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  • Tajikistan Air Force carries out airstrikes in Darqad district of Takhar

    Date: 2018-08-27 08:18:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:7548728

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - The Tajikistan warplanes have carried out airstrikes in Darqad district in northeastern Takhar province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted local officials as saying. The airstrike was carried out hours after a clash broke ....

  • 4 militants killed in clashes with Afghan forces in Kunar

    Date: 2018-08-27 08:10:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7548601

    KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - At least four militants were killed in clashes between the Afghan forces and the anti-government armed militants in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan, Khaama press reported Monday. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan ....

  • S. Korea aims to conclude defense cost talks with US by October

    Date: 2018-08-27 08:10:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7548691

    SEOUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - South Korea wants to conclude thorny talks with the United States on sharing the cost of American forces here by the end of October in consideration of the time needed for domestic procedures, Yonhap news agency cited a ....

  • Putin, Mongolian president to meet next month

    Date: 2018-08-27 07:54:18 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7548665

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with Mongolia’s leader Khaltmaagiin Battulga in Vladivostok in September, Russian TASS news agency reported on Monday. "The Kremlin expects that the meeting between the ....

  • Washington's new anti-Russian sanctions come into force

    Date: 2018-08-27 07:33:46 GMT - Russia - World - SN:9 - ID:7548599

    MOSCOW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Washington's new sanctions against Russia over its alleged involvement in former Russian intelligence officer Sergei Skripal's poisoning came into force on Monday August 27. Washington announced its new anti-Russian ....

  • Pompeo decries 'abhorrent ethnic cleansing' in Myanmar

    Date: 2018-08-26 20:12:33 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7548341

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said his country will continue to hold accountable those responsible for the "abhorrent ethnic cleansing" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, Voice of America reported Sunday. Pompeo's ....

  • Multiple fatalities after mass shooting at Florida video game tournament

    Date: 2018-08-26 20:05:03 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7548478

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Multiple people were killed Sunday when a gunman opened fire during a video game tournament in Florida, USA Today reported. "Mass shooting at the Jacksonville Landing. Stay far away from the area. The area is not safe ....

  • British woman sent back to prison in Iran after being temporarily released

    Date: 2018-08-26 18:12:03 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7548305

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed for spying in Iran, is back in prison after the judiciary rejected a request to extend her three-day temporary release, The Guardian reported. Zaghari-Ratcliffe ....

  • Plane crash in US kills aircraft's sole occupant

    Date: 2018-08-26 17:56:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:7548353

    WASHINGTON, Aug 26 (MENA) - A plane crashed in northern Vermont, the US, killing its sole occupant, The Washington Times reported Sunday. The Vermont State Police are investigating the crash in Island Pond. Emergency crews responding to a ....

  • Russia calls UK's Black Sea air force interceptions dangerous

    Date: 2018-08-26 17:54:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:55 - ID:7548308

    LONDON, Aug 26 (MENA) - Russia accused Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) of intercepting its military aircraft over the Black Sea in a dangerous fashion designed to provoke Moscow after the RAF made two such interceptions in a single week, Euronews ....

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