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  • Victims toll of Greek forest fires rises to 88

    Date: 2018-07-28 11:50:54 GMT - Greece - World - SN:26 - ID:7508276

    ATHENS, July 28 (MENA) - A 42-year-old woman who was in intensive care after suffering extensive burns in the deadly wildfire that ripped through the coastal town of Mati in east Attica this week died early Saturday morning, raising the number of ....

  • 6 policemen killed in Taliban attack on Zabul checkpoint

    Date: 2018-07-28 11:11:27 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:7508272

    KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - Six policemen manning a security check-post have been killed in a Taliban attack in the capital of southern Zabul province, an official was quoted by Pajhwok Afghan News Agency as saying on Saturday. A security source, ....

  • 16 Daesh militants killed in Afghanistan's military operations

    Date: 2018-07-28 09:49:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7508126

    KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - At least 16 Daesh terrorists were killed and five other suspects arrested during military operations carried out by Afghan forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, said Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense on ....

  • Afghan sapper, 13 Daesh terrorists killed in Nangarhar province

    Date: 2018-07-28 07:46:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:8 - ID:7507988

    KABUL, July 28 (MENA) - An Afghan sapper and at least 13 Daesh Khurasan militants were killed in separate incidents in the eastern province of Nangarhar, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Saturday. The provincial government media office ....

  • 30 illegal migrants reach Spanish beach, flee police

    Date: 2018-07-27 22:47:34 GMT - Spain - World - SN:67 - ID:7507842

    MADRID, July 27 (MENA) - More than 30 illegal migrants, pursued by a police boat, landed on a Spanish beach near Tarifa on Friday then scattered into the surrounding sand dunes and woodland, Sky News reported. The migrants reached the beach after ....

  • 751 migrants plucked safely from boats: Rescuers

    Date: 2018-07-27 20:45:35 GMT - Spain - World - SN:55 - ID:7507712

    MADRID, July 27 (MENA) - Maritime rescue authorities said 751 migrants have been plucked safely from 52 boats trying to reach Spanish shores from northern Africa, this year's most popular route into Europe, Fox News reported. Spain's Maritime ....

  • Four people arrested following shooting at police in east London

    Date: 2018-07-27 19:26:04 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:7507704

    LONDON, July 27 (MENA) - British police are appealing for witnesses after officers were caught in a gun battle in the streets of east London when suspects opened fire on their vehicle, Daily Mail reported. Officers were called to Lascelle Close ....

  • At least 5,000 evacuated in California wildfire

    Date: 2018-07-27 19:24:11 GMT - USA - World - SN:51 - ID:7507713

    WASHINGTON, July 27 (MENA) - More than 5,000 people have been evacuated as the US authorities expect a destructive blaze in Northern California to continue moving into urban areas, ABC News reported on Friday. California Governor's Office of ....

  • Putin on possible meeting With Trump: I'm ready to visit Washington

    Date: 2018-07-27 14:47:05 GMT - Russia - World - SN:34 - ID:7507448

    MOSCOW, July 27 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference on the last day of the BRICS summit in the South African city of Johannesburg that started on July 25. Speaking at the press conference that followed the BRICS ....

  • No polls in Libya before national reconciliation, says Conte

    Date: 2018-07-27 13:50:16 GMT - Italy - World - SN:30 - ID:7507356

    ROME, July 27 (MENA) - Elections in Libya should not take place until warring factions in the turmoil-wracked country achieve reconciliation, populist premier Giuseppe Conte told daily Corriere della Sera in an interview on Friday. "I have said ....

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