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Spanish says 569 migrants crossing the Mediterranean rescued
Date: 2018-06-23 17:23:03 GMT - Spain - World - SN:47 - ID:7456327
MADRID, June 23 (MENA) - Spanish authorities said they have rescued 569 migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa to Spain by boat. Spain's Maritime Rescue Service said those rescued Saturday included 264 people in 16 boats in the ....
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Malta tells aid boat with migrants to go away
Date: 2018-06-23 16:59:52 GMT - Malta - World - SN:46 - ID:7456328
VALLETTA, June 23 (MENA) - Malta's premier is telling a German aid group to reroute its rescue ship away from the Mediterranean island to avoid further escalation of another European standoff over helping migrants. The German NGO Mission Lifeline ....
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Pakistani Taliban choose new chief in place of Fazlullah
Date: 2018-06-23 15:08:34 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:40 - ID:7456207
ISLAMABAD, June 23 (MENA) - Pakistani Taliban militants chose a religious scholar as their new chief in place of Mullah Fazlullah, the insurgent leader who ordered the assassination of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai and was killed earlier ....
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2 civilians killed, 9 hurt in mortar attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2018-06-23 15:07:57 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:7456193
KABUL, June 23 (MENA) - Two civilians have been killed and nine others injured in a mortar shell attack in central Maidan Wardak province of Afghanistan, local officials said on Saturday. The attack occurred when mortar shells fired by Taliban ....
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4 Deash terrorists killed in clashes with Taliban eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2018-06-23 08:51:44 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7455434
KABUL, June 23 (MENA) - A clash has taken place between the Taliban and militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group in Afghanistan's eastern province of Afghanistan, Afghan news agency Khaama Press reported on Saturday. The 201st Silab Corps ....
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Cyprus, UK sign program for bilateral military cooperation
Date: 2018-06-23 08:25:06 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:10 - ID:7455359
NICOSIA, June 23 (MENA) - Cyprus’ Minister of Defense Savvas Angelides and British Minister of State for the Armed Forces Mark Lancaster have signed a program for bilateral military cooperation for the years 2018 and 2019 during their meeting in ....
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First NHS-funded internet addiction center to be launched in Britain
Date: 2018-06-23 07:21:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:5 - ID:7455328
LONDON, June 23 (MENA) - A hospital in the UK is to be the first to set up an NHS-funded internet addiction center, said Sky News on Saturday. The west London center will start in the next couple of weeks and be aimed at people with gaming ....
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Pentagon suspends war games with S. Korea
Date: 2018-06-23 07:03:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:4 - ID:7455303
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - The US has indefinitely suspended joint war games with South Korea, the Pentagon says, following a promise made by President Donald Trump at his North Korean summit this month. The exercises affected included Freedom ....
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Bill Gates donates $4.1m to fight malaria
Date: 2018-06-23 06:56:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:3 - ID:7455294
WASHINGTON, June 23 (MENA) - Microsoft founder Bill Gates has donated $4.1 million to a lab creating mosquitoes that self-destruct by producing offspring that dies before reaching adulthood in an effort to fight malaria, reported Sky News channel on ....
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Japanese FM to visit IAEA to discuss N. Korea denuclearization
Date: 2018-06-23 06:49:01 GMT - Japan - World - SN:2 - ID:7455288
TOKYO, June 23 (MENA) - Japanese officials are arranging a meeting between Foreign Minister Taro Kono and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, reported the Japanese radio NHK on Saturday. Kono plans to visit the IAEA headquarters ....
