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Cypriot president to meet with UN Under-Secretary-General
Date: 2019-07-24 10:13:14 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:23 - ID:8036951
NICOSIA, July 24 (MENA) - Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades will meet with UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix on Wednesday in Limassol, CNA reported Wednesday. Lacroix will also meet with the Special ....
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S. Korea dismisses Japan's claim over Dokdo, vows stern response
Date: 2019-07-24 07:53:32 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:8036773
SEOUL, July 24 (MENA) - South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday dismissed Japan's renewed territorial claim to Dokdo amid military tensions over a Russian warplane's violation of its airspace near the easternmost islets in the East Sea, Yonhap ....
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Taliban militants suffer heavy casualties in Special Forces raid in Uruzgan
Date: 2019-07-24 07:43:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8036787
KABUL, July 24 (MENA) - The Afghan Special Forces inflicted heavy casualties on Taliban militants during an operation in Uruzgan province, Khaama Press news agency reported Wednesday. The Special Operations Corps in a statement said the Special ....
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Trump, Iranian regime running out of options
Date: 2019-07-24 07:39:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:13 - ID:8036774
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump and his adversaries in Iran are inching closer and closer to the brink, Washington Post reported Wednesday. Both sides insist they don’t want war, but a series of escalations in the Gulf and ....
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Four dead in rebel attack on Thai army base
Date: 2019-07-24 07:36:54 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:12 - ID:8036780
BANGKOK, July 24 (MENA) - Four people were killed in a late-night attack by suspected Muslim insurgents on a military outpost in Thailand's violence-wracked south, France 24 quoted authorities as saying Wednesday. The attack comes as anger ....
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US Senate approves bill to extend 9/11 victims fund
Date: 2019-07-24 07:27:32 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:8036731
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - The US Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill ensuring that a victims' compensation fund related to the September 11 attacks never runs out of money, Voice of America reported. The 97-2 vote sends the bill to ....
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Mark Esper sworn in as US defense secretary after record-length vacancy
Date: 2019-07-24 07:24:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:8036733
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - Mark Esper, an army veteran and former defense industry lobbyist, was sworn in as the US secretary of defense after receiving Senate confirmation on Tuesday, The Guardian reported. Esper’s confirmation, by a vote of ....
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EU's anti-Russian rhetoric not conductive to dialogue — Moscow
Date: 2019-07-24 07:17:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:8036761
MOSCOW, July 24 (MENA) - Anti-Russian human rights rhetoric by EU officials are not conductive to a constructive dialogue between Moscow and Brussels, TASS news agency quoted the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying in a statement. The ministry ....
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Mark Esper sworn in as US secretary of defense
Date: 2019-07-24 05:47:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:8036671
WASHINGTON, July 24 (MENA) - Army Secretary Mark Esper has been sworn in as US secretary of defense. Esper was sworn in at the White House by US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in a ceremony hosted by President Donald Trump and attended by a ....
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US airstrike kills Taliban group leader, his militants in Afghanistan's Ghazni
Date: 2019-07-23 22:07:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:67 - ID:8036526
KABUL, July 23 (MENA) - A US airstrike killed a group leader of Taliban and his fighters in south-eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, The Khaama Press News Agency reported on Tuesday. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said the US forces ....
