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Trump strikes optimistic note ahead of meeting with Kim Jong-un
Date: 2019-02-24 18:12:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:7819794
WASHINGTON, Feb 24 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed optimism ahead of his summit this week with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, even as experts have cast uncertainty on how productive the meeting will be, The Hill reported. ....
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Afghan conflict had highest number of civilian casualties in 2018 -- UN report
Date: 2019-02-24 11:23:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:7818680
KABUL, Feb 24 (MENA) - The highest number of civilian casualties was registered in the Afghan conflict in 2018, according a new UN report. The report, compiled by the UNAMA mission, documented 3,804 civilian deaths, including 927 children, last ....
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4 militants killed, 6 wounded in Afghan Air Force airstrikes in Takhar province
Date: 2019-02-24 08:35:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7818621
KABUL, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least four Taliban militants were killed and six others wounded during airstrikes by the Afghan Air Force in northeastern Takhar province of Afghanistan, the Afghan Khaama Press reported. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the ....
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At least 133 die from tainted liquor in India
Date: 2019-02-24 08:33:35 GMT - India - World - SN:15 - ID:7818622
NEW DELHI, Feb 24 (MENA) - At least 133 people have died and about 225 people have been hospitalized after drinking tainted liquor in two separate incidents in India's remote northeast, authorities were quoted by ABC News as saying Sunday. The ....
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India to be Guest of Honor at OIC meeting
Date: 2019-02-23 14:02:14 GMT - India - World - SN:27 - ID:7817597
NEW DELHI, Feb 23 (MENA) - Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has been invited by her UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, as the "Guest of Honor” to address the Inaugural Plenary of the 46th Session of the Council of ....
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Colombia border points closed amid aid stand-off
Date: 2019-02-23 11:22:06 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:20 - ID:7817349
CARACAS, Feb 23 (MENA) - Venezuela has said that its border with Colombia has been partially closed, shortly after opposition leader Juan Guaidó defied a travel ban to cross it, BBC reported on Saturday. Vice President Delcy Rodriguez tweeted to ....
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Up to 30 militants killed in 4 Afghan provinces in past 24 hours
Date: 2019-02-23 11:09:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7817374
KABUL, Feb 23 (MENA) - Up to 30 militants have been killed during ground operations and airstrikes which were conducted in four different provinces of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the Khaama Press news agency reported on Saturday. The ....
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10 militants killed in Afghanistan's Ghazni airstrikes
Date: 2019-02-23 10:06:23 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7817278
KABUL, Feb 23 (MENA) - At least 10 Taliban fighters were killed in foreign forces-backed airstrikes conducted by Afghan forces in Ghazni province on Friday, the provincial governor’s office said in a statement on Saturday. Two airstrikes were ....
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Woman killed, dozen injured in clash with Venezuelan forces on Brazil border
Date: 2019-02-22 17:06:42 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:55 - ID:7816794
CARACAS, Feb 22 (MENA) - A woman has been killed and a dozen more injured in a clash with security forces on the border with Brazil, ABC News quoted officials in Venezuela as saying Friday. Gran Sabana Mayor Emilio Gonzalez said members of the ....
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Venezuelan outflow continues unabated, stands now at 3.4 million- says UNHCR
Date: 2019-02-22 16:38:02 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:53 - ID:7816741
GENEVA, Feb 22 (MENA) - The number of refugees and migrants from Venezuela worldwide now stands at 3.4 million, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and IOM, the International Organization for Migration, announced on Friday. According to data from ....
