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7 Taliban militants killed, injured in air strike
Date: 2017-09-08 10:01:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:6980127
KABUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - Seven Taliban militants were killed or inured, including a Taliban leader, in an air raid carried out by the Afghan forces in central Maidan Wardak province, local officials said. The Taliban leader killed in the airstrike ....
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Mexico: Tsunami triggered as magnitude-8.1 quake kills at least six
Date: 2017-09-08 09:50:12 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:28 - ID:6980315
MEXICO CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck Mexico, causing a tsunami and warnings for countries across Central America, The Independent reported Friday. The Governor of the Mexican ....
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US appeals court rules against travel ban
Date: 2017-09-08 09:15:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:6980072
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA)- A US appeal court upheld a ruling that bars refugees and nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the US. The 9th Circuit Court ruled that extended family members such as grandparents and ....
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Most South Koreans don’t expect war with North: poll shows
Date: 2017-09-08 09:12:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:6980152
SEOUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - More than half of South Korean citizens don't expect that tension on the Korean peninsula resulting from North’s nuclear tests would lead to a war, according to a new Gallup poll, The survey found that 58 percent of those ....
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US Justice Department to appeal travel ban ruling
Date: 2017-09-08 09:06:22 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:6980195
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - The US Justice Department says it will take President Donald Trump's much-litigated travel ban to the Supreme Court once more. It comes after the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday rejected the ....
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Over 1,000 killed in Myanmar violence: says UN
Date: 2017-09-08 08:46:37 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:13 - ID:6980151
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - The United Nations (UN) said on Friday that number of people killed in the violence since August 25 in Myanmar has crossed 1,000. Killings are mostly members of the Muslim Rohingya minority, Sky News channel ....
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Earthquake of magnitude 8.1 strikes off Mexico's Pacific coast
Date: 2017-09-08 06:52:45 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:8 - ID:6980071
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA) - A strong earthquake of magnitude 8.1 has struck in the Pacific off the southern coast of Mexico, killing at least three people. The epicenter was about 87km south-west of the town of Pijijiapan and at a depth of 70km, ....
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Pakistan denies claims of sheltering terrorists
Date: 2017-09-07 21:01:52 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:92 - ID:6979927
ISLAMABAD, Sept 7 (MENA) – Pakistan rejected again allegations that it were sheltering terrorists who are plotting deadly attacks in Afghanistan, the Voice of America cited Pakistani Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif as saying. Asif recounted ....
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US deeply concerned about Rohingya Muslims crisis
Date: 2017-09-07 20:54:09 GMT - USA - World - SN:91 - ID:6979932
WASHINGTON, Sept 7 (MENA) - The United States has expressed deep concerns and said it is in close contact with Myanmar’s government on the situation in that country’s northwestern Rakhine State, where tens of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been ....
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Russian envoy says Kurds should take part in intra-Syria talks
Date: 2017-09-07 20:14:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:88 - ID:6979891
MOSCOW, Sept 7 (MENA) - Russian President's special envoy for the Middle East and African Mikhail Bogdanov has reaffirmed the importance of a full-fledged presence of Syrian Kurds at the pan-Syrian talks on peace settlement, the Russian Foreign ....
