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One Turkish soldier killed in PKK attack in Turkey’s Hakkari
Date: 2017-06-06 21:00:05 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:55 - ID:6844147
ANKARA, June 6 (MENA) - One Turkish soldier was killed and six were wounded in an outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) attack in the eastern province of Hakkari on June 6, state-run Anadolu Agency has reported. PKK militants attacked a ....
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Lavrov says Russia aware of need for reforming UN
Date: 2017-06-06 20:18:31 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:6844070
KALININGRAD, Egypt, June 6 (MENA) - Moscow is aware of the need for reforming the United Nations and adjusting the organization to the changing realities, Tass news agency quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying after talks with ....
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Putin tells Qatar's Emir Russia wants settlement of diplomatic crises
Date: 2017-06-06 19:59:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:6844130
MOSCOW, June 6 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on the phone international issues and confirmed Russia’s position in favor of settlement of the crisis situations through a ....
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Man cries 'This is for Syria,' attacks cop with hammer at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
Date: 2017-06-06 17:51:37 GMT - France - World - SN:46 - ID:6844020
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - An Algerian student claiming to be a Daesh soldier shouted 'this is for Syria' as he attacked a police officer outside Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral on Tuesday afternoon. The man, whose name has not been released but is ....
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Third London Bridge attacker named
Date: 2017-06-06 15:46:09 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:39 - ID:6843866
LONDON, June 6 (MENA) - The third London Bridge attacker has been named as 22-year-old Youssef Zaghba, a Moroccan-Italian man, the BBC reported. Pakistan-born Khuram Butt, 27, and Rachid Redouane, 30, both from Barking were the other two ....
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Trump says recent measures against Qatar may be beginning to end terrorism
Date: 2017-06-06 15:20:39 GMT - USA - World - SN:38 - ID:6843809
WASHINGTON, June 6 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the recent measures against Qatar could be the beginning of the end of terrorism. "During my recent trip to the Middle East I stated that there can no longer be funding of ....
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Bombing in western Afghanistan kills 7
Date: 2017-06-06 14:57:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:6843826
KABUL, June 6 (MENA) - An Afghan official said a bomb planted in a rickshaw has killed at least seven people and wounded eight others, ABC News reported Tuesday. Gelani Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor of the western Herat ....
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Philippines halts workers’ deployment to Qatar
Date: 2017-06-06 10:10:41 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:17 - ID:6843226
MANILA, June 6 (MENA) - The Philippines on Tuesday halted the deployment of workers to Qatar as the gas-rich Gulf state grappled with a diplomatic crisis after its neighbors cut ties with Doha, The Star reported. Labor chief Silvestre Bello said ....
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Special PIA flights to bring back Pakistani pilgrims from Doha
Date: 2017-06-06 10:00:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:14 - ID:6843199
ISLAMABAD, June 6 (MENA) - Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) will be operating special flights to Doha to bring back Pakistani pilgrims stranded there, Dawn news reported. In a statement issued on Monday, PIA CEO Nayyar Hayat had directed ....
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Large cooperation opportunities with Egypt in several domains: Lithuanian amb.
Date: 2017-06-06 09:49:20 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:12 - ID:6843060
CAIRO, June 6 (MENA) – Lithuanian Ambassador in Cairo Arvydas Daunoravičius asserted that there are large cooperation opportunities with Egypt in several domains including education, information technology, communication, organic biology, chemical ....