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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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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UN chief saddened by arson attack on anime studio in Kyoto
Date: 2019-07-20 13:30:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:36 - ID:8031961
NEW YORK, July 20 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has released a statement expressing deep sadness over the loss of life caused by the arson attack against an animation studio in Kyoto. Guterres extended his condolences to the ....
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UK defense secretary describes Iran's seizure of British ship as "hostile act"
Date: 2019-07-20 13:28:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:8031959
LONDON, July 20 (MENA) - UK Defense Secretary Penny Mordaunt has said the UK-registered oil tanker seized by Iran was intercepted in Omani waters, describing the incident as a “hostile act”, The Independent reported Saturday. The Stena Impero, a ....