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  • 36 killed, injured in fire exchange in eastern Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-05-13 10:44:00 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:7397869

    KABUL, May 13 (MENA) - At least six civilians were killed and 30 injured Sunday when militants exchanged fire with security forces in eastern Afghanistan. Militants detonated bombs and stormed a government building in an ongoing assault in the ....

  • Afghan defense minister visits Tehran

    Date: 2018-05-13 09:33:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:21 - ID:7397648

    KABUL, May 13 (MENA) - Afghan Minister of Defense Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami visited Iran on an official invitation of the Iranian military officials, Khaama press reported. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said Gen. Bahrami will hold talks regarding ....

  • International Conference of News Agencies opens in Islamabad

    Date: 2018-05-13 08:28:18 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:15 - ID:7397543

    ISLAMABAD, May 13 (MENA) - A two-day International Conference of News Agencies kicked off in Pakistan on Sunday under the theme, Pakistan’s Media – Opportunities and Challenges. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi attended the opening ....

  • 9 killed, scores injured in attacks on churches in Indonesia

    Date: 2018-05-13 06:44:00 GMT - Indonesia - World - SN:9 - ID:7397437

    JAKARTA, May 13 (MENA) - Suspected suicide bombers struck three different churches in Indonesia on Sunday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring scores more, police were quoted by CNN as saying. Forty people -- including two police ....

  • French police race to identify Paris attacker as Daesh claims attack

    Date: 2018-05-13 06:43:28 GMT - France - World - SN:8 - ID:7397445

    PARIS, May 13 (MENA) - French investigators have scrambled to identify a knifeman who killed one person and wounded four others in a suspected terror attack that brought panic once more to the streets of Paris, France 24 reported. An assailant ....

  • US wants N.K. to ship part of nuclear, missile stockpiles out of country within months: sources

    Date: 2018-05-13 06:33:05 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:7397464

    SEOUL, May 13 (MENA) - The United States has demanded that North Korea ship some of its nuclear weapons, fissile material and long-range missiles out of the country within months after next month's summit between the two countries, Yonhap reported ....

  • Ex-Albanian interior minister under house arrest

    Date: 2018-05-12 22:32:03 GMT - Albania - World - SN:76 - ID:7397323

    TIRANA, May 12 (MENA) - A former Albanian interior minister was put under house arrest Saturday while he is investigated for graft and alleged involvement in a drug trafficking ring, ABC News quoted the office of Albania's top prosecutor as ....

  • One killed, eight injured in Paris stabbing attack

    Date: 2018-05-12 20:35:24 GMT - France - World - SN:70 - ID:7397317

    PARIS, May 12 (MENA) - One person has died and seven others were injured after a knifeman attacked bystanders in Paris, Sky News reported on Saturday. The attacker has been shot dead by police after the attack in the attack in the French ....

  • Armenian president appoints new government

    Date: 2018-05-12 20:15:49 GMT - Armenia - World - SN:68 - ID:7397254

    YEREVAN, May 12 (MENA) - Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has made all of the appointments to the country's new government, the president's office was quoted by Sputnik on Saturday. Armenian President Armen Sarkissian appointed the country's ....

  • Merkel decries US pullout from Iran deal, gets peace prize

    Date: 2018-05-12 20:15:18 GMT - Italy - World - SN:67 - ID:7397230

    ROME, May 12 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said President Donald Trump's decision to pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear accord makes the situation in the Middle East "more difficult," Fox News reported. Speaking on Saturday ....

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