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Eight foreign militants killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-12-01 08:30:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7118001
KABUL, Dec 1 (MENA) - At least eight foreign militants were killed in a US drone strike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, Afghan military officials said Friday. The airstrikes were carried out in the vicinity of the restive Achin ....
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UN envoy says Syria talks to go until Dec. 15
Date: 2017-11-30 21:29:46 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:72 - ID:7117776
GENEVA, Nov 30 (MENA) - The UN envoy for Syria says the current round of peace talks is to run through Dec. 15, as he downplayed the need for face-to-face meetings while playing up how the two sides were physically closer, ABC News ....
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Turkey: Merkel to work for release of EU funds for refugees
Date: 2017-11-30 21:08:30 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:71 - ID:7117814
ANKARA, Nov 30 (MENA) - Turkish officials say President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has held a telephone conversation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as the two countries try to repair frayed ties, Fox News reported Thursday. Officials from Erdogan's ....
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5 killed in bomb blast in Pakistan
Date: 2017-11-30 20:55:03 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:70 - ID:7117823
ISLAMABAD, Nov 30 (MENA) – Five people, including a peace committee member, were killed in an explosion in South Waziristan, GEO News reported on Thursday. According to the political administration of the agency, the explosive device was installed ....
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OPEC, allies extend production cut through 2018
Date: 2017-11-30 20:10:26 GMT - Austria - World - SN:68 - ID:7117795
VIENNA, Nov 30 (MENA) - The OPEC cartel and a group of allied oil-producing nations agreed Thursday to prolong crude output cuts until the end of next year, extending a policy that has led to a significant rise in the price of oil over the past ....
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New anti-Russia sanctions package designed to restrict gas supplies to EU — Medvedev
Date: 2017-11-30 19:50:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:66 - ID:7117645
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - The new package of sanctions against Moscow is aimed at restricting supplies of Russian gas to Europe, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in his annual live interview with Russian TV channels on Thursday, TASS ....
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EU concerned over future of Iranian nuclear deal, Russian envoy says
Date: 2017-11-30 19:00:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:7117652
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - Like Moscow, Brussels is concerned over the fate of the Iranian nuclear deal, Russia’s envoy to the European Union Vladimir Chizhov told a roundtable in the Federation Council (upper house of parliament) devoted to Russian-EU ....
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Denmark passes law that could ban Nord Stream 2 from going through Its waters - report
Date: 2017-11-30 18:57:47 GMT - Denmark - World - SN:62 - ID:7117653
COPENHAGEN, Nov 30 (MENA) - The EU is mulling potential changes to the Gas Directive in order to gain control over Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with some of its members strongly opposing the project. Denmark has introduced legislation ....
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More than 60 terrorists eliminated in 2017 — Russian National Guard
Date: 2017-11-30 18:45:49 GMT - Russia - World - SN:60 - ID:7117496
MOSCOW, Nov 30 (MENA) - The Russian National Guard and other law enforcement agencies have eliminated more than 60 militants in counter-terrorist operations since the beginning of the year, the National Guard’s deputy commander, Sergey Melikov, said ....
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Over 400 US Marines being withdrawn from Syria anti-Daesh operation
Date: 2017-11-30 18:27:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:7117579
WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (MENA) - Over 400 US Marines involved in battling Daesh group in Syria are being withdrawn as part of a cut in forces after the capture of jihadist "capital" Raqa, the US-led coalition said. "The Marines supported Coalition ....
