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Tillerson greets Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2017-09-01 10:54:36 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:20 - ID:6971300
CAIRO, Sept 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greeted on Friday Muslims around the world on the occasion of Eidul Adha. Tillerson wished Muslims happy feast, pointing out to the fact that millions of Muslims do charity work during ....
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EU official: Europe home to 57,000 extremists
Date: 2017-09-01 10:13:22 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:19 - ID:6971167
BRUSSELS, Sept 1 (MENA) - European Union's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove said that Britain is home to about 35,000 extremists, warning that they pose a major threat against national security. Kerchove pointed out that the ....
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UN: 400 Rohingya Muslims killed in Myanmar
Date: 2017-09-01 08:42:03 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:14 - ID:6971153
NEW YORK, Sept 1 (MENA) - About 400 people were killed during this week in the fight between Rohingya Muslim minority and security forces northwestern Myanmar, according to the United Nations. The BBC reported that the number of Rohingya Muslims ....
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Putin greets Russian Muslims on Eidul Adha
Date: 2017-09-01 07:55:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:6971109
MOSCOW, Sept 1 (MENA)- President Vladimir Putin extended his greetings to Russian Muslims on the occasion of Eidul Adha, lauding the role of Muslims in promoting religious and national dialogue in Russia. Putin said, in a statement posted on the ....
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6 killed, injured in bomb attack in northwest Pakistan
Date: 2017-09-01 07:19:06 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:11 - ID:6971098
ISLAMABAD, Sept 1 (MENA) - A Pakistani official said Friday that a roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying an anti-Taliban tribal elder in the northwest, killing him, his son and another person, ABC news channel reported. Three people were also ....
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Lavrov, Tillerson agree to meet in September
Date: 2017-08-31 21:57:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:78 - ID:6970898
MOSCOW, Aug 31 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson agreed in a telephone conversation on Thursday to meet in September, a high-ranking official from the US administration told a briefing. She ....
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Merkel faces protests in Germany's nationalist heartlands
Date: 2017-08-31 21:35:10 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:76 - ID:6970868
LONDON, Aug 31 (MENA) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has faced fierce protests on the campaign trail for next month’s federal elections in Germany, calling into question her strategy of actively targeting regions of the country where rightwing ....
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New Russian ambassador to US arrives in Washington
Date: 2017-08-31 20:04:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:70 - ID:6970869
WASHINGTON, Aug 31 (MENA) - The new Russian Ambassador to the US, Anatoly Ivanov, has arrived in Washington, TASS reported. Anatoly Antonov replaces Sergei Kislyak, who rounded up his term of ambassadorial duties in Washington on July ....
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Battle to regain Raqqa must not be about defeating Daesh at all costs – Zeid
Date: 2017-08-31 17:40:30 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:64 - ID:6970774
GENEVA, Aug 31 (MENA) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein stressed that the battle to regain al Raqqa and Deir-ez-Zor from Daesh must not be waged at the expense of the lives of civilians trapped and besieged in these ....
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Mumbai building collapse kills at least 21
Date: 2017-08-31 16:36:35 GMT - India - World - SN:60 - ID:6970773
NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (MENA) - At least 21 people have died and 21 others have been rescued after a building collapse in Mumbai, BBC reported. Rescuers say they will keep looking for survivors through the night. A six-storey building toppled over in ....
