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  • 'The only way' of dealing with British Daesh fighters is to kill them in almost every case, UK minister says

    Date: 2017-10-22 22:09:13 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:66 - ID:7053028

    LONDON, Oct 22 (MENA) - British Daesh fighters should be killed in Syria rather than be allowed to return to UK, The Telegraph cited a UK government minister as saying on Sunday. Rory Stewart said converts who leave Britain to fight for the ....

  • Top Taliban leaders killed in Afghan Helmand operations

    Date: 2017-10-22 22:01:47 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:65 - ID:7053120

    KABUL, Oct 22 (MENA) - Nine Taliban leaders have been killed during the operations of the Afghan security forces in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan. According to local officials, the Taliban leaders were killed during the recent military ....

  • Jimmy Carter willing to go to N. Korea on diplomatic mission for Trump - report

    Date: 2017-10-22 21:51:12 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7053109

    New York, Oct 22 (MENA) – Jimmy Carter, the 93-year-old former Democratic president, says he is willing to go to North Korea on a diplomatic mission for President Trump amid the escalating tensions over nuclear weapons, Fox News reported on ....

  • UK police end leisure park siege - report

    Date: 2017-10-22 20:39:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:57 - ID:7053180

    LONDON, Oct 22 (MENA) - A suspected gunman has been arrested after UK police ended a four-hour armed siege at a bowling alley in Nuneaton, the BBC reported. Officers were called to the scene after reports a man with a shotgun had taken two ....

  • N. Korea seeks UNSC anti-US drills move

    Date: 2017-10-22 20:10:26 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:55 - ID:7053161

    PYONGYANG, Oct 22 (MENA) - North Korea's permanent representative to the United Nations sent a letter to the UN Security Council urging it to discuss a large-scale South Korea-US joint naval drills, the Korean Central News Agency reported on ....

  • Two hostages held at UK bowling alley

    Date: 2017-10-22 19:22:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:52 - ID:7053032

    LONDON, Oct 22 (MENA) - An armed man has taken two members of staff hostage inside a bowling alley at a leisure complex in Nuneaton, UK, its chief executive has said, the BBC reported. Mehdi Amshar told Sky News the hostages were being held at ....

  • US defense chief to visit S. Korea for annual talks

    Date: 2017-10-22 17:45:44 GMT - south korea - World - SN:45 - ID:7052946

    SEOUL, Oct 22 (MENA) - US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will visit South Korea this week for annual security talks between the allies, the Pentagon said, amid high tensions over North Korea's nuclear program, Yonhap News Agency reported on ....

  • Man arrested after knife attack in Munich

    Date: 2017-10-21 19:51:46 GMT - Germany - World - SN:93 - ID:7051557

    BERLIN, Oct 21 (MENA) - German police have arrested a man in Munich after four people were lightly injured by a knife attacker, the BBC News reported Saturday. Police said the suspect lashed out at five men and one woman around Rosenheimer Platz ....

  • Trump plans to release JFK assassination documents

    Date: 2017-10-21 18:51:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:7051489

    WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he planned to release the tens of thousands of never-before-seen documents left in the files related to Late US President John F. Kennedy’s assassination held by the ....

  • Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide attack

    Date: 2017-10-21 18:44:15 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:87 - ID:7051490

    KABUL, Oct 21 (MENA) - The Taliban insurgency has claimed responsibly for the minibus bombing outside the Afghan military academy in Kabul, leaving 15 people dead, The Voice of America reported Saturday. In a statement by Taliban, it said the ....

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