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Rocket attack on Kabul foiled
Date: 2018-05-20 06:57:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:7 - ID:7408457
KABUL, May 20 (MENA) - Afghan national defense and security forces thwarted a plot by anti-government armed militant groups to carry out a rocket attack on Kabul, state media reported on Sunday. The Kabul police command said at least four long ....
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Ex-diplomat gets 3 years in Indian jail for spying for Pakistan
Date: 2018-05-19 21:51:20 GMT - India - World - SN:73 - ID:7408365
NEW DELHI, May 19 (MENA) – Former Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta, who had served at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad, was on Saturday sentenced to three years in jail for passing on sensitive information to Pakistan's ISI, with a Delhi court ....
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Macedonia to have new name as agreement reached with Greece
Date: 2018-05-19 21:38:45 GMT - Macedonia - World - SN:72 - ID:7408359
SKOPJE, May 19 (MENA) - The prime minister of Macedonia said his administration and the Greek government have agreed on a new name for his country to solve the decades-long name dispute between Skopje and Athens, The Daily Mail newspaper reported ....
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110 died in Havana plane crash -- Cuban official
Date: 2018-05-19 21:20:51 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:69 - ID:7408352
HAVANA, May 19 (MENA) - Cuba's transportation minister said 110 people were killed in Friday's plane crash near Havana, ABC news reported on Saturday. Adel Yzquierdo Rodriguez said 113 people were on board including 102 Cubans, three tourists, ....
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China to buy more US goods, services upon fresh agreement with Washington
Date: 2018-05-19 21:03:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:7408321
WASHINGTON, May 19 (MENA) - The US and China said Saturday that two days of "constructive" talks between American and Chinese officials in Washington had led to an agreement for China to buy more goods and services, The agreement includes ....
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One of Chechnya church attackers identified -- leader
Date: 2018-05-19 19:28:03 GMT - Chechnya - World - SN:59 - ID:7408243
GROZNY, May 19 (MENA) – The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said that the identity of one of the attackers on the Church in Grozny in known adding that he lived in the suburbs of the capital of the Republic, RIA Novosti reported on ....
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Afghan Taliban denies responsibility for Jalalabad blasts
Date: 2018-05-19 19:14:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:58 - ID:7408246
KABUL, May 19 (MENA) - The Taliban group of Afghanistan has denied any involvement in recent blast in Jalalabad. The denial was reported by TOLOnews channel on Saturday. The explosions, which occurred in Nangarhar, left eight people dead and ....
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New Catalan leader names ex-ministers for regional government
Date: 2018-05-19 18:52:27 GMT - Spain - World - SN:56 - ID:7408242
MADRID, May 19 (MENA) - New Catalonia president Quim Torra named two former ministers, jailed by Madrid for backing independence from Spain, together with two others who fled into exile, to his regional government, France 24 reported on ....
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Two policemen, churchgoer die in terrorist attack in Russia's Grozny
Date: 2018-05-19 15:41:37 GMT - Russia - World - SN:47 - ID:7408094
MOSCOW, May 19 (MENA) - Two policemen and one churchgoer have died as result of a terrorist attack on a church in Russia's city of Grozny, Sputnik quoted a source in the local police department as saying on Saturday. Two more policemen have been ....
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N. Korean diplomat arrives in China
Date: 2018-05-19 15:40:42 GMT - south korea - World - SN:46 - ID:7408093
SEOUL, May 19 (MENA) - A North Korean diplomat responsible for Southeast Asian affairs arrived in Beijing on Saturday, sparking speculation that he may visit Singapore ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean ....
