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Astana hopes US to pay due attention to creation of de-escalation zones in Syria
Date: 2017-06-24 11:35:26 GMT - Kazakhstan - World - SN:30 - ID:6868005
ASTANA, June 24 (MENA) - Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov expressed hope Saturday that observers participating in the intra-Syrian talks in Astana, including the United States, would pay due attention to the establishment of de-escalation ....
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US plans to eliminate special envoy on Afghanistan, Pakistan
Date: 2017-06-24 09:22:38 GMT - USA - World - SN:20 - ID:6867823
WASHINGTON, June 24 (MENA) - The US State Department is planning to eliminate the position of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, senior US officials confirmed to CNN. The move comes as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is ....
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Over 50 Taliban, Daesh militants killed north of Afghanistan
Date: 2017-06-24 09:01:51 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:18 - ID:6867787
KABUL, June 24 (MENA) - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said that over 50 insurgents belonging to Taliban and Daesh terrorist groups in Afghanistan were killed during the operations in northern Jawzjan province, Khaama Press reported Saturday. MoD ....
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US State Dept. to drop Iraq, Myanmar from list of worst child soldier offenders
Date: 2017-06-24 08:26:36 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:6867740
WASHINGTON, June 24 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will remove Iraq and Myanmar from a US list of the world's worst offenders on the use of child soldiers, Alhurra channel reported Saturday. The US State Department is reportedly ....
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N. Korea repeats call on S. Korea to halt joint drills with US forces
Date: 2017-06-24 07:08:24 GMT - North Korea - World - SN:11 - ID:6867685
PYONGYANG, June 24 (MENA) - North Korea once again urged South Korea to remove all sanctions against the communist country and stop the latter's joint military exercises with the United States as part of conditions to resume inter-Korean dialogue, ....
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China landslide leaves 100 missing in Sichuan
Date: 2017-06-24 06:14:55 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:6867646
BEIJING, June 24 (MENA) - More than 100 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, the BBC reported Saturday. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village in Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain ....
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US yet to respond to Russia's readiness to renew talks on Ukraine - Lavrov
Date: 2017-06-23 20:20:16 GMT - Russia - World - SN:64 - ID:6867516
MOSCOW, June 23 (MENA) - Moscow is ready to renew a Russia-US consultation channel on Ukraine but has not yet received a specific response from Washington, Sputnik quoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov as saying Friday. Lavrov told ....
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Separate blasts kill 30 in Pakistan - police
Date: 2017-06-23 19:53:20 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:63 - ID:6867485
ISLAMABAD, June 23 (MENA) - Bombs killed at least 30 people in Pakistan on Friday, with a suicide car bomber killing 13 in the southwestern city of Quetta, and two blasts later claiming at least 15 lives in the northwestern town of Parachinar, ....
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Pakistan army tighten security across country in run-up to Eid holidays
Date: 2017-06-23 19:21:55 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:61 - ID:6867481
ISLAMABAD, June 23 (MENA) – The Pakistani army's media wing on Friday announced that security would be tightened and search operations carried out across the country in the run-up to Eid following a series of terror attacks and incidents of target ....
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Taliban chief says US should adopt diplomatic means to resolve issues in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-06-23 18:39:52 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:56 - ID:6867446
KABUL, June 23 (MENA) - The leader of the Taliban group Mawlavi Haibatullah Akhundzada has asked the US to adopt diplomatic approach to resolve issues in Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. In his message released ahead of the Eidul-Fitr, ....
