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Afghan army launches military operations in Balkh province
Date: 2018-07-07 09:34:19 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7477122
KABUL, July 7 (MENA) - The Afghan Armed Forces launched a new operation, (Walid-9 operations), to suppress the anti-government armed militants in northern Balkh province of Afghanistan. The operation kicked off on Saturday at 6:00 am in Chamtal ....
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Thai cave rescue: 100 shafts drilled into mountain
Date: 2018-07-07 08:40:09 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:10 - ID:7477046
BANGKOK, July 7 (MENA) - More than 100 shafts are being drilled into a mountainside in northern Thailand in a frantic bid to reach a group of young footballers and their coach trapped in a cave complex below, the head of the rescue operation said on ....
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Death toll in Canadian heat wave hits 54
Date: 2018-07-07 07:31:01 GMT - Canada - World - SN:8 - ID:7476949
OTTAWA, July 7 (MENA) - The death toll in a week-long eastern Canadian heat wave has reached 54, said Canadian health officials on Saturday. Most of the victims linked to the “overwhelming heat” were in the Montreal area, which recorded 28 ....
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Taliban, Daesh militants killed, injured in fighting in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-07-07 07:21:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7476951
KABUL, July 7 (MENA) - More than 10 militants were killed and wounded as infighting between the Taliban and Daesh terrorist groups continued in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan. Clashes broke out in Chapara Dara district between the two ....
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At least 16 dead, 50 missing as heavy rains continue to lash western Japan
Date: 2018-07-07 07:07:55 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:7476950
TOKYO, July 7 (MENA) - The death toll from heavy rains across a wide swath of western Japan rose to at least 16 by Saturday morning, after three more victims killed in mudslides were found in Ehime Prefecture. At least 50 people remained ....
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Armenia to develop dialogue with UK - FM
Date: 2018-07-06 22:04:01 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:70 - ID:7476838
YEREVAN, July 6 (MENA) - Armenia is committed to continuing and broadening its relations with the United Kingdom, Interfax quoted Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan as saying Friday. "Armenia is committed to continuing and broadening ....
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Turkish journalists sentenced for terror-related charges
Date: 2018-07-06 20:34:02 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:63 - ID:7476755
ANKARA, July 6 (MENA) - A court in Istanbul convicted six journalists of terror-related charges Friday. The staff members of a now-defunct newspaper received lengthy prison sentences, ABC News reported. However, the court acquitted five other ....
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AI urges transfer of jailed activist in Iran to cancer treatment center
Date: 2018-07-06 20:26:18 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:62 - ID:7476772
LONDON, July 6 (MENA) - Amnesty International has urged Iranian authorities to transfer imprisoned human rights activist Arash Sadeghi to a cancer treatment center. "Iranian human rights defender Arash Sadeghi has been diagnosed with a bone tumor ....
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Macron to attend FIFA World Cup semifinal in Russia
Date: 2018-07-06 19:13:14 GMT - France - World - SN:58 - ID:7476767
PARIS, July 6 (MENA) – French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Russia to watch the FIFA World Cup semifinal that the national team of France will play on July 10, Tass quoted the Elysee Palace as saying on Friday. "President Macron will ....
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30 killed when bus in Cameroon drives into a river
Date: 2018-07-06 16:44:09 GMT - Cameroon - World - SN:50 - ID:7476550
YAOUNDE, July 6 (MENA) - Authorities in Cameroon said at least 30 people are dead after a bus crashed on the road that links the political capital, Yaounde, with the western regional capital, Bafoussam, ABC News reported. Governor Naseri Paul Bea ....
