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Cypriot defense minister: Turkish occupation of Cyprus should be terminated
Date: 2018-07-07 14:43:29 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:34 - ID:7477689
NICOSIA, July 7 (MENA) - The Turkish occupation of Cyprus must be terminated, Cypriot Defense Minister Savvas Angelides stressed on Saturday, adding that a settlement of the Cyprus problem must be functional and viable. There must be no foreign ....
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Pompeo cites progress in N. Korea nuclear talks
Date: 2018-07-07 14:12:00 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:7477491
PYONGYANG, July 7 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ended a second day of nuclear talks with North Korean officials saying that progress had been made and working groups would continue discussions but offered scant detail on key issues ....
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Death toll reaches 46 from floods, landslides in Japan
Date: 2018-07-07 11:29:27 GMT - Japan - World - SN:25 - ID:7477345
TOKYO, July 7 (MENA) - Authorities in Japan said that as of 7:00 pm on Saturday, 46 people are dead and five others were found unconscious. At least 48 remain missing, Japanese NHK broadcasting reported. Authorities warn that the death toll may ....
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Explosion on Kandahar-Zabul highway leaves 3 civilians dead
Date: 2018-07-07 11:19:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7477273
KABUL, July 7 (MENA) - At least three civilians were killed in an explosion that hit the Kandahar-Zabul highway in the vicinity of Zabul province, Khaama Press news agency quoted local officials as saying on Saturday. The blast took place late on ....
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Troops fire at anti-India protesters in Kashmir; 3 killed
Date: 2018-07-07 11:01:11 GMT - India - World - SN:21 - ID:7477177
NEW DELHI, July 7 (MENA) - Two young men and a teenage girl were killed in disputed Kashmir on Saturday when government forces fired at anti-India protesters who disrupted a military-led operation against rebels, police and medics said. As ....
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Death toll reaches 38 from floods, landslides in Japan
Date: 2018-07-07 10:35:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:20 - ID:7477237
TOKYO, July 7 (MENA) - Authorities in Japan said that as of 5:00 pm on Saturday, 38 people are dead and four others were found unconscious. At least 50 remain missing, Japanese NHK broadcasting reported. Hiroshima prefecture was the hardest hit ....
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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 ....
