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Daesh chief among four terrorists killed in India's Anantnag
Date: 2018-06-22 12:42:05 GMT - India - World - SN:25 - ID:7454638
NEW DELHI, June 22 (MENA) - Four terrorists, including the head of the Daesh group in Jammu and Kashmir were killed during a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district today, the Times of India quoted the police as ....
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US imposes visa bans on several unnamed Congo officials
Date: 2018-06-22 12:39:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:24 - ID:7454605
WASHINGTON, June 22 (MENA) - The United States has announced visa bans on several senior Congolese officials and family members for their involvement in "significant corruption" related to Congo's electoral process, ABC News reported. The US ....
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North, South Korea agree on reunions of war-split families
Date: 2018-06-22 12:34:57 GMT - south korea - World - SN:23 - ID:7454615
SEOUL, June 22 (MENA) - North and South Korea agreed to hold temporary reunions of families divided by the 1950-53 Korean War as they boost reconciliation efforts amid a diplomatic push to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, ABC news reported ....
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9 militants killed in US airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-06-22 09:54:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7454359
KABUL, June 22 (MENA) - At least nine militants, including a Pakistani national, have been killed in two drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province, Khaama Press news agency reported Friday. The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military ....
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US VP, Afghan president discuss Trump’s South Asia strategy
Date: 2018-06-22 09:35:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7454311
KABUL, June 22 (MENA) - US Vice President Mike Pence and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani have discussed the security situation in Afghanistan, including the Eid ceasefire with Taliban movement, Pajhwok news agency reported Friday. Pence spoke with ....
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US ready to support direct negotiations between Afghan gov't, Taliban
Date: 2018-06-21 22:45:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:105 - ID:7453813
WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - Ambassador Alice Wells, the US senior bureau official for South and Central Asian Affairs, has said the United States government is prepared to support, facilitate, and participate in direct negotiations between the ....
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Trump: House immigration bill could stall
Date: 2018-06-21 22:35:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:104 - ID:7453821
WASHINGTON, June 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump expressed Thursday skepticism that any House immigration bill could get the necessary votes, blaming Democrats, Voice of America reported. Trump wrote on his Twitter account: "What is the ....
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New Hungary legislation ‘shameful and blatantly xenophobic’: UNHCHR
Date: 2018-06-21 22:15:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:102 - ID:7453786
GENEVA, June 21 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has condemned the decision by the Hungarian Parliament to pass legislation that criminalizes individuals and groups deemed to be supporting asylum-seekers, refugees ....
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UNHCR shocked by mass drownings off Libya, calls for urgent action
Date: 2018-06-21 22:07:24 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:101 - ID:7453969
GENEVA, June 21 (MENA) - UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said on its website that it is shocked and saddened by reports that some 220 people drowned off Libya in recent days while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. According to ....
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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 ....