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Daesh attack repulsed in North of Afghanistan
Date: 2018-02-27 09:58:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:23 - ID:7267703
KABUL, Feb 27 (MENA) - A major attack by militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group was repulsed in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, leaving several militants dead or wounded, Khaama Press reported Tuesday. The 209th Shaheen Corps ....
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UK threatens Damascus with airstrikes if there's proof of chemical weapons' use
Date: 2018-02-27 09:44:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:20 - ID:7267782
LONDON, Feb 27 (MENA) - Despite being repeatedly accused of using chemical weapons, Damascus has strongly denied having them; it destroyed its arsenal several years ago, and their complete destruction was subsequently confirmed by the Organization ....
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UK top officer: Britain is facing serious far-right terrorism threat
Date: 2018-02-27 08:57:15 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:15 - ID:7267630
LONDON, Feb 27 (MENA) - Britain faces a new and significant threat from organized far-right terrorism, Sky News reported quoting UK’s most senior counter-terrorism officer Mark Rowley as he revealed police had foiled four plots by right-wing ....
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31 killed in 7.5-magnitude Papua New Guinea quake
Date: 2018-02-27 05:51:23 GMT - Papua New Guinea - World - SN:5 - ID:7267452
PORT MORESBY, Feb 27 (MENA) - At least 31 people were killed and over 300 others injured after an earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit Papua New Guinea, The Tribune reported Tuesday quoting the US Geological Survey (USGS). According ....
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Trump to host Macron on 1st state visit in April
Date: 2018-02-26 22:43:07 GMT - France - World - SN:118 - ID:7267385
WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (MENA) - The White House has set the date for the first state visit of President Donald Trump's administration, ABC News reported on Monday. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump will be hosting French President ....
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UK summons Russian ambassador over situation in Syria's Ghouta
Date: 2018-02-26 22:41:27 GMT - Russia - World - SN:117 - ID:7267388
LONDON, Feb 26 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador to London Alexander Yakovenko has been summoned to the British Foreign Office over the situation in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said while speaking at the country’s ....
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Ugandan peacekeepers said to kill 2 Somali soldiers
Date: 2018-02-26 22:28:58 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:116 - ID:7267386
MOGADISHU, Feb 26 (MENA) - A Somali police official said that two Somali soldiers were killed in a confrontation with African Union peacekeepers from Uganda. Col. Ahmed Mohamed was quoted by ABC News as saying that the firefight occurred when the ....
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2 killed in Ecuador hiding in NY-bound plane's landing gear
Date: 2018-02-26 22:25:21 GMT - Ecuador - World - SN:115 - ID:7267384
QUITO, Feb 26 (MENA) - Two presumed stowaways died Monday in Ecuador after they fell from the landing gear of a New York-bound plane, ABC News reported. The airport in the coastal city of Guayaquil had to close for 90 minutes while the two bodies ....
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Russia vetoes UN draft resolution pressuring Iran over Yemen
Date: 2018-02-26 22:18:57 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:114 - ID:7267363
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (MENA) – Russia vetoed Monday a UN draft resolution presented by Britain that would have pressured Iran over its failure to block supplies of missiles to Yemen's Houthi rebels, the Daily Mail reported. The text, strongly ....
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Merkel to form new government with SPD
Date: 2018-02-26 19:29:32 GMT - Germany - World - SN:99 - ID:7267086
BERLIN, Feb 26 (MENA) - The German chancellor's conservative party has approved the grand coalition agreement with the Social Democrats (SPD) by a wide margin, as expected. Only 27 out of 975 Christian Democrat (CDU) party delegates at the party ....
