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11 killed, several injured as two trains collide in Sadiqabad
Date: 2019-07-11 05:55:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:7 - ID:8019182
ISLAMABAD, July 11 (MENA) - At least 11 passengers were killed and 67 injured when a passenger train collided with a freight train near Sadiqabad on Thursday, Geo News reported. According to details, Akbar Express travelling from Quetta to ....
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‘We are not leaving until the job is done’, says NATO’s SCR in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-07-10 16:11:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:64 - ID:8018650
KABUL, July 10 (MENA) - NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Sir Nicholas Kay has said the alliance will not leave Afghanistan until the job is done, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday. He made the remarks during a security shura ....
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Merkel is fine, chancellor's spokesman says
Date: 2019-07-10 13:55:25 GMT - Germany - World - SN:51 - ID:8018406
BERLIN, July 10 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking as she met Finland’s visiting prime minister on Wednesday, her third bout within the last month. A government spokesman said she was fine, Euro News reported. “The ....
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Darroch quits as UK ambassador to US
Date: 2019-07-10 11:50:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:8018183
WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - Sir Kim Darroch has resigned as the UK's ambassador to the US amid a row over leaked memos that were critical of Donald Trump, Sky News reported Wednesday. Sir Kim said the furor over the messages, in which he called ....
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US says Brexit trade talks with Liam Fox cancelled amid mounting fury over leaked Trump memos
Date: 2019-07-10 11:00:49 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:35 - ID:8018081
LONDON, July 10 (MENA) - Planned Brexit trade talks between Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade Liam Fox and the US commerce secretary, Wilbur Ross, have been cancelled, amid escalating tensions following ....
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UK Health Minister say Britain needs to reset ties with US
Date: 2019-07-10 10:41:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:30 - ID:8018043
NEW YORK, July 10 (MENA) - Britain needs to reset its relationship with the United States following a diplomatic spat with Donald Trump, health minister Matt Hancock said on Wednesday, as he failed to give his full backing to the ambassador at the ....
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Australia promises national vote on recognition of indigenous people by 2022
Date: 2019-07-10 09:42:50 GMT - Australia - World - SN:24 - ID:8017905
CANBERRA, July 10 (MENA) - Australia will hold a national vote within three years on whether to include recognition of indigenous people in its constitution, the government said on Wednesday, an issue that has spurred decades of often heated debate, ....
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Hook: Iran oil sanctions alone deny the regime $50 billion in revenue annually
Date: 2019-07-10 07:03:36 GMT - Iran - World - SN:15 - ID:8017702
WASHINGTON, July 10 (MENA) - The US special representative for Iran, Brian Hook, said that imposed oil sanctions on Iran alone will deny the regime 50 billion dollars in revenue annually, adding that the pressure is going to continue, Al Arabiya ....
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9 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Kandahar, Zabul operations and airstrikes
Date: 2019-07-10 07:01:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:8017736
KABUL, July 10 (MENA) - Afghan security forces killed 6 Taliban militants during the operations in southern Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces, Khaama Press reported. The 205th Atal Corps in a statement said the Afghan forces killed 4 Taliban ....
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EU mulls cutting funds to Turkey as drilling fight escalates
Date: 2019-07-10 06:52:37 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:13 - ID:8017715
BRUSSELS, July 10 (MENA) - The European Union may suspend most high-level contact with Turkey and cut the flow of funds in protest at its drilling activities off the coast of Cyprus, Al Arabiya TV reported quoting European diplomatic ....