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25 killed by Taliban in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-10-14 11:51:17 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:33 - ID:7620729
KABUL, Oct 14 (MENA) - Taliban militants killed at least 25 security forces in addition to a district police chief in separate attacks on security checkpoints in two Afghan provinces, Euronews reported quoting the militant group. "Our fighters ....
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Taliban says US envoy held talks on possible paths to end Afghan war
Date: 2018-10-14 11:19:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:29 - ID:7620659
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - The Trump administration’s special adviser on Afghan peace met last week with Taliban representatives in Qatar for talks that included “working toward finding a peaceful resolution” to the war, a spokesman for the ....
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World Bank provides US$1 billion standby facility for Indonesia disaster relief
Date: 2018-10-14 10:27:30 GMT - USA - World - SN:23 - ID:7620546
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (MENA) - The World Bank on Sunday said it would provide a standby loan of up to US$1 billion for the Indonesian government for relief and reconstruction efforts in the country's two islands that were hit by earthquakes and a ....
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US Afghanistan envoy meets Islamist party leader
Date: 2018-10-14 10:04:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7620507
KABUL, Oct 14 (MENA) - US Special Adviser for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has met with the leader of Hezb Islami Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in Kabul, Khaama Press reported on Sunday. They mulled prospects to end the ongoing war and to ....
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China, Malaysia, Thailand to hold joint military drill
Date: 2018-10-14 07:42:36 GMT - China - World - SN:14 - ID:7620332
BEIJING, Oct 14 (MENA) - Chinese, Malaysian and Thai armed forces will conduct a joint drill in Malaysia later this month, according to the Chinese Ministry of National Defense. Code-named "Peace and Friendship 2018," the drill will last from ....
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UN chief slams lethal attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-10-14 07:18:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7620288
NEW YORK, Oct 14 (MENA) - United Nations Secretary General António Guterres condemned Sunday's lethal attacks against an election campaign rally in Takhar Province and a candidate’s office in Herat Province in Afghanistan, according to the UN News ....
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Russian opposition leader Navalny freed from jail
Date: 2018-10-14 05:43:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:2 - ID:7620193
MOSCOW, Oct 14 (MENA) - Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was released on Sunday after 20 days in jail where he was held on charges of staging an illegal protest last month, Euronews reported. Navalny had been detained since Sept. 24 when ....
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F-16 fighter jet explodes, another damaged in Belgium
Date: 2018-10-14 05:39:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:1 - ID:7620188
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (MENA) - A multi-million-pound fighter jet exploded and another was damaged when a mechanic accidentally opened fire from a third plane during maintenance. The F-16 Falcon jet was destroyed in the blaze as it was parked at a ....
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Trump meets released US pastor at White House
Date: 2018-10-13 22:47:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:7620151
WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (MENA) - US President Trump welcomed Andrew Brunson, the American pastor just released from a two-year imprisonment in Turkey, to the Oval Office Saturday on a lighthearted note. “From a Turkish prison to the White House in 24 ....
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At least 11 dead in suicide bombing in Somalia's Baidoa
Date: 2018-10-13 17:44:44 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:42 - ID:7619948
MOGADISHU, Oct 13 (MENA) - A suicide bomber detonated in the middle of a restaurant in the Somali town of Baidoa and a grenade struck a hotel nearby, leaving at least 11 people dead and more than 10 wounded, authorities said Saturday. The death ....
