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Pompeo expresses condolences to families of US soldiers killed by attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2019-04-09 08:01:56 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:7888608
WASHINGTON, April 9 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed condolences to families of the US soldiers, who were killed by Monday terror attack near the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Sputnik news agency reported. "My heartfelt ....
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13 Taliban militants killed in coalition airstrikes in Southeast of Afghanistan
Date: 2019-04-09 07:32:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7888594
KABUL, April 9 (MENA) - At least 13 Taliban militants have been killed in separate airstrikes conducted by coalition forces in southeastern Paktika and Ghazni provinces, Khaama Press reported. The 203rd Thunder Corps in a statement said at least ....
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U.S. designates Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps foreign terror group
Date: 2019-04-08 18:01:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:87 - ID:7888106
WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) – The US administration designated Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps a foreign terrorist organization in a move that reflects Washington's increasingly aggressive stance toward Tehran and could have implications for the ....
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US designates Iran's guard force a 'terrorist organization'
Date: 2019-04-08 16:59:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:7888021
WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced Monday that the U.S. is designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a "foreign terrorist organization". The designation imposes sanctions that include freezes on assets the Islamic ....
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Bashir accepts Putin's invitation for Russia-Africa summit: amb.
Date: 2019-04-08 12:21:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:7887366
MOSCOW, April 8 (MENA) - Sudanese President Omar Bashir accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to the first ever Russia-Africa summit set to be held in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, Sudanese Ambassador to Russia Nadir Babiker ....
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UK's May to meet Macron, Merkel before emergency Brexit summit
Date: 2019-04-08 12:15:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:46 - ID:7887437
LONDON, April 8 (MENA) - UK Prime Minister Theresa May will hold talks with France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel a day before an emergency Brexit summit, according to Sky News on Monday. The prime minister will travel to Berlin ....
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EU's Mogherini calls for humanitarian truce in Libya
Date: 2019-04-08 11:23:55 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:39 - ID:7887257
BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - The European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, called on Monday for a truce in Libya and a return to political negotiations as fighting intensified between rival factions, the New York Times ....
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EU expends Iran sanction till April next year
Date: 2019-04-08 11:13:39 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:37 - ID:7887272
BRUSSELS, April 8 (MENA) - The European Union has extended for one year, until April 13, 2020, sanctions against Iran over human rights violations. "The Council today extended until 13 April 2020 its restrictive measures responding to serious ....
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Kirstjen Nielsen resigns as Trump’s US security secretary
Date: 2019-04-08 07:20:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:10 - ID:7886739
WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - US Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned on Sunday after meeting with President Trump, ending a tumultuous tenure in charge of the border security agency that had made her the target of the president’s criticism, ....
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UK PM says there is still chance of compromise Brexit deal
Date: 2019-04-07 20:58:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:7886498
LONDON, April 7 (MENA) – British Prime Minister Theresa May claims reaching out to the opposition Labor party was the only way to avoid either leaving the EU with no deal or not leaving at all, Euronews reported Sunday. She has just days left to ....