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Oxfam: Over 20,000 people live in temporary shelters in Indonesia after magnitude 7 quake
Date: 2018-08-07 09:06:06 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:19 - ID:7522375
JAKARTA, Aug 7 (MENA) - Oxfam International Confederation is providing clean drinking water and tarpaulin shelter sheets to 5,000 survivors as a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7 on the Richter scale, the second within a week, hit Lombok Island ....
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Pentagon puts new restrictions on US troops using fitness trackers while deployed
Date: 2018-08-07 09:01:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:7522373
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Pentagon announced Monday that it is putting new restrictions on US troops carrying electronics, following revelations early this year that information they were sharing online could be collated to determine the ....
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Russian embassy closely following up arrest of Russians by FBI
Date: 2018-08-07 08:45:45 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:7522374
MOSCOW, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in the United States announced that it had requested a clarification from the US State Department over the detention of some Russian citizens by the FBI, noting that it is following the development of the ....
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UNSC adopts guidelines aimed at speeding aid to North Korea
Date: 2018-08-06 20:28:27 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:100 - ID:7522084
NEW YORK, Aug 6 (MENA) - The UN Security Council adopted new guidelines Monday to try to speed the delivery of humanitarian aid to North Korea, ABC News reported. The Netherlands, which chairs the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions ....
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US 'consistency' counters Chinese aggression in South China Sea - Navy's top admiral
Date: 2018-08-06 20:25:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:7522081
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - The US response to China's controversial actions in the South China Sea is "consistency," Voice of America quoted the Navy's top admiral as saying Monday. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said the United ....
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US had no connection to Maduro assassination attempt - Pompeo
Date: 2018-08-06 20:19:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:98 - ID:7522075
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denied his country's involvement in an apparent assassination attempt of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, ABC News reported Monday. Pompeo echoed the comments made by National ....
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UK poised to ask Russia to extradite Salisbury attack suspects
Date: 2018-08-06 18:53:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:91 - ID:7521932
LONDON, Aug 6 (MENA) - The British government is poised to submit an extradition request to Moscow for two Russians suspected of carrying out the Salisbury nerve agent attack that left one person dead and three injured, The Guardian quoted Whitehall ....
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H5N1 bird flu outbreak found at Malaysian farm
Date: 2018-08-06 13:37:14 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:59 - ID:7521190
PARIS, Aug 6 (MENA) - Malaysia reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus on a farm in the eastern region of Sabah, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday, citing a report from Malaysia's veterinary ....
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Washington concerned over violence against unarmed protesters in Iran: Pompeo
Date: 2018-08-06 10:30:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:27 - ID:7520591
WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States is concerned about reports of Iranian authorities using "violence against unarmed citizens," urging the Iranian regime to respect its people's human rights. "We ....
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3 family members killed, 11 injured in blast in S. Afghanistan
Date: 2018-08-06 07:39:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:7520490
KABUL, Aug 6 (MENA) - Three members of a family were killed and 11 others seriously injured after an improvised explosive device (IED) went off in Afghanistan southern province of Helmand, Xinhua quoted an official as saying Sunday. The incident ....
