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Taliban, Haqqani militants suffer casualties in operations in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-02 22:48:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:80 - ID:6927862
KABUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - Dozens of insurgents including Taliban militants and insurgents of the Haqqani terrorist network were killed during the counter-terrorism and clearance operations, the Khaama Press news agency reported. The Ministry of ....
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Two US soldiers killed in Taliban suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-02 21:27:17 GMT - USA - World - SN:77 - ID:6927919
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday that two US service members have been killed in a suicide bomb attack on a Nato convoy near Kandahar, in southern Afghanistan, The Guardian newspaper reported. A Pentagon spokesman said ....
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Russian PM Medvedev says 'US declares full-fledged trade war'
Date: 2017-08-02 20:54:53 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:6927913
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday that the United States declared a full-fledged trade war by introducing new anti-Russia sanctions, adding that there is no chance that the relations between the two ....
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Two killed in Portugal beach plane crash
Date: 2017-08-02 19:08:40 GMT - Portugal - World - SN:72 - ID:6927808
LISBON, Aug 2 (MENA) - A man and a child have been killed after a light aircraft made an emergency landing on a beach in Portugal, the BBC News reported. Authorities said the incident took place on Sao Joao beach in Caparica, south-west of ....
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US tests unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile
Date: 2017-08-02 18:50:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:71 - ID:6927749
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Pentagon conducted a test of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile on Wednesday, with the timing expected to be of note in both North Korea, which recently tested its missile arsenal, and in China, which has ....
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Trump signs Russia sanctions bill
Date: 2017-08-02 16:50:57 GMT - USA - World - SN:65 - ID:6927729
WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump signed into law Wednesday a legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia and restricts Trump's own ability to ease sanctions in place against Moscow, according to CNN. The bill is one ....
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Italian Parliament approves Libya support mission
Date: 2017-08-02 15:52:21 GMT - Italy - World - SN:60 - ID:6927558
ROME, Aug 2 (MENA) - The Italian Lower House and Senate on Wednesday approved resolutions to back the government's proposal for a naval mission to support the Libyan coast guard, according to Fox News. The remark came as Defense Minister Roberta ....
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Daesh claims responsibility for Afghanistan mosque bombing
Date: 2017-08-02 15:42:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:57 - ID:6927347
KABUL, Aug 2 (MENA) - Daesh terrorist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on a Shi'ite mosque in Afghanistan that killed and wounded dozens of people on Tuesday, The Indian Express reported Wednesday. "About 50 Shi'ite were ....
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Moscow condemns Shiite mosque attack in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-02 15:29:17 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:6927184
MOSCOW, Aug 2 (MENA) - Russia strongly condemned Tuesday’s attack on the Shiite mosque in the city of Herat in western Afghanistan, which claimed the lives of 29 people, Tass news agency cited a statement from the Russian Foreign Ministry on ....
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Amnesty International slams Iran's crackdown on human rights defenders
Date: 2017-08-02 14:08:16 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:45 - ID:6927148
BRUSSELS, Aug 2 (MENA) - Amnesty International condemned the Iranian authorities' crackdown against human rights defenders, noting that it has increased since President Hassan Rouhani took office. Iran’s judicial and security bodies have waged ....
