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Afghan officials say Taliban attacks kill 16 security forces
Date: 2018-05-18 15:15:06 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:39 - ID:7406740
KABUL, May 18 (MENA) - Afghan officials said Taliban fighters have attacked several security posts in three provinces, killing 16 security forces, ABC News reported. Ramadan Ali Mooseni, deputy provincial police chief, said Friday the Taliban ....
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Indonesia seeks death for cleric accused of ordering attacks
Date: 2018-05-18 14:55:26 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:36 - ID:7406792
JAKARTA, May 18 (MENA) - Indonesian prosecutors on Friday demanded death for radical Islamic cleric Aman Abdurrahman, who is accused of ordering attacks including a January 2016 suicide bombing and gun attack in the capital that killed four ....
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UN human rights chief deplores deteriorating situation in Palestine
Date: 2018-05-18 13:19:27 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:27 - ID:7406583
GENEVA, May 18 (MENA) – The human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territory continues to deteriorate, said the UN human rights chief, pointing out that Israel detains large numbers of Palestinians, including children, in a clear ....
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Russia's Sergei Skripal leaves UK's Salisbury hospital
Date: 2018-05-18 11:52:48 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:21 - ID:7406549
LONDON, May 18 (MENA) - The Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, who was exposed to a nerve agent, has been discharged from Salisbury district hospital, health officials were quoted by the Guardian as saying on Friday. Skripal’s release follows that of ....
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ICAO calls for maintaining safety of civil aviation after UAE concerns
Date: 2018-05-18 09:13:30 GMT - Bahrain - World - SN:11 - ID:7406251
MANAMA, May 17 (MENA) - In view of the serious incidents of civil aviation safety violation by Qatar involving its military aircraft coming in close proximity to UAE-registered civilian aircraft since early 2018, the International Civil Aviation ....
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Scores killed, wounded in school bus crash in US
Date: 2018-05-18 07:22:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:7406147
WASHINGTON, May 18 (MENA) - US authorities said 45 people were on a school bus that collided with a dump truck on a New Jersey highway, killing a student and a teacher, The New York Times reported on Friday. The bus full of 38 fifth-grade ....
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Trump, Nato leader meet amid US-European discord
Date: 2018-05-17 21:57:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:7406068
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg met in Washington on Thursday amid conflicts between the United States and its European allies in the West's key defense organization, Voice of ....
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US Treasury imposes new sanctions on Lebanon Hizbollah members
Date: 2018-05-17 21:42:40 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:7406059
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Thursday designated Hizballah financier Mohammad Ibrahim Bazzi and Hizballah’s representative to Iran Abdallah Safi-Al-Din as Specially ....
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Russia's arms exports register dlrs 13.4 bln in 2017 despite sanctions: Rostec
Date: 2018-05-17 21:28:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:79 - ID:7406047
MOSCOW, May 17 (MENA) - In spite of sanctions, Russia has managed to build up weaponry export in 2017 to dlrs 13.4 billion, compared to dlrs 13.1 billion in 2016, TASS quoted head of the Rostec State Corporation Sergei Chemezov as saying to Russian ....
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US Senate approves CIA nominee Gina Haspel
Date: 2018-05-17 20:58:07 GMT - USA - World - SN:76 - ID:7406039
WASHINGTON, May 17 (MENA) - A key US Senate panel has greenlighted the nomination of veteran covert operative Gina Haspel to become director of the Central Intelligence Agency, despite her involvement in the torture of Al-Qaeda detainees in the ....
