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27 Taliban militants killed in clashes with Afghan army
Date: 2018-07-19 07:43:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7495286
KABUL, July 19 (MENA) - At least 27 Taliban militants were killed in clashes with the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces in southeastern Paktia province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported. The Taliban militants suffered ....
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US to receive soldiers' remains from North Korea within 2 weeks
Date: 2018-07-19 07:00:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:7495253
WASHINGTON, July 19 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States will receive the first group of soldiers' remains from North Korea in the next couple of weeks, The New York Times reported. In a cabinet meeting at the ....
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Report: US opens inquiry into uranium imports in sign that trade war is spreading
Date: 2018-07-18 22:41:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:96 - ID:7495053
WASHINGTON, July 18 (MENA) - The US administration said on Wednesday that it was starting an investigation into uranium imports, potentially opening another front in an expansive trade war that has shaken alliances with countries around the world, ....
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Colombia: Number of Venezuelan migrants continues to rise
Date: 2018-07-18 22:32:18 GMT - Colombia - World - SN:95 - ID:7495064
BOGOTA, Colombia, July 18 (MENA) - The number of Venezuelans fleeing into neighboring Colombia continues to rise, with over 50,000 arriving in less than a month, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Colombia migration director Christian Kruger ....
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Afghan army targets Taliban militants in Farah province
Date: 2018-07-18 22:24:42 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:94 - ID:7494989
KABUL, July 18 (MENA) - The Afghan armed forces on Wednesday carried out several military operations dubbed "Badar-16 operations" to suppress the anti-government armed militants in western Farah province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press new agency ....
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Syria plans to purchase Russian MC-21 aircraft, says Russian ambassador
Date: 2018-07-18 22:14:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:93 - ID:7495105
DAMASCUS, July 18 (MENA) - Damascus discusses with Moscow the purchase of MC-21 planes, Russian Ambassador to Syria Alexander Kinshchak told Rossiya 24 television on Wednesday, TASS reported. "They [Syrians] are interested in updating their plane ....
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S. Korea's nuke envoy meets British delegation over N. Korea
Date: 2018-07-18 22:03:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:92 - ID:7494978
SEOUL, July 18 (MENA) - South Korea's top nuclear envoy had a meeting here Wednesday with Jonathan Nicholas Powell, a former senior British official who just finished a trip to North Korea, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Powell met ....
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Moscow vows to respond to expulsion of Russian diplomats from Greece
Date: 2018-07-18 21:43:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:90 - ID:7494936
MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Actions similar to the expulsion of Russian diplomats from Greece do not remain without consequences, Spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. "We have an understanding that the ....
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Russia sets up center for receiving, relocating refugees in Syria
Date: 2018-07-18 21:15:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:87 - ID:7494903
MOSCOW, July 18 (MENA) - Moscow has set up a center for receiving, relocating and accommodating refugees in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday, adding that the Center would also organize humanitarian aid deliveries, ....
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19 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Cyprus
Date: 2018-07-18 20:46:33 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:85 - ID:7494961
NICOSIA, July 18 (MENA) - Nineteen people drowned when a boat loaded with as many as 150 people who were thought to be migrants capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, a Cypriot official was quoted by ABC News said Wednesday. Tolga Atakan, the ....
