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Taliban leader, comrades killed in Farah airstrike
Date: 2018-05-21 11:51:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:40 - ID:7410326
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - A key Taliban leader and his comrades were killed in an airstrike in western Farah province of Afghanistan. Four Taliban militants including local group leader Mullah Din Mohammad and his three comrades were killed in ....
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5 mine disposal experts killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Date: 2018-05-21 09:25:45 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:7409973
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - At least five de-miners who were clearing the path for the TAPI gas pipeline project were killed in militants attack in southern Kandahar province, said Khaama Press. According to the local officials, the incident took ....
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16 killed in Afghan-US operations in Paktika, Ghazni
Date: 2018-05-21 08:37:20 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:17 - ID:7409964
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - At least 16 militants were killed during separate operations conducted in southeastern Ghazni and Paktika provinces, Khaama press reported Monday. The 203rd Thunder Corps of the Afghan Military in the Southeast said the ....
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Taliban threatens to target security institutions in Kabul
Date: 2018-05-21 08:34:09 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7409969
KABUL, May 21 (MENA) - The Taliban group has threatened to carry out attacks on security institutions in Kabul as part of their spring offensive, urging the civilians to stay away from such compounds amid growing criticisms that such attacks mostly ....
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Annual meetings of AfDB kick off in Busan, S.Korea
Date: 2018-05-21 08:05:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:7409912
BUSAN/KOREA, May 21 (MENA) - The 53rd Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) kicked off on Monday in the Korean port city of Busan and runs till May 25 with the participation of ministers and senior economic experts from 35 ....
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Indian PM leaves for Russia for informal summit with Putin
Date: 2018-05-21 07:03:39 GMT - India - World - SN:10 - ID:7409861
NEW DELHI, May 21 (MENA) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Russia on Monday morning for an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin in the city of Sochi, Xinhua quoted an official in the country's external affairs ministry as ....
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Venezuelan president Maduro wins re-election
Date: 2018-05-21 06:17:55 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:2 - ID:7409834
CARACAS, May 21 (MENA) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was declared the winner of presidential election Sunday, in a vote that has been criticized both inside and outside of the country, said CNN. Maduro celebrated his re-election during a ....
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Russia investigations could affect midterm congressional elections in US, experts say
Date: 2018-05-20 21:34:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:75 - ID:7409715
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - The outcome of two major investigations of Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election could help determine whether Republicans keep control of US Congress, political analysts said. Both the Senate Intelligence ....
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Trump asks for investigating into whether Obama administration or FBI spied on his presidential campaign
Date: 2018-05-20 21:18:46 GMT - USA - World - SN:73 - ID:7409713
WASHINGTON, May 20 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump demanded that the Justice Department opens an investigation into whether the department or the FBI. “infiltrated or surveilled” his campaign at the behest of the Obama administration, the New ....
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One killed in Su-29 crash landing in Russia's Leningrad
Date: 2018-05-20 20:34:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:7409646
MOSCOW, May 20 (MENA) - One person died in a crash landing of a Su-29 sporting airplane in the Leningrad region, a spokesman for the Northwestern regional center of the Russian emergencies ministry told TASS on Sunday. "A Su-29 plane made a crash ....