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  • Foreigners among 13 Daesh militants killed in Jawzjan airstrikes

    Date: 2018-03-04 08:27:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:11 - ID:7276434

    KABUL, March 4 (MENA) - At least 13 militants affiliated with the Daesh terrorist group were killed in the airstrikes conducted in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in ....

  • China says it does not want a trade war with US

    Date: 2018-03-04 07:23:15 GMT - China - World - SN:7 - ID:7276355

    Beijing, March 4 (MENA) - China does not want a trade war with the United States but will defend its interests, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Sunday, after US President Donald Trump announced a plan to put tariffs on steel and aluminium ....

  • Bosnia war veterans protest for fair distribution of government benefits

    Date: 2018-03-03 22:09:16 GMT - Bosnia and Herzegovina - World - SN:87 - ID:7276172

    SARAJEVO, March 3 (MENA) - Bosnian police and hundreds of veterans of the country’s 1990s war were locked in a tense standoff on Saturday on the country's main highway as the protesters demanded fairer distribution of government benefits, Euro News ....

  • US extends Venezuela sanctions for another year

    Date: 2018-03-03 22:08:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:7276163

    WASHINGTON, March 3 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has extended sanctions against Venezuela for another year, under his orders from August 2017 and former President Barack Obama's March 2015 decree, Russia Today reported Saturday. ....

  • Vatican indicts ex-bank head, says embezzlement loss is $62M

    Date: 2018-03-03 22:06:59 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:85 - ID:7276173

    VATICAN, March 3 (MENA) – Vatican prosecutors have indicted the former president of the Vatican bank and his lawyer on embezzlement charges, holding them responsible for losses of more than 50 million euros ($62 million) from real estate sales, ABC ....

  • UN chief condemns Burkina Faso terrorist attacks

    Date: 2018-03-03 21:55:42 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:82 - ID:7276155

    NEW YORK, March 3 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed solidarity with Burkina Faso’s government In a phone call to President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, said a statement issued by his spokesperson. The attacks against the ....

  • 100 arrested in demonstrations in Kiev

    Date: 2018-03-03 21:53:37 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:81 - ID:7276123

    KIEV, March 3 (MENA) - Clashes between police and protesters in central Kiev have left several people injured and scores detained, as some 100 people were arrested during the scuffles, Russia Today reported Saturday. Four policemen were injured ....

  • North Korea rejects US preconditions for holding talks

    Date: 2018-03-03 21:07:31 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:79 - ID:7276135

    PYONGYANG, March 3 (MENA) - North Korea said Saturday it is willing to have talks with the United States, but that it rejects preconditions and Washington's demands that it must first demonstrate its willingness to denuclearize, ABC News reported. ....

  • Top Bangladesh sci-fi writer stabbed in head at seminar

    Date: 2018-03-03 20:07:32 GMT - Bangladesh - World - SN:71 - ID:7276004

    DHAKA, March 3 (MENA) - One of Bangladesh's top writers was stabbed in the back of the head during a seminar in the northern city of Sylhet on Saturday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks on authors and bloggers, France 24 ....

  • Slovak interior minister refuses to resign over death of journalist

    Date: 2018-03-03 19:51:51 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:69 - ID:7276007

    BRATISLAVA, March 3 (MENA) - Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak refused Saturday to resign following the slaying of an investigative journalist and his partner last week, ABC news reported. He said he had no plans to resigne, without giving ....

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