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Daesh attack kills at least 2 in eastern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-12-02 14:45:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:38 - ID:7119927
KABUL, Dec 2 (MENA) - At least two security forces were killed and 10 others, including both soldiers and civilians, were wounded in an attack by Daesh terrorists in eastern Nangarhar province. Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial ....
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Six US F-22 stealth fighter jets arrive in S. Korea for drills
Date: 2017-12-02 10:25:04 GMT - south korea - World - SN:21 - ID:7119424
SEOUL, Dec 2 (MENA) - Six US F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets arrived in South Korea on Saturday for joint air drills between Seoul and Washington slated for next week in a show of force against North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported. The ....
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Honduras suspends rights as violence spreads over delayed vote count
Date: 2017-12-02 09:31:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:14 - ID:7119329
LONDON, Dec 2 (MENA) - The Honduran government has suspended constitutional rights to give the army and police more powers and imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew to contain unrest triggered by a contested presidential election, a senior government ....
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Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan agree to enhance relations
Date: 2017-12-02 08:59:31 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:12 - ID:7119257
ISLAMABAD, Dec 2 (MENA) - Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan agreed to boost bilateral relations especially in trade and defense fields, Pakistan Today news agency reported. Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi held a meeting with his Kyrgyz ....
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Magnitude 2.5 earthquake occurs near North Korea's nuke site
Date: 2017-12-02 07:47:28 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:7119194
SEOUL, Dec 2 (MENA) - A natural earthquake of magnitude 2.5 was detected in North Korea on Saturday close to where the country recently conducted a nuclear test, Yonhap News Agency quoted Seoul's weather agency as saying. The tremor occurred at ....
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France questions three in Lafarge Syria payments case
Date: 2017-12-01 22:51:11 GMT - France - World - SN:74 - ID:7119104
PARIS, Dec 1 (MENA) - French investigators have placed three people under formal investigation as part of a judicial inquiry into the Syrian activities of cement and construction group LafargeHolcim, a Paris judicial source was quoted by CNBC as ....
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Trump: Tillerson is not leaving role as secretary of state
Date: 2017-12-01 21:05:49 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7119075
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (MENA) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is not leaving the Trump administration despite recent speculation, Fox quoted US President Donald Trump as saying on Friday. "The media has been speculating that I fired Rex ....
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Men less likely to access HIV treatment -- UNAIDS
Date: 2017-12-01 19:24:13 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:69 - ID:7118970
GENEVA, Dec 1 (MENA) - On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS has released a new report showing that men are less likely to take an HIV test, less likely to access antiretroviral therapy and more likely to die of AIDS-related illnesses than women. The report ....
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Donald Trump’s 'working visit' to UK dropped as tensions with Theresa May grow over president's far-Right retweets
Date: 2017-12-01 14:34:33 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:49 - ID:7118636
LONDON, Dec 1 (MENA) - US diplomats have dropped plans for US President Donald Trump to conduct a visit to Britain in January amid a war of words between the two countries’ leaders, The Telegraph reported. Trump had been penciled in for a ....
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UN appeals for record dlrs 22.5 billion in global aid for 2018
Date: 2017-12-01 14:04:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:47 - ID:7118437
Geneva, Dec 1 (MENA) - The United Nations appealed Friday for a record dlrs 22.5 billion to provide aid in 2018 to soaring numbers of people slammed by conflicts and disasters around the world, the Daily Mail reported. The global appeal by UN ....
