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US sanctions Daesh coordinator of Paris, Brussels attacks
Date: 2017-06-15 18:41:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:78 - ID:6856573
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - The US State Department sanctioned three Daesh terrorist group members, including whom it said was a leading coordinator of the Nov. 2015 Paris attacks and the March 2016 attacks in Brussels. Mohammed al Binali, who ....
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US-deployed HIMARS artillery in Syria
Date: 2017-06-15 18:36:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:76 - ID:6856574
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - The United States has redeployed HIMARS rocket artillery from Jordan to Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday. "The US has redeployed two High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from Jordan to a US special ....
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Egypt wins seat in Intergovernmental Committee for Protection, Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions
Date: 2017-06-15 18:34:29 GMT - France - World - SN:75 - ID:6856712
PARIS, June 15 (MENA) – Egypt has won the membership of the UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. In the vote, held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Egypt got 83 votes ....
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43 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-06-15 18:27:29 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:73 - ID:6856473
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - The Afghan military killed up to 43 Taliban militants in air raids conducted in the restive Helmand province's Marja district, a statement by the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The Taliban movement has not ....
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Kabul attack: 'Blast and gunfire' at Shia mosque
Date: 2017-06-15 18:22:37 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:71 - ID:6856732
KABUL, June 15 (MENA) - There has been an explosion at a mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul in an area dominated by minority Shia Muslims, officials say. The interior ministry has described the incident at the al Zahra mosque, located on the ....
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Senate passes sweeping sanctions bill targeting Iran, Russia
Date: 2017-06-15 18:05:31 GMT - USA - World - SN:70 - ID:6856707
WASHINGTON, June 15 (MENA) - A frequently polarized Senate found common ground Thursday as Republicans and Democrats joined forces to approve a sweeping sanctions bill that punishes longtime adversaries Iran and Russia with an array of financial ....
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Brexit negotiations to go ahead on Monday, UK government confirms
Date: 2017-06-15 18:03:45 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:69 - ID:6856688
LONDON, June 15 (MENA) - Negotiations over Britain's exit from the EU will begin on Monday, Sky News reported o Thursday. Brexit Secretary David Davis and the European Commission's chief negotiator Michel Barnier agreed during discussions in ....
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7 dead, 59 injured in China kindergarten blast
Date: 2017-06-15 15:08:22 GMT - China - World - SN:56 - ID:6856467
BEIJING, June 15 (MENA) - An explosion at a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday killed at least seven people and injured dozens of others, authorities said, as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims, according to ....
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Putin notes Syria operation provided Russian military with invaluable combat experience
Date: 2017-06-15 14:39:59 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:6856417
MOSCOW, June 15 (MENA) - Advanced Russian weapons systems were put to the test during combat missions in Syria and the experience from their use is invaluable, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his annual televised Q&A session. "It has ....
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Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane's wife shot dead
Date: 2017-06-15 14:33:37 GMT - Lesotho - World - SN:52 - ID:6856422
MASERU, June 15 (MENA) - The estranged wife of incoming Lesotho Prime Minister Thomas Thabane has been shot dead two days before his inauguration. Lipolelo Thabane, 58, was travelling home with a friend when both women were shot by an unknown ....
