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Son of ex-Turkish PM Yılmaz found dead in Istanbul
Date: 2017-12-16 14:59:31 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:50 - ID:7143470
ANKARA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Mehmet Yavuz Yılmaz, the son of former Turkish Prime Minister Mesut Yılmaz was found dead in his house in Istanbul on Saturday, local media reported. The 38-year-old Yılmaz was shot once in his head at his Beykoz home, ....
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Nine Daesh militants killed, injured in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-12-16 14:32:30 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:48 - ID:7143459
KABUL, Dec 16 (MENA) - Militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group suffered casualties during the air and ground operations conducted in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, local media reported. The provincial government media office ....
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Four Taliban militants killed, leader arrested in Nangarhar
Date: 2017-12-16 09:54:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:7142845
KABUL, Dec 16 (MENA) - Four Taliban insurgents were killed and a leader of the group was arrested during a night raid conducted by the Afghan Special Forces in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Afghan authorities said on Saturday. In a ....
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North Korea rejects dialogue with US: ambassador
Date: 2017-12-16 09:28:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:19 - ID:7142804
NEW YORK, Dec 16 (MENA) - North Korea's Ambassador to the United Nations Ja Song Nam has ruled out the possibility of talks with the US in the current circumstances, Japan's public broadcaster NHK reported Saturday. He was speaking to reporters ....
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Greece, Cyprus agree to boost joint armament programs
Date: 2017-12-16 09:04:30 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:15 - ID:7142751
NICOSIA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Greece and Cyprus have agreed to further strengthen their joint armament programs with the aim of benefiting from the relevant opportunities offered as well as funding within the framework of the Permanent Structured ....
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6.5 earthquake hits Indonesia’s Java island, 2 killed
Date: 2017-12-16 08:09:16 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:11 - ID:7142701
JAKARTA, Dec 16 (MENA) - A strong earthquake shook Indonesia's densely populated Java island on Friday night, killing two people and severely damaging dozens of homes near the epicenter, Los Angeles Times newspaper reported. The magnitude 6.5 ....
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Peru launches impeachment process against president
Date: 2017-12-15 22:01:11 GMT - Peru - World - SN:83 - ID:7142543
LIMA, Dec 15 (MENA) – Lawmakers in Peru initiated impeachment proceedings Friday against President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, who is accused of failing to disclose decade-old payments from a Brazilian company embroiled in Latin America’s biggest ....
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France condemns shelling OSCE monitors in Ukraine
Date: 2017-12-15 20:49:51 GMT - France - World - SN:80 - ID:7142496
PARIS, Dec 15 (MENA) - France has condemned a shelling that endangered the lives of five monitors from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission during in Popasna, in Ukraine's Luhansk region. "The parties are required to safeguard the security of ....
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N. Korea envoy says 'US terrified of our power'
Date: 2017-12-15 20:38:33 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:78 - ID:7142473
NEW YORK, Dec 15 (MENA) - North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations told a Security Council session that the US is "terrified by the incredible might" of the state's nuclear power, Russia Today reported. North Korea is "a responsible nuclear ....
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UK faces hefty payouts to Iraqi civilians 'ill-treated' by British forces
Date: 2017-12-15 20:34:51 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:7142474
LONDON, Dec 15 (MENA) – Four Iraqi citizens have won High Court damages against the British Ministry of Defence arising out of their ill-treatment and unlawful detention by British forces during the Iraq War, The Telegraph reported on Friday. The ....