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Turkey warns Syria against protecting Kurdish fighters
Date: 2018-02-20 09:49:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:22 - ID:7255326
WASHINGTON, Feb 20 (MENA) - Turkey warned the Syrian government Monday against entering the Kurdish-controlled enclave in northern Syria where a major Turkish military offensive is underway, saying it would hit back at Syrian troops if their goal is ....
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S. Korea, US to announce timing of joint military exercises by end of March: defense minister
Date: 2018-02-20 06:53:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:7255160
SEOUL, Feb 20 (MENA) - Seoul's defense chief said South Korea and the United States will announce by the end of March when they will hold annual joint military exercises that have been postponed to avoid coinciding with the PyeongChang Winter ....
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Ukrainian, US citizens arrested in Serbia over filming military facilities
Date: 2018-02-19 22:49:15 GMT - Serbia - World - SN:93 - ID:7255026
BELGRADE, Feb 19 (MENA) - Eight foreign citizens, including two Americans and two Ukrainians, have been arrested in Serbia on suspicion that they tried to photograph and enter military facilities without authorization, officials were quoted by ABC ....
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Migration 'dangerous' for EU's Christian culture: Orban
Date: 2018-02-19 21:46:21 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:90 - ID:7254998
SOFIA, Feb 19 (MENA) - Hungarian PM Viktor Orban has lashed out at Europe's migration policies during visit to Bulgaria. His words come in the run-up to his country's April elections. "We think migration is dangerous to public security, to our ....
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Myanmar government 'bulldozing Rohingya mass grave to hide evidence' - report
Date: 2018-02-19 21:26:31 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:7254950
LONDON, Feb 19 (MENA) - A rights monitoring group said Monday the government of Myanmar is bulldozing over the site of a Rohingya mass grave in an effort to destroy evidence of a massacre committed last year by the military, The Guardian reported. ....
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Gambia president announces moratorium on death penalty
Date: 2018-02-19 20:29:22 GMT - The Gambia - World - SN:85 - ID:7254933
BANJUL, Feb 19 (MENA) – Gambia's president has declared a moratorium on the death penalty, calling it a "first step toward abolition," Voice of America reported on Monday. President Adama Barrow announced the moratorium while addressing a large ....
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Saudi Arabia condemns terrorist attack on church in Russia
Date: 2018-02-19 19:14:26 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - World - SN:77 - ID:7254888
RIYADH, Feb 19 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia expressed on Monday strong condemnation of a shooting at a church in Russia's southern province of Dagestan, the official news agency reported. An official source at the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs The ....
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Putin, Erdogan tackle situation in Syria
Date: 2018-02-19 18:44:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:7254815
MOSCOW, Feb 19 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone conversation with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss the situation in Syria. Special emphasis was placed on ways of enhancing Astana format ....
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Iran crashed plane found in mountains, local reports say
Date: 2018-02-19 12:07:21 GMT - Iran - World - SN:36 - ID:7253859
TEHRAN, Feb 19 (MENA) - The wreckage of a plane that crashed in Iran on Sunday has been found, the BBC quoted local media as reporting Monday. The Aseman Airlines passenger plane came down in the Zagros mountains on Sunday, and all 66 people on ....
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Shock figures reveal state of UK’s brutal prisons - report
Date: 2018-02-18 22:56:19 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:117 - ID:7252973
LONDON, Feb 18 (MENA) - The scale of the crisis engulfing Britain’s prisons can be revealed, after an Observer investigation found that two-thirds are providing inmates with inadequate conditions or unacceptable treatment. An analysis of hundreds ....
