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Russia responds to US actions with Vostok-2018 military drills — senator
Date: 2018-08-28 20:29:20 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:7551585
MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Large-scale strategic drills Vostok-2018 will serve as a response to unfriendly US policy concerning Russia, First Deputy Chairman of the Defense and Security Committee of Russia's Federation Council (upper house of ....
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Bomb kills 1, injures 35 in southern Philippines
Date: 2018-08-28 17:27:14 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:61 - ID:7551586
MANILA, Aug 28 (MENA) - A bomb concealed in a bag exploded, leaving at least one dead and 35 others wounded during a town celebration in the southern Philippines, a military commander was quoted by ABC news as saying on Tuesday. Police said two ....
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27 militants killed in Afghan airstrikes
Date: 2018-08-28 15:40:34 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7551422
KABUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - The Afghan army said 27 militants were killed in a series of airstrikes conducted in southeastern Ghazni and Paktika provinces, Khaama press agency reported on Tuesday. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan army in the ....
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May kicks off first Africa tour as British PM
Date: 2018-08-28 08:34:40 GMT - South Africa - World - SN:14 - ID:7550329
PRETORIA, Aug 28 (MENA) - British Prime Minister Theresa May touched down in Cape Town Tuesday as she kicked off a tour of the African continent where she hopes to lay the foundations for post-Brexit trade deals. May's tour of South Africa, ....
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Need for third Moon-Kim summit growing: S.Korean presidency
Date: 2018-08-28 08:05:02 GMT - south korea - World - SN:12 - ID:7550392
SEOUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - The need for a meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has become greater, Yonhap quoted official from the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae as saying Tuesday. He added the ....
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Russia to respond to new set of US sanctions on reciprocal basis - Lavrov
Date: 2018-08-28 07:57:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7550328
MOSCOW, Aug 28 (MENA) - Russia will respond to the US sanctions imposed in connection to the poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in the United Kingdom in a pragmatic manner and on a reciprocal basis, ....
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S. Korea lodges protest against Japan's renewed claim to Dokdo
Date: 2018-08-28 07:56:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:10 - ID:7550385
SEOUL, Aug 28 (MENA) - South Korea on Tuesday lodged a strong protest against Japan's renewed claim to its easternmost islets of Dokdo, a long-standing thorn in bilateral relations, Yonhap news agency reported. Earlier in the day, Tokyo's ....
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US strike killed senior Daesh commander in Afghanistan -- spokesman
Date: 2018-08-27 21:27:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:71 - ID:7550121
KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - A US strike over the weekend killed a senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) commander in eastern Afghanistan, Afghan and US officials said Monday. The strike in Nangarhar province killed Abu Sayeed Orakzai, a senior ....
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Cambodia pardons more jailed opposition members
Date: 2018-08-27 19:29:49 GMT - Cambodia - World - SN:67 - ID:7549978
PHNOM PENH, Aug 27 (MENA) - Fourteen anti-government activists were given pardons Monday that will free them from long prison terms, the latest in a series of releases engineered by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen after his party's election sweep ....
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Pompeo vows to confront Iran's attempt to interfere in US sovereign rights
Date: 2018-08-27 13:48:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:45 - ID:7549536
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that his country considers Iran’s lawsuit with the International Court of Justice an attempt to interfere with its rights to take actions on national security grounds and will ....
