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  • 9 killed in separate attacks in eastern Burkina Faso

    Date: 2018-09-15 18:38:06 GMT - Burkina Faso - World - SN:46 - ID:7577516

    OUAGADOUGOU, Sept, 15 (MENA) - Authorities in Burkina Faso said extremists have killed at least nine civilians in two attacks in the country's east, ABC News reported on Saturday. The governorate of the eastern region said six people including ....

  • Afghan forces suffer casualties in Parwan explosion

    Date: 2018-09-15 10:27:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7576684

    KABUL, Sept 15 (MENA) - An explosion has targeted Afghan security forces in northern Parwan province , leaving at least eight of them dead or wounded, Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. Provincial spokesperson Wahida Shahkar confirmed ....

  • Pakistan’s FM off to Kabul for talks with Afghan officials

    Date: 2018-09-15 09:24:04 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7576595

    KABUL, Sept 15 (MENA) - Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for Kabul on Saturday to meet with Afghan officials, Khaama Press news agency reported. “Foreign Minister Qureshi left for Kabul on his first foreign visit abroad, ....

  • Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippine agree to boost military cooperation

    Date: 2018-09-15 09:14:54 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:10 - ID:7576592

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (MENA) - The defense ministers of Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have agreed to look into strengthening their ground forces through conducting military training as an added initiative to solidify their Trilateral ....

  • US nuke envoy visits Seoul ahead of inter-Korean summit

    Date: 2018-09-15 07:58:35 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:7576560

    SEOUL, Sept 15 (MENA) - A US top nuclear envoy visited South Korea on Saturday, days before the leaders of the two Koreas are set to hold a summit meeting next week, Yonhap news agency reported. Stephen Biegun arrived in Seoul, following his ....

  • Hurricane Florence kills 5 in North Carolina

    Date: 2018-09-14 22:34:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:63 - ID:7576455

    WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - At least five people, including a mother and her infant, have died in North Carolina as Tropical Storm Florence slowly moves through the Carolinas, officials were quoted by CNN as saying on Friday. Two people died in ....

  • Germany urges Russia to avert Syria humanitarian crisis

    Date: 2018-09-14 20:59:19 GMT - Germany - World - SN:58 - ID:7576376

    BERLIN, Sept 14 (MENA) - German Foreign minister Heiko Maas met with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Berlin on Friday to discuss measures to avert the humanitarian crisis that would likely result if a looming bombing campaign in the Syrian city ....

  • US sanctions Thai company for ties to Iran

    Date: 2018-09-14 18:17:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:49 - ID:7576285

    WASHINGTON, Sept 14 (MENA) - The US government on Friday imposed sanctions on a Thailand-based company it says provides services to an Iranian airline that Washington accuses of supporting terrorist activities directed by Iran's government, ABC News ....

  • China reports new African swine fever cases

    Date: 2018-09-14 18:15:12 GMT - China - World - SN:48 - ID:7576267

    BEIJING, Sept 14 (MENA) - China has confirmed two new outbreaks of African swine fever in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and central China's Henan Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs was quoted by Xinhua news ....

  • 17 people killed in bus accident in India

    Date: 2018-09-14 16:21:48 GMT - India - World - SN:43 - ID:7576190

    NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (MENA) - At least 17 passengers were killed and over 13 were injured when a mini bus skidded off the road and plunged into a gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, India TV reported on Friday. The accident occurred ....

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