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Taliban’s rockets hit near Afghan presidency
Date: 2018-08-21 07:07:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7542330
KABUL, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Taliban fired several rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, as President Ashraf Ghani was delivering a televised speech on Tuesday, with one rocket landing near the U.S. Embassy, according to Afghan ....
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EU considers 60-minute deadline for social networks to remove terrorist content
Date: 2018-08-20 20:37:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:7542106
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The European Commission is considering imposing an hour-long deadline for social networks to remove terrorist and extremist content to avoid the risk of being fined, the Financial Times reported Monday. The social networks ....
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2 detained after shots fired at US Embassy in Turkey
Date: 2018-08-20 19:41:54 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:62 - ID:7542074
ANKARA, Aug 20 (MENA) - Shots were fired at the US Embassy in Turkey from a moving car before dawn Monday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two NATO allies, ABC news reported. Officials said two people with criminal ....
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Russia won’t grieve over US refusal to mend relations
Date: 2018-08-20 18:05:22 GMT - Russia - World - SN:57 - ID:7541979
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Russia is determined to work towards ending the crisis in Russian-US relations, but "it is not going to grieve" if Washington fails to reciprocate, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the media on Monday, ....
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US firms to Trump: Don't raise tariffs on more Chinese goods
Date: 2018-08-20 17:19:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:7541937
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) – Hundreds of American companies urged President Donald Trump to avoid imposing tariffs on nearly 40 percent of imported Chinese goods, the New York Times reported on Monday. The Trump administration will hold six days ....
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Spanish police shoot man dead in suspected terror attack
Date: 2018-08-20 16:59:54 GMT - Spain - World - SN:53 - ID:7541903
MADRID, Aug 20 (MENA) - An armed man with a knife has tried to attack a police station in Catalonia, in what police are treating as a terror incident. He was shot dead after he entered a police station in Cornella, near Barcelona, just before ....
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Suspect detained after shots fired at US Embassy in Turkey
Date: 2018-08-20 15:41:04 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:47 - ID:7541849
ANKARA, Aug 20 (MENA) - One person, suspected of being involved in the shooting outside the US Embassy in the Turkish capital Ankara, was detained. The US Embassy came under brief gunfire but nobody was hurt in the incident, Sky News reported on ....
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US calls on Taliban to participate in Eid ceasefire initiative
Date: 2018-08-20 14:34:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:43 - ID:7541768
KABUL, Aug 20 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called on the Taliban group to participate in the ceasefire initiative announced by President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani on the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, Khaama Press News Agency ....
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UEFA: Salah competes with Ronaldo, Modric for best player in Europe award
Date: 2018-08-20 14:33:11 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:42 - ID:7541770
NYON, Aug 20 (MENA) - Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) announced the list of candidates to win the best player in Europe award for 2018. The list included Egyptian international and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, Portuguese ....
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Kadyrov: Situation in Chechnya is stable
Date: 2018-08-20 14:32:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:41 - ID:7541719
MOSCOW, Aug 20 (MENA) - Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov said that police had disrupted all attempts by militants to commit high-profile crimes in Chechnya. The situation in Chechnya is stable, Sputnik News Agency quoted Kadyrov as saying on ....
