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  • Pakistan: Soldier, two civilians killed in Indian firing across LoC

    Date: 2017-09-30 08:58:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:7016154

    ISLAMABAD, Sept 30 (MENA) - Indian forces once again violated the ceasefire agreement resorting to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) late Friday, the Pakistani military said according to Geo News. The move resulted in killing a ....

  • HHS Secretary resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense

    Date: 2017-09-30 08:38:20 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:7016049

    WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (MENA) - US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid sharp criticism of his extensive use of taxpayer-funded charter flights for multiple government business trips in stead of available commercial airplanes, ....

  • US orders nonessential diplomats out of Cuba following mysterious attacks

    Date: 2017-09-30 07:39:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:7015991

    NEW YORK, Sept 30 (MENA) - The US State Department ordered families of employees and nonessential personnel to leave its embassy in Cuba in response to mysterious attacks which left its diplomats unwell on Friday. At least 21 staff reported ....

  • US does not recognize Kurdish independence vote in Iraq -Tillerson

    Date: 2017-09-29 20:29:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:67 - ID:7015869

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement on Friday that the United States does not recognize the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan and urges an end to "threats of reciprocal actions," the Daily ....

  • Trump to manufacturers: 'Era of economic surrender is over'

    Date: 2017-09-29 19:30:02 GMT - USA - World - SN:64 - ID:7015813

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Friday addressed a meeting of the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington and declared that "the era of economic surrender is over," CNBC reported. Trump said the newly ....

  • Trump to start Asian tour in November

    Date: 2017-09-29 16:46:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:7015645

    WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (MENA) - The White House said on Friday that US President Donald Trump will travel to five Asian countries in November to participate in regional summits. Trump's November Asia Trip, which will start from November 3 to 14, ....

  • Extradition of Turkish-Swedish reporter to Ankara halted

    Date: 2017-09-29 16:07:13 GMT - Spain - World - SN:52 - ID:7015594

    MADRID, Sept 29 (MENA) - A Turkish-Swedish reporter and writer, arrested last month on a Turkish warrant for alleged terrorism links, will not be extradited to Turkey, the Spanish government said Friday. Government spokesman Inigo Mendez de Vigo ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for Afghanistan's suicide bombing

    Date: 2017-09-29 16:03:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:51 - ID:7015568

    KABUL, Sept 29 (MENA) - Daesh claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing, which took place outside a Shiite mosque in Kabul in Afghanistan, CBS News network reported Friday. Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack in a ....

  • Ghani deplores Shiite mosque attack in Kabul

    Date: 2017-09-29 15:48:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:50 - ID:7015548

    KABUL, Sept 29 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani condemned the attack outside a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital on Friday, which left five people dead and 33 others wounded, CBS News reported. Ghani said in a statement the ....

  • Officer, two fellow troops shot dead by soldier in Russia

    Date: 2017-09-29 15:41:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:49 - ID:7015551

    MOSCOW, Sept 29 (MEN) - A soldier has shot dead several troops during a training drill in far east Russia, The Daily Mail reported Friday. He shot and killed two fellow soldiers and one officer while injuring a fourth person, before stealing a ....

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