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10 Daesh militants killed in latest airstrikes in Nangarhar province
Date: 2017-06-08 15:35:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:68 - ID:6846853
KABUL, June 8 (MENA) - At least ten militants affiliated with Daesh terrorist group were killed in the latest airstrikes carried out in the eastern Nangarhar province. According to the local officials, the airstrikes were carried out in the past ....
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Moscow calls on all players to harmonize actions concerning Syria
Date: 2017-06-08 15:32:19 GMT - Russia - World - SN:67 - ID:6846756
MOSCOW, June 8 (MENA) - Moscow called on domestic and external players to harmonize their actions aimed at settling the situation in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said opening talks with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, ....
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Indians in Qatar advised to stay alert, modify travel plans
Date: 2017-06-08 12:31:02 GMT - India - World - SN:47 - ID:6846455
NEW DELHI, June 8 (MENA) – India has asked its nationals in Qatar to stay alert and modify their travel plans after several Gulf nations cut off diplomatic ties with Doha accusing it of supporting terrorism, The Indian Express reported on Thursday. ....
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes increase fivefold since London Bridge attacks
Date: 2017-06-08 12:15:37 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:45 - ID:6846425
LONDON, June 8 (MENA) – The London Bridge attacks have triggered a big spike in hate crimes with a significant amount of them being attacks in the street directed at British Muslims, the Guardian reported on Thursday. Figures released by the ....
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Russian Proton rocket with US satellite lifts off into space after 1-year hiatus
Date: 2017-06-08 09:22:39 GMT - Russia - World - SN:26 - ID:6846103
MOSCOW, June 8 (MENA) - A Russian Proton rocket with a US telecom satellite Еchostar-21 was successfully launched early Thursday from the Baikonur spaceport in southern Kazakhstan, Sputnik quoted the Russian space agency Roscosmos as saying. This ....
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Teen dies at protest as Venezuela political unrest persists
Date: 2017-06-08 08:33:19 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:21 - ID:6845978
CARACAS, June 8 (MENA) - Opposition protests in Venezuela took a deadly turn again Wednesday when a teenager was killed at a march demanding an end to the government’s push to rewrite the struggling nation’s constitution, The Hindu ....
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Beijing lashes out over Pentagon report on Chinese military
Date: 2017-06-08 08:25:07 GMT - China - World - SN:19 - ID:6845991
BEIJING, June 8 (MENA) - Beijing says it is "firmly opposed" to a Pentagon report on the Chinese military that highlighted China's construction of military facilities on made-made islands in the South China Sea and speculated that Beijing would ....
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Wreckage of missing Myanmar military plane found
Date: 2017-06-08 07:40:08 GMT - Myanmar (Burma) - World - SN:14 - ID:6845893
NAYPYIDAW, June 8 (MENA) - Searchers found bodies and debris on Thursday from a military transport plane that disappeared with 122 people on board shortly after taking off Wednesday afternoon from an air base in the southern part of Myanmar, The New ....
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Blast at Indian fireworks factory triggers deadly blaze
Date: 2017-06-08 07:32:42 GMT - India - World - SN:13 - ID:6845876
NEW DELHI, June 8 (MENA) - Local news agencies say an explosion at a fireworks factory has killed 23 workers in central India, ABC News reported. District police official G. Janardhan said the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon while workers were ....
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Blast hits US embassy in Kiev
Date: 2017-06-08 06:36:25 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:7 - ID:6845875
KIEV, June 8 (MENA) - A blast has struck the premises of the United States embassy in the Ukrainian capital, a spokesperson for Kiev’s police, Oksana Blischik, said on Thursday. "The explosion on the territory of the US embassy in Kiev is treated ....
