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Spain rescues 339 migrants from 7 boats in Mediterranean
Date: 2017-08-16 12:45:10 GMT - Spain - World - SN:38 - ID:6947596
MADRID, Aug 16 (MENA) - Spain's maritime rescue service says it has picked up 339 migrants from seven boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco, ABC News reported Wednesday. The rescue service says the migrants were taken by three ....
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Two key Daesh leaders killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-16 12:42:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:6947564
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - Two key leaders of Daesh terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed during clashes with security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday. The provincial police ....
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UNICEF warns dramatic increase in violence in Central African Republic
Date: 2017-08-16 09:29:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:14 - ID:6946996
GENEVA, Aug 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday that there are an estimated 600,000 internally displaced people and out of an estimated population of a little over 5 million in the Central African Republic ....
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China eyes diplomatic settlement of North Korean crisis
Date: 2017-08-16 07:36:31 GMT - China - World - SN:9 - ID:6946912
BEIJING, Aug 16 (MENA) - China eyes settling the North Korean crisis via diplomatic channels. China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said the situation on the Korean Peninsula is at a crucial juncture, we hope various parties can take ....
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US envoy: Iran can’t use nuclear deal to hold world hostage
Date: 2017-08-15 22:19:32 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:79 - ID:6946773
NEW YORK, Aug 15 (MENA) - US Ambassador Nikki Haley says Iran should not be allowed “to use the nuclear deal to hold the world hostage.” Haley commented Tuesday after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that the landmark 2015 nuclear ....
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Tillerson: US still interested in talks with N. Korea
Date: 2017-08-15 21:55:01 GMT - south korea - World - SN:77 - ID:6946624
SEOUL, Aug 15 (MENA) - The United States continues to be interested in dialogue with North Korea, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday, as the two sides appeared to tamp down escalating tensions over the regime's nuclear and missile ....
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Russia condemns attacks on UN peacekeeping mission in Mali
Date: 2017-08-15 19:14:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:68 - ID:6946612
MOSCOW, Aug 15 (MENA) - The Russian foreign ministry said on Tuesday that Moscow resolutely condemns armed attacks on the camps of the United Nations mission in Mali, TASS news agency reported. A twin attack was committed on the camps of the ....
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Iran has to face Daesh militants at home
Date: 2017-08-15 11:14:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:34 - ID:6945676
WASHINGTON, Aug 15 (MENA) - It was a warm summer morning in Tehran when Daesh militants — some dressed as women — staged a rare attack in the Iranian capital, opening fire at the nation’s parliament and outside the shrine of its revolutionary ....
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London's Holborn Tube station evacuated as smoke fills underground platform after 'loud bang'
Date: 2017-08-15 10:14:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:29 - ID:6945546
LONDON, Aug 15 (MENA) - Holborn Underground station in London's West End was evacuated after smoke began to fill the platform, The Telegraph reported. Passengers reported seeing a "flash" before a "loud bang" at the Tube station at about 9:00 am ....
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Rouhani considers US unreliable partner
Date: 2017-08-15 10:03:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:24 - ID:6945448
TEHRAN, Aug 15 (MENA) - Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani suggested the US was an unreliable partner, citing the US administration's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and new restrictions imposed by the US on Cuba. Rouhani ....
