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  • US citizen detained in Vietnam

    Date: 2018-08-03 15:35:34 GMT - Vietnam - World - SN:47 - ID:7517355

    HANOI, Aug 3 (MENA) - A 54-year old American missing in Vietnam for nearly a month is being held by Vietnamese authorities, ABC news reported on Friday. Detained without charges, he is the second US citizen recently arrested by the government ....

  • 24 militants killed in Afghan raids in 24 hours

    Date: 2018-08-03 15:34:25 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:7517343

    KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - As many as 24 militants have been killed during security operations in various provinces in Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, the Afghan Defense Ministry was quoted by Pajhwok news agency as saying on Friday. Up to nine ....

  • Global-PRNewswire(4):Miami International Holdings Reports July 2018 Trading Activity for MIAX Exchange Group

    Date: 2018-08-03 14:26:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:42 - ID:7517326

    Miami International Holdings Reports July 2018 Trading Activity for MIAX Exchange Group PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 3, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Miami International Holdings, Inc. today reported the July 2018 trading activity for its two fully ....

  • Death toll from Afghanistan's suicide blast jumps to 25

    Date: 2018-08-03 13:45:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:40 - ID:7517250

    KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - The death toll from a suicide attack that targeted on Friday a mosque in Afghanistan climbed to 25, according to the Voice of America (VOA). A pair of suicide bombers, armed with assault rifles, stormed a crowded mosque in ....

  • US military airstrike in Somalia kills 4 al-Shabab fighters

    Date: 2018-08-03 13:29:10 GMT - Somalia - World - SN:37 - ID:7517203

    MOGADISHU, Aug 3 (MENA) - The US military says it has carried out an airstrike in Somalia that killed four members of the al-Shabab extremist group, ABC News reported Friday. The US Africa Command says this is the 19th such airstrike this year ....

  • Russian foreign ministry says 3 reporters were killed in CAR during robbery

    Date: 2018-08-03 13:26:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:36 - ID:7517164

    MOSCOW, Aug 3 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday a preliminary investigation showed three Russian journalists were killed in the Central African Republic this week by assailants who wanted to rob them, ....

  • Fishing boat capsizes off Java, all 13 aboard missing

    Date: 2018-08-03 12:51:53 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:35 - ID:7517070

    JAKARTA, Aug 3 (MENA) - A fishing boat capsized Friday in bad weather off Indonesia's main island of Java, leaving 13 people missing, a rescue official said. The boat, Bunga Hati 2, left port from the town of Karangsong in West Java and capsized ....

  • Afghan president condemns suicide attack on Gardez City mosque

    Date: 2018-08-03 12:50:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:34 - ID:7517096

    KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday condemned a suicide bombing that targeted Khwaja Hassan Mosque in Gardez City, calling it inhuman, the Afghan Tolo News reported. In a statement, the Afghan president said such attacks ....

  • Afghan commandos rescue 61 civilians from a Taliban prison in Helmand

    Date: 2018-08-03 12:37:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:7516916

    KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - The Commandos of the Afghan National Army rescued at least 61 civilians from a Taliban prison in the southern Afghan province of Helmand. The provincial government media office in a statement said the civilians were rescued ....

  • 20 persons killed, 40 injured as explosion targets mosque in Afghan Gardez city

    Date: 2018-08-03 12:37:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:7517066

    KABUL, Aug 3 (MENA) - An explosion has ripped through the worshipers in a mosque in Gardez city, the provincial capital of Paktia province, Khaama Press reported on Friday. Provincial police chief Gen. Raz Mohammad Mandozai said that at least 20 ....

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