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Denmark ban of niqabs, burqas comes into force
Date: 2018-08-01 11:43:33 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:40 - ID:7514109
COPENHAGEN, Aug 1 (MENA) - Denmark ban on wearing niqabs and burqas in public has come into force as of Wednesday amid tensions between supporters and opponents to the ban law, Al Hurra TV reported. Denmark has thus become the latest in a number ....
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British consulate general in St. Petersburg ends operation
Date: 2018-08-01 11:30:04 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:7514102
MOSCOW, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Russia has officially confirmed the closure of the British consulate general in St. Petersburg in social media on Wednesday. "British Consulate General St Petersburg is now officially ....
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Japanese gov't verifies authenticity of video of journalist held in Syria
Date: 2018-08-01 10:16:50 GMT - Japan - World - SN:32 - ID:7513888
TOKYO, Aug 1 (MENA) - The Japanese government acknowledged Wednesday it believes a new video that surfaced online recently shows captive Japanese freelance journalist Jumpei Yasuda, who went missing in Syria in 2015, Kyodo news agency reported. ....
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Service resumes on busy Paris metro line after evacuation
Date: 2018-08-01 10:09:29 GMT - France - World - SN:30 - ID:7513883
PARIS, Aug 1 (MENA) - Metro trains resumed operating on one of Paris’s busiest lines early Wednesday after a technical problem paralysed the network for hours, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people through dark tunnels in stifling heat, The ....
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21 Indian fishermen, stranded in Iran, released: minister
Date: 2018-08-01 08:32:26 GMT - India - World - SN:17 - ID:7513698
NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (MENA) - Twenty-one Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu, who were stranded in Iran, have been released and will be repatriated soon, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said. She said they will be repatriated to Chennai in ....
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Senior Daesh leader surrender to Afghan forces with his 152 fighters
Date: 2018-08-01 07:11:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:9 - ID:7513614
KABUL, Aug 1 (MENA) - A senior leader of the Daesh group Mawlavi Habib Ur Rehman surrendered to the Afghan forces together with his 152 militants, Khaama press reported Wednesday. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North said ....
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Zimbabwe ruling party wins parliamentary elections
Date: 2018-08-01 07:04:29 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:8 - ID:7513587
HARARE, Aug 1 (MENA) - Zimbabwe’s ruling party won a majority of parliamentary seats in the first election of the post-Robert Mugabe era as the opposition and advocacy groups questioned the credibility of the process, Bloomberg reported. With ....
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Nearly 100 die in Tokyo from heatstroke in July
Date: 2018-08-01 06:49:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:6 - ID:7513584
TOKYO, Aug 1 (MENA) - The death toll among Tokyo residents from suspected heatstroke hit 96 last month, Japan's NHK reported Wednesday. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and others said the victims were in their 40s through 90s. The ....
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Senior Seoul official to visit N. Korea on preparations for family reunions
Date: 2018-07-31 22:53:26 GMT - south korea - World - SN:74 - ID:7513323
SEOUL, July 31 (MENA) - South Korea's Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae-sung will visit North Korea this week to examine preparations for the upcoming reunion event for families separated by the Korean War, Yonhap News Agency quoted a ministry ....
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UN chief to visit Nagasaki for 73rd anniversary of atomic bombing
Date: 2018-07-31 22:39:23 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7513322
NEW YORK, July 31 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will travel to Nagasaki to attend the annual commemoration of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city, the official Kyodo News Agency quoted the United Nations as saying ....
