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Facebook removes accounts linked with Myanmar military
Date: 2018-08-27 12:03:22 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:37 - ID:7549214
NAYPYIDAW, Aug 27 (MENA) - Facebook has removed 18 accounts and 52 pages associated with the Myanmar military, including the page of its commander-in-chief, after a UN report accused the armed forces of genocide and war crimes, The Guardian reported ....
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Arif Alvi, Aitzaz Ahsan and Maulana Fazl submit nomination papers for presidency
Date: 2018-08-27 09:20:57 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7548774
ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (MENA) - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's Dr Arif Alvi, Pakistan Peoples Party's (PPP) Aitzaz Ahsan and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman, who has been fielded by the grand alliance of opposition parties, ....
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Myanmar military chiefs should face genocide case over Rohingya, UN team says
Date: 2018-08-27 08:56:25 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:16 - ID:7548772
GENEVA, Aug 27 (MENA) - Investigators working for the UN's top human rights body said Monday that top Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, CBC reported. The call, accompanying a first report by the ....
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Max Boot: John McCain leaves the stage when we need him most
Date: 2018-08-27 08:23:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:7548693
WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (MENA) - US Columnist Max Boot has mourned the death of Senator John McCain, who "leaves the stage when we need him most". In his editorial in Washington Post, Boot praised McCain's dedication to America’s global leadership ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
