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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 ....
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PM Imran Khan departs for US on commercial flight
Date: 2019-07-20 10:07:17 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:8031576
ISLAMABAD, July 20 (MENA) - Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday departed for the United States on a commercial flight, Geo News reported. Since assuming office, this is the prime minister's first visit to the US. The prime ....
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Venezuelan authorities will not give in to outside pressure: Maduro
Date: 2019-07-20 07:18:24 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:11 - ID:8031463
CARACAS, July 20 (MENA) - The Venezuelan government will not allow the United States and European Union to influence the outcome of talks with the opposition, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said. "Venezuela will not give in to blackmail from ....
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S. Korea remains on alert over Typhoon Danas
Date: 2019-07-20 07:16:37 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:8031462
SEOUL, July 20 (MENA) - South Korea was set to remain on alert Saturday for any remaining impact of Typhoon Danas, though it appears to dying down, government officials said. The central government and local administrative bodies are maintaining ....
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Guided artillery strike kills, wounds dozens of Taliban militants in Afghanistan's Uruzgan
Date: 2019-07-20 06:09:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:2 - ID:8031416
KABUL, July 20 (MENA) - A guided artillery strike killed and wounded dozens of Taliban militants in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan, the Afghan military said. Khaama Press news agency cited a statement by the 205th Atal Corps as saying ....
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EU calls on Russia to stop supplying electronic warfare systems to Donbas
Date: 2019-07-19 16:51:53 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:51 - ID:8031105
KIEV, July 19 (MENA) - The European Union has called on Russia to stop supplying high-tech jamming stations and electronic warfare systems to its armed formations in Donbas, according to a statement made public by the EU at a meeting of the OSCE ....
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Pakistan's min.: All issues with Afghanistan being resolved amicably
Date: 2019-07-19 16:44:33 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:49 - ID:8031000
ISLAMABAD, July 19 (MENA) - Pakistani Minister of State for States and Frontier Regions Shehryar Khan Afridi Friday said all issues with Afghanistan were being resolved amicably and bilateral ties between the two brethren countries were getting ....
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UK min. signals he could vote to bring down Boris Johnson
Date: 2019-07-19 16:27:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:48 - ID:8031045
LONDON, July 19 (MENA) - UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond has suggested he is prepared to vote to bring down a Boris Johnson government should the likely new prime minister push for a no-deal Brexit, the Guardian reported. In an ....
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Kosovo PM resigns following summons from Hague war court
Date: 2019-07-19 16:10:22 GMT - Kosovo - World - SN:47 - ID:8031056
PRISTINA, July 19 (MENA) - Kosovo’s prime minister has resigned after being invited for questioning by a Hague-based court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after the country’s 1998-99 war, ABC News reported. Ramush Haradinaj ....
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Links between Russia, EU's right-wing parties cause for concern, says Merkel
Date: 2019-07-19 16:01:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:8031001
MOSCOW, July 19 (MENA) - Relations between Moscow and EU's right-wing political parties are a cause for concern, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday during a press conference in Berlin, TASS news agency reported. "Some questions arise ....
