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  • WHO: 1.8 million HIV cases in 2016

    Date: 2017-07-24 13:52:45 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:53 - ID:6912918

    CAIRO, July 24 (MENA) - The number of suspected HIV cases recorded in 2016 reached 1.8 million despite efforts aiming at eliminating the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced Monday. In a statement, the WHO said that as many as ....

  • Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul suicide bombing

    Date: 2017-07-24 10:57:54 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:31 - ID:6912558

    KABUL, July 24 (MENA) - The Taliban movement on Monday claimed responsibility for the suicide bombing attack that killed 24 Afghani citizens and wounded 42 others in Kabul city. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement claiming ....

  • Afghani President condemns suicide bombing in Kabul

    Date: 2017-07-24 08:28:43 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:15 - ID:6912377

    KABUL, July 24 (MENA) - Afghani President Ashraf Ghani strongly condemned Monday the latest suicide bombing attack that left dozens of citizens killed and wounded. "One more time terrorists have targeted civilians and government staff", the BBC ....

  • Kabul suicide bombing death toll climbs to 35

    Date: 2017-07-24 08:19:50 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:13 - ID:6912375

    KABUL, July 24 (MENA) - A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb in the western part of Kabul on Monday, killing at least 35 people, more than doubling earlier casualty estimates, CBC News quoted an Interior Ministry spokesman in the Afghan capital ....

  • Suicide bombing in Kabul leaves 24 dead, dozens injured

    Date: 2017-07-24 05:47:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:3 - ID:6912235

    KABUL, July 24 (MENA) - At least 24 people were killed in the latest violence to rock Afghanistan’s capital Monday morning when a suicide bomber struck near a minubus in the southwestern neighborhood of Dehbori, The Washington Post ....

  • US envoy: Russia responsible for 'hot war' in Ukraine

    Date: 2017-07-23 20:26:16 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:49 - ID:6912120

    KIEV, July 23 (MENA) - Russia is responsible for the "Hot War" in Eastern Ukraine, the newly appointed US special envoy to Ukraine said Sunday, Voice of America reported. Kurt Volker, who was appointed by the State Department earlier this month ....

  • US should be more involved in settlement of crisis in eastern Ukraine - Department of State

    Date: 2017-07-23 17:27:37 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:39 - ID:6911960

    KYIV, July 23 (MENA) - Washington wants to be more involved in the settlement of a crisis in eastern Ukraine, Interfax cited United States State Department's Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker as saying. Volker said at a ....

  • Daesh militants execute three of their comrades in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-07-23 13:16:07 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:27 - ID:6911577

    KABUL, July 23 (MENA) - Daesh militants have executed three of their comrades in northern Jawzjan province of Afghanistan, local government officials said. The incident has taken place in the vicinity of Qosh Tapa district of Jawzjan where the ....

  • UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting on Jerusalem Monday

    Date: 2017-07-22 20:27:09 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:94 - ID:6910753

    PARIS, July 22 (MENA) - The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss the Israeli escalation in Jerusalem, diplomatic sources said on Saturday. Earlier in the day, Egypt, France and Sweden called for the ....

  • Trump says he has ‘complete power’ to pardon

    Date: 2017-07-22 15:18:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:74 - ID:6910375

    NEW YORK, July 22 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday asserted the “complete power to pardon” relatives, aides and possibly even himself in response to investigations into Russia’s meddling in last year’s election, as he came to the ....

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