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Trust-building is first step in UN Yemen talks, says envoy
Date: 2018-09-05 22:01:39 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:78 - ID:7563992
GENEVA, Sept 5 (MENA) - Peace talks between Yemen's warring parties will start by trying to build trust between the two sides, who are both keen to agree prisoner releases, and substance will come later, US News quoted UN Special Envoy Martin ....
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22 people missing after boat capsizes in India's northeast
Date: 2018-09-05 21:33:46 GMT - India - World - SN:75 - ID:7564023
NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (MENA) - Police were searching Wednesday for 22 people who were missing after a motorized boat capsized in the flooded Brahmaputra River in India's remote northeast. Three bodies were recovered and 11 people were rescued, ABC News ....
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China to send 268 peacekeepers to South Sudan
Date: 2018-09-05 21:26:35 GMT - China - World - SN:74 - ID:7564045
BEIJING, Sept 5 (MENA) - China will dispatch a battalion of 268 peacekeepers to South Sudan for a one-year mission, Xinhua reported. Officially formed on Wednesday, the battalion will depart from Zhengzhou, Henan Province, in two groups on Sept. ....
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Syrian rebels have no chemical weapons: Mattis
Date: 2018-09-05 20:39:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:7564183
WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (MENA) - The US is watching to see if the Syrian government uses chemical weapons during its offensive on the rebel-held bastion of Idlib, said Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in a statement carried by VOA radio broadcasting ....
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Paraguay to move embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv: Foreign Minister
Date: 2018-09-05 19:32:33 GMT - Paraguay - World - SN:66 - ID:7564024
ASUNCION, Sept 5 (MENA) - Paraguay will move its embassy in Israel back to Tel Aviv, reversing a May decision by former President Horacio Cartes to move the diplomatic site to Jerusalem, the South American country's foreign minister told reporters ....
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Twin blasts rock Kabul, 20 killed and 70 wounded
Date: 2018-09-05 17:45:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:60 - ID:7564044
KABUL, Sept 5 (MENA) - At least 20 people were killed and nearly 70 others injured in twin explosions that hit Kabul city on Wednesday. Security sources confirm the first blast took place inside a sports complex in the 6th police district of the ....
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18 killed, 50 injured in Kabul sports club attack
Date: 2018-09-05 17:09:31 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:58 - ID:7563959
KABUL, Sept 5 (MENA) - At least 18 people were killed and 50 others wounded in a suicide attack on a sports club in central capital Kabul on Wednesday, police said. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told Pajhwok Afghan News that police had ....
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PTI's Arif Alvi elected Pakistan’s 13th president
Date: 2018-09-05 10:20:22 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7562974
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (MENA) - Arif Alvi, the candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been elected as the 13th President of Pakistan, according to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP). Alvi was contesting against joint opposition ....
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US State Secretary Mike Pompeo arrives in Islamabad
Date: 2018-09-05 08:41:38 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7562815
ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has landed in Islamabad in a one-day visit on Wednesday to hold discussions with Pakistani government officials, reported the Pakistani Geo News channel. US military chief of staff Gen ....
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Taliban commanders, security personnel among 19 killed, wounded in Baghlan clashes
Date: 2018-09-05 07:40:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7562705
KABUL, Sept 5 (MENA) - At least 19 people, including local Taliban commanders and security personnel, were killed and wounded during the clashes in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan, the Afghan news agency Khaama reported. The 209th ....
