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  • Iranian charged with plot to smuggle material from Illinois

    Date: 2018-06-21 21:54:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:100 - ID:7454030

    WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - A federal indictment in the US accuses a 56-year-old Iranian businessman of trying to smuggle materials used in the missile industry and restricted under nuclear-nonproliferation rules from Illinois to Iran, ABC News ....

  • Survivors report 220 migrants drown off Libya in recent days - UNHCR

    Date: 2018-06-21 21:40:40 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:99 - ID:7454029

    NEW YORK, June 21 (MENA) - Survivors have reported that about 220 migrants drowned off the coast of Libya in the last few days while trying to reach Europe, putting the death toll this year on that route to more than 1,000, the United Nations said ....

  • Planning underway for Trump-Putin summit, White House officials say

    Date: 2018-06-21 20:47:52 GMT - Russia - World - SN:96 - ID:7453778

    MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - Planning is underway for a summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to White House officials, Voice of America reported. Media reports quote unnamed sources who say the ....

  • Global-PRNewseire(2):MediaCom is named Media Network of the Year at Cannes Lions 2018

    Date: 2018-06-21 20:14:44 GMT - France - World - SN:93 - ID:7453989

    Dear subscribers, following is a global bulletin published for PR ‎Newswire:‎ MediaCom is named Media Network of the Year at Cannes Lions 2018 Network outperforms all other media agencies after picking up Grand Prix, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze ....

  • Dutch authorities arrest 2 suspected of preparing extremist attack

    Date: 2018-06-21 17:07:36 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:82 - ID:7453768

    AMSTERDAM, June 21 (MENA) - Dutch authorities have arrested two men suspected of preparing an extremist attack, ABC News reported. The prosecutor's office said in a statement Thursday that they acted on a tip from the Dutch security services and ....

  • Trump caves to pressure, ends family separation at border

    Date: 2018-06-21 12:26:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:40 - ID:7452979

    WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump performed a rare U-turn amid criticism from all sides over the separation of children from their parents at the border, the Hill newspaper reported on Thursday. The verdict from people in and ....

  • Russia to resume talks on charter flights to Egypt after 2018 FIFA World Cup — ministry

    Date: 2018-06-21 11:27:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:29 - ID:7452827

    MOSCOW, June 21 (MENA) - Talks on operating charter flights to Egyptian resort cities will be resumed after the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Russia’s Transport Minister Yevgeny Ditrikh said on Thursday as cited by TASS news agency. "All actions related ....

  • 23 Daesh militants killed in Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-06-21 09:15:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7452689

    KABU, June 21 (MENA) - At least 23 militants affiliated with the terrorist Daesh group were killed during separate operations conducted in eastern Kunar and Nangarhar provinces, Khaama press reported. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said at least ....

  • Afghan official says Taliban killed 8 policemen

    Date: 2018-06-21 08:23:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7452617

    KABUL, June 21 (MENA) - The Taliban killed eight policemen in two separate attacks in Afghanistan on Thursday, local officials were quoted by ABC News as saying. Arif Noori, a spokesman for the governor of the southern Ghazni province, said six ....

  • Heavy clashes erupt between Afghan forces, Taliban in Badghis province

    Date: 2018-06-20 22:44:46 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:71 - ID:7452180

    KABUL, June 20 (MENA) - Heavy clashes broke out between the Afghan armed forces and the Taliban insurgents in Badghis province of Afghanistan, inflicting casualties on both sides, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday. A provincial council member ....

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