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Hundreds detained as Kazakhs protest 'rigged' election
Date: 2019-06-11 10:12:15 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:20 - ID:7975359
NOR SULTAN, June 11 (MENA) - The Kazakh Interior Ministry said on Tuesday police detained about 200 people on Monday, in addition to 500 held a day earlier over protests which are illegal in the former Soviet republic unless explicitly allowed by ....
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Lavrov urges Russia, US to adopt joint declaration on avoiding nuclear war
Date: 2019-06-11 09:05:38 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:7975344
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) - The presidents of Russia and the United States should jointly declare that the use of nuclear weapons is unacceptable, TASS quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying during an international forum, the Primakov ....
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Thai junta chief officially proclaimed prime minister after king's endorsement
Date: 2019-06-11 08:57:23 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:14 - ID:7975347
BANGKOK, June 11 (MENA) - Thailand’s junta leader has been officially proclaimed prime minister after the king endorsed Parliament’s vote to allow him to keep the position, ABC News reported. Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha knelt to a portrait of King ....
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3 people die as explosion hits tanker in Russian Makhachkala
Date: 2019-06-11 08:23:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:7975285
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) - Three people were killed on Tuesday as an explosion hit a tanker in the Russian city of Makhachkala, Sputnik quoted the press service of the Russian Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation (Rosmorrechflot) as ....
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2 militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir gunfight
Date: 2019-06-11 07:36:04 GMT - India - World - SN:9 - ID:7975234
NEW DELHI, June 11 (MENA) - Two militants were killed in a fierce gunfight with government forces Tuesday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Xinhua news agency quoted police as saying. The gunfight broke out at village Awneera-Zainapora of Shopian ....
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Russia’s Su-27 fighter intercepts US, Swedish spy jets over the Baltic
Date: 2019-06-11 07:26:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:8 - ID:7975212
MOSCOW, June 11 (MENA) - The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that a Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled on Monday to intercept US and Swedish reconnaissance planes near Russia’s border over the Baltic Sea where NATO is holding drills, and ....
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Trump's weaponization of tariffs takes US into uncharted, dangerous territory, report warns
Date: 2019-06-10 22:32:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:7975081
PHILADELPHIA, June 10 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has opened a second front in the tariff wars. "Instead of taxing goods coming just from China, tariffs on Mexican products have been threatened. But the action against our southern neighbor is ....
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Indian court convicts 6 men in rape, murder of Muslim girl
Date: 2019-06-10 19:21:15 GMT - India - World - SN:73 - ID:7974954
NEW DELHI, June 10 (MENA) - An Indian court on Monday convicted six men over the kidnap, rape and murder of a Muslim nomadic girl last year, bringing to a close a case that gripped India and reflected bitter religious divisions, The New York Times ....
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Helicopter makes crash landing on top of building in Manhattan
Date: 2019-06-10 18:55:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:7974937
WASHINGTON, June 10 (MENA) - A helicopter made a hard landing on the roof of a building in Manhattan and a fire ensued, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, according to CNN. Cuomo said the preliminary investigation showed that a fire occurred ....
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WFP urges Tanzania to set strategies to achieve food security
Date: 2019-06-10 15:32:05 GMT - Tanzania - World - SN:52 - ID:7974334
DAR ES SALAAM, June 10 (MENA) - The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) urged Tanzania to develop new policies and strategies in order to achieve "food security". Although Tanzania has surplus food, there is an issue of concern regarding ....
