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  • Korean ship attacked by pirates near Singapore Strait

    Date: 2019-07-22 06:15:38 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:8033935

    SEOUL, July 22 (MENA) - A South Korean freighter was attacked by pirates near the Singapore Strait on Monday, Yonhap reported Monday. The pirates armed with guns and other weapons assaulted sailors of the South Korean-registered vessel, the ....

  • Reports about Turkmen president’s death are hoax, says Turkmen embassy

    Date: 2019-07-21 21:41:41 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:8033784

    MOSCOW, July 21 (MENA) - Rumors about the death of Turkmenistan’s President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov are absolutely not true, a spokesman for the Turkmen embassy in Moscow told TASS on Sunday. "They are an absolute hoax," the spokesman ....

  • Pompeo says UK will extradite Wikileaks founder to US for prosecution

    Date: 2019-07-21 21:08:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:8033818

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday that the UK will extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange to the US to face prosecution on espionage charges. The US submitted a request for extradition to Britain, ....

  • Four Turks kidnapped in Nigeria, police launch rescue operation

    Date: 2019-07-21 20:35:38 GMT - Nigeria - World - SN:72 - ID:8033745

    ABUJA, July 21 (MENA) – Four Turkish nationals have been kidnapped in western Nigeria and police are conducting a rescue operation, Euronews reported. “Four Turkish expatriates were kidnapped at a drinking spot in Gbale village in the Edu local ....

  • Iran’s seizure of UK tanker in Gulf seen as escalation, says Washington Post

    Date: 2019-07-21 11:47:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:8032870

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - Iran seized a British-flagged oil tanker Friday and briefly detained a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, intensifying tensions in the strategic waterway that has become a flashpoint between Tehran and the ....

  • Airstrike targets large Taliban gathering in northern Afghanistan province

    Date: 2019-07-21 10:25:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:8032832

    KABUL, July 21 (MENA) - An airstrike targeted a large gathering of Taliban militants in northern Afghanistan's Faryab province, leaving at least 28 militants dead. The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said security forces conducted the ....

  • Taliban movement claims responsibility for attack on police station

    Date: 2019-07-21 10:06:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:18 - ID:8032720

    ISLAMABAD, July 21 (MENA) - Taliban movement claimed responsibility for a twin attack on a police station in northwest the country, ABC News reported. At least six people were killed and several others injured a dual blast on Sunday morning in ....

  • Three arrested over Hong Kong ’s ‘largest-ever’ bomb plot on eve of major anti-government protest

    Date: 2019-07-21 09:38:32 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:16 - ID:8032716

    HONG KONG, July 21 (MENA) - Hong Kong police have detained three men after seizing what is being billed as the largest amount of the deadliest explosives ever uncovered in the city, South China Morning Post reported. Controlled explosions were ....

  • Xinjiang part of China - White Paper

    Date: 2019-07-21 08:44:05 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:8032703

    BEIJING, July 21 (MENA) - The State Council Information Office published on Sunday a White Paper, clarifying to the international community certain misunderstandings about Xinjiang's ethnic, religious, cultural and historical issues. The White ....

  • German chancellor urges Europeans to combat chauvinism, racism

    Date: 2019-07-20 21:32:24 GMT - Germany - World - SN:54 - ID:8032415

    BERLIN, July 20 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Markel called upon all European governments to combat chauvinism, racism and right-wing extremism. This came during the chancellor's participating in an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of ....

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