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Death toll in Helmand suicide bombing rises to 13
Date: 2017-08-27 18:48:13 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:62 - ID:6964904
KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - A suicide bomber reportedly detonated his explosives near a military vehicle in Nawa district of southern Helmand province killing at least 13 people and wounding 19, Tolo News reported. The attack occurred around 6:30 pm ....
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Suspected Boko Haram extremists kill 16 in north Cameroon
Date: 2017-08-27 18:34:16 GMT - Cameroon - World - SN:61 - ID:6964851
YAOUNDE, Aug 27 (MENA) - Residents say suspected Boko Haram extremists killed at least 16 people and burned homes in two villages in Cameroon's north, near the border with Nigeria, ABC News reported. Iya Gana, whose husband was killed in the ....
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Local official: 10 killed in Afghanistan suicide attack
Date: 2017-08-27 18:04:16 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:60 - ID:6964887
KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA) - Ten people, including soldiers and civilians, were killed when a suicide car bomber attacked an Afghan army convoy in southern Helmand province, a local official said, ABC News reported. Atiqullah Khan, local director of ....
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Blast occurs at weapons depot in Azerbaijan's military unit
Date: 2017-08-27 17:34:01 GMT - Azerbaijan - World - SN:58 - ID:6964797
BAKU, Aug 27 (MENA) - A fire has caused an explosion at a weapons depot in a military unit in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said. "The fire broke out at a weapons depot in a military unit. The explosion occurred as a result of the ....
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Italian amb. to Sudan expresses his country's desire to strengthen relations
Date: 2017-08-27 14:55:09 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:45 - ID:6964468
KHARTOUM, Aug 27 (MENA) - Italy's Ambassador to Sudan Fabrizio Lobasso said Sunday his country is seeking to strengthen its relations with Sudan. Lobasso stressed in a meeting with the Sudanese Minister of Minerals Hashem Ali Salem that Italy aims ....
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Pope laments "persecutions" of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar
Date: 2017-08-27 14:49:34 GMT - Vatican - World - SN:44 - ID:6964459
VATICAN, Aug 27 (MENA) - Pope Francis is decrying persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and praying they receive "full rights," ABC News reported. The pontiff said Sunday there was "sad news about the persecution of the religious minority of ....
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Deadly airstrikes target Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan leaving several dead
Date: 2017-08-27 13:29:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:40 - ID:6964300
KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA) – A series of airstrikes targeted the Taliban insurgents in at least two districts of the restive Helmand province in the South, leaving several fighters of the group dead, Khaama Press reported on Sunday. A spokesman for the ....
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German woman dies, raises death toll to 16 in Spain attacks
Date: 2017-08-27 12:00:32 GMT - Spain - World - SN:32 - ID:6964137
MADRID, Aug 27 (MENA) - Health authorities in Catalonia say a 51-year-old German woman has died from injuries suffered in the Aug. 17 attack in Barcelona, raising the death toll in attacks there and the nearby coastal town of Cambrils to 16, abc ....
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4 Daesh militants killed in northern Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-27 09:48:36 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:19 - ID:6963802
KABUL, Aug 27 (MENA), As many as four Daesh militants have been killed in an explosion in the province of Jawzjan, northern Afghanistan. Daesh militants from Uzbekistan were killed while preparing an explosive device, said district administrative ....
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Pyongyang to play itself into corner in case of continued missile launches - senator
Date: 2017-08-27 08:36:56 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:6963751
MOSCOW, August 27 (MENA) - Head of the Federation Council’s international affairs committee Konstantin Kosachev assumes that Pyohgyang may play itself into a corner, making it even more difficult to help solve the North Korean issue if it continues ....
