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  • 7 US military service members wounded in insider attack in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-06-17 20:25:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:71 - ID:6859069

    KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - Seven US military service members were wounded Saturday in an insider attack at Camp Shaheen in northern Afghanistan, the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission said, the CNN reported. The injured troops have been evacuated for ....

  • 58 missing, presumed dead in London blaze -- police

    Date: 2017-06-17 19:27:20 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:64 - ID:6858987

    LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - Fifty-eight people are still missing after the Grenfell Tower fire and are presumed dead, police say, Independent reported on Saturday. Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy said the figure included the previous ....

  • Daesh media official killed in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan: US general

    Date: 2017-06-17 10:42:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:24 - ID:6858262

    KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - The media official of the Daesh Khurasan, the offshoot of the Daesh in Afghanistan, was killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan earlier this month, the commander of the US forces and NATO-led ....

  • 20 militants killed in Afghan, US forces airstrikes in Helmand

    Date: 2017-06-17 10:15:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:22 - ID:6858239

    KABUL, June 17 (MENA) - At least twenty insurgents were killed during the airstrikes conducted by the Afghan and US forces in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, the local officials said, according to Khaama Press. The airstrikes were ....

  • South Korea set to mass-produce new missile interceptor

    Date: 2017-06-17 08:13:48 GMT - south korea - World - SN:14 - ID:6858045

    SEOUL, June 17 (MENA) - South Korea will soon begin the mass-production of its new mid-range hit-to-kill missile interceptor, code-named M-SAM, as it has passed an operational capability test, a defense official said Saturday, according to Yonhap ....

  • Wildfires rage across over 20,000 ha in Siberia’s Irkutsk Region

    Date: 2017-06-17 08:11:51 GMT - Russia - World - SN:12 - ID:6858031

    IRKUTSK, June 17 (MENA) - Wildfires have engulfed more than 20,000 ha in Eastern Siberia’s Irkutsk Region, mostly in the hard-to-reach areas in the north, TASS reported Saturday, quoting the local government. The firefighters have localized four ....

  • 7 US sailors missing after Navy destroyer collision off Japan

    Date: 2017-06-17 07:10:44 GMT - Japan - World - SN:10 - ID:6857989

    TOKYO, June 17 (MENA) - The US Navy said seven US sailors are missing and the commanding officer of a US destroyer is among the injured after the warship collided with a merchant ship off the coast of Japan, according to CNN. The guided-missile ....

  • Cuba denounces Trump's policy rollback

    Date: 2017-06-17 06:52:47 GMT - Cuba - World - SN:8 - ID:6857976

    HAVANA, June 17 (MENA) - Cuba's government has denounced US President Donald Trump's decision to roll back on policy changes towards the island nation, the BBC reported Saturday. However, it said it will still co-operate with its larger ....

  • US Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collides with merchant boat

    Date: 2017-06-16 21:54:28 GMT - USA - World - SN:61 - ID:6857884

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - The US Navy has requested assistance from the Japanese coastguard after a US destroyer collided with a merchant vessel, Sky News reported. The extent of injuries to US personnel "is being determined", the US Navy said ....

  • Trump orders clampdown on Cuba travel and trade, curbing Obama detente

    Date: 2017-06-16 19:20:29 GMT - USA - World - SN:53 - ID:6857802

    WASHINGTON, June 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Friday ordered tighter restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and a clampdown on US business dealings with the island's military, saying he was canceling former President Barack Obama's ....

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