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  • UN chief to visit Nagasaki for 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing

    Date: 2018-07-31 22:39:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7513322

    NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Nagasaki to attend the annual commemoration of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city, the official Kyodo News Agency quoted the United Nations as saying ....

  • Turkish court rejects appeal to end US pastor's house arrest

    Date: 2018-07-31 22:28:17 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:72 - ID:7513254

    ANKARA, July 31 (MENA) - A Turkish court rejected an appeal Tuesday to end the house arrest of an American pastor who is at the center of an escalating diplomatic row between NATO allies Turkey and the United States, US News quoted Turkey's ....

  • Vietnam floods kill 3, threaten to submerge parts of Hanoi

    Date: 2018-07-31 18:36:26 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:57 - ID:7513273

    HANOI, July 31 (MENA) - Seasonal floods have killed three people and threaten to submerge parts of Vietnam's capital, officials said on Tuesday. Two children and a man drowned Monday in Chuong My district, a suburb of Hanoi, where water has ....

  • 15 killed in siege of gov't compound in Afghanistan's Jalalabad

    Date: 2018-07-31 17:42:03 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:54 - ID:7513251

    KABUL, July 31 (MENA) - Provincial Afghan officials have confirmed the attack on the directorate of migrants and refugees’ affairs in Jalalabad on Tuesday has ended, the Afghan Tolo News reported. According to them, 15 people were killed and as ....

  • Afghan woman, daughter shot dead by Taliban militants

    Date: 2018-07-31 16:27:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:7513175

    KABUL, July 31 (MENA) - An Afghan woman and her teenage daughter were shot dead by the Taliban militants in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted local security officials as saying Tuesday. The officials further added that ....

  • Malaysia civil aviation chief resigns over MH370 lapses

    Date: 2018-07-31 09:58:40 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:21 - ID:7512406

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 31 (MENA) - The chief of Malaysia's civil aviation authority resigned on Tuesday after an investigation report on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 showed lapses by the air traffic control center in Kuala Lumpur, Euro ....

  • Global(2):CIFF Shanghai 2018 with New Theme & New Layout: Create a Better Home Life

    Date: 2018-07-31 09:08:09 GMT - China - World - SN:18 - ID:7512431

    GUANGZHOU, China, July 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The 42nd CIFF Shanghai will be held at the National Exhibition & Convention Center (Shanghai) in Hongqiao, from 10 to 13 September 2018, hosting more than 1,200 exhibitors and covering a total ....

  • Explosions and gunfire heard in Afghan city of Jalalabad

    Date: 2018-07-31 08:21:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7512354

    KABUL, July 31 (MENA) - The sounds of explosions and gunfire have been heard in Jalalabad city, the provincial capital of Nangarhar province. Preliminary reports indicate the incident has taken place close to the Central Provincial Hospital and ....

  • 10 killed in car bomb attack on southern Philippines military checkpoint

    Date: 2018-07-31 08:13:46 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:15 - ID:7512279

    MANILA, July 31 (MENA) - Six soldiers and four civilians were killed Tuesday when a suspected Daesh militant detonated a bomb he was transporting in a van in the southern Philippines, the Express reported. The explosion occurred at a military ....

  • 11 persons killed in roadside bombing in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-07-31 07:25:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7512271

    KABUL, July 31 (MENA) - An Afghan official said a roadside bombing has killed at least 11 people on a bus, including women and children, in the country's western Farah province, ABC News reported. Abdul Jabar Shahiq, chief of the province's ....

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