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Italy says Britain should take in 141 rescued migrants
Date: 2018-08-13 15:58:55 GMT - Italy - World - SN:71 - ID:7531849
ROME, Aug 13 (MENA) - The European Commission said Monday that it is contact with a number of member states to identify a country willing to take 141 migrants picked up by a rescue ship, after the French groups operating the ship appealed for a safe ....
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Problems in Turkish economy do not affect bilateral projects with Russia -- Russian official
Date: 2018-08-13 13:05:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:50 - ID:7531605
MOSCOW, Aug 13 (MENA ) - Problems in the Turkish economy do not affect its bilateral projects with Russia, Russian president’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by TASS news agency as saying on Monday. "I do not know how this situation [in the ....
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NASA administrator plans to meet with Russian space agency chief in near future
Date: 2018-08-13 12:12:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:35 - ID:7531376
WASHINGTON, Aug 13 (MENA) - Administrator of the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jim Bridenstine said he was ready to hold a meeting with the head of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, Dmitry Rogozin, in the near future, ....
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24 Taliban militants killed in clashes in northern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-08-13 11:39:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:7531059
KABUL, Aug 13 (MENA) - At least 13 Taliban militants were killed and 11 others injured during clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban movement in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. A statement by the 209th Shaheen ....
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Koreas to hold Pyongyang summit in September
Date: 2018-08-13 07:05:40 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7530873
SEOUL, Aug 13 (MENA) - North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold a summit in Pyongyang in September, the South's Yonhap news agency reported following high-level talks in the Demilitarized Zone that divides the peninsula. The two sides "agreed ....
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Gas explosion in Pakistan coal mine kills 4, traps 13
Date: 2018-08-13 06:30:45 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:5 - ID:7530850
ISLAMABAD, Aug 13 (MENA) - Police in Pakistan said a methane gas explosion in a coal mine has killed at least four miners and trapped 13 others, ABC News reported. Local police official Wajeet Khan said the blast happened Sunday in the village of ....
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Russia's finance minister sees no grounds for global economic crisis
Date: 2018-08-12 21:38:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:102 - ID:7530739
MOSCOW, Aug 12 (MENA) - Russia's finance ministry sees no preconditions for another global economic crisis, TASS cited Russian First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anton Siluanov as saying on Sunday. "If any changes occur in the ....
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More than 100 seats that backed Brexit now want to remain in EU - report
Date: 2018-08-12 21:15:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:100 - ID:7530738
LONDON, Aug 12 (MENA) - More than 100 Westminster constituencies that voted to leave the EU have now switched their support to Remain, according to a stark new analysis seen by the Observer on Sunday. In findings that could have a significant ....
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One killed, 10 injured in blast in Pakistan
Date: 2018-08-12 20:35:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:97 - ID:7530675
ISLAMABAD, Aug 12 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and 10 others wounded in a blast on Chaman's Mall road, police said on Sunday. According to police, the blast took place near the under-construction District Police Official's office on ....
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S. Korea to ban entry of of ships transporting N. Korean coal
Date: 2018-08-12 18:23:27 GMT - south korea - World - SN:89 - ID:7530618
SEOUL, Aug 12 (MENA) - The South Korean government will take punitive measures as early as this week against four South Korean ships confirmed to have imported North Korean coal to the country, the Korean Foreign Ministry was quoted by Yonhap news ....