-29 09:05:53 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:8043137
ISLAMABAD, July 29 (MENA) - Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan may visit Afghanistan in the near future in a bid to help the process, it has been reported. Sources close to Khan has told The Nation media outlet that the PM Khan will visit ....
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Kabul attack: 20 killed, 50 injured in bombing, gun battle at politician's office
Date: 2019-07-29 08:47:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8043074
KABUL, July 29 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed and 50 injured in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Sunday in a suicide bombing and gun battle at vice presidential candidate Amrullah Saleh’s office, the government said in a statement on ....
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3 Daesh militants killed in security operation in Afghanistan's Nangarhar
Date: 2019-07-29 08:46:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:8043092
KABUL, July 29 (MENA) - Afghan special forces have killed three key Daesh group members in a security operation in Nangarhar province, east of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The provincial governor's office said in a statement on Monday ....
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Three dead in California Garlic Festival shooting
Date: 2019-07-29 08:29:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:14 - ID:8043073
WASHINGTON, July 29 (MENA) - Authorities in the western US state of California say a shooter killed at least three people Sunday afternoon at a garlic festival, Voice of America reported. The attack happened in the city of Gilroy, where police ....
