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Flames engulf tower block in London
Date: 2017-06-14 06:04:21 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:1 - ID:6853941
LONDON, June 14 (MENA) - A huge fire has raged through the night at a west London tower block, with eyewitnesses claiming people were trapped inside, the BBC reported Wednesday. More than 200 firefighters are still tackling the blaze at Grenfell ....
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US military operations unaffected by Qatar blockade, says Gen. Dunford
Date: 2017-06-13 21:54:42 GMT - USA - World - SN:66 - ID:6853835
WASHINGTON, June 13 (MENA) - US military operations continue full throttle in the Mideast, North Africa and southwest Asia, despite an ongoing regional blockade against the small, oil-rich nation of Qatar, The Washington Times quoted Chairman of the ....
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WFP funding crunch in Palestine threatens food voucher assistance
Date: 2017-06-13 19:15:07 GMT - palestine - World - SN:60 - ID:6853669
AL QUDS, June 13 (MENA) – The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) warned that it may be forced to suspend its voucher food assistance in July for nearly 150,000 people in Gaza and the West Bank, the majority of whom are women and children due to ....
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S.Korea's Moon, Trump to hold summit on June 29-30
Date: 2017-06-13 18:58:12 GMT - south korea - World - SN:59 - ID:6853663
SEOUL, June 13 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in will visit the United States later this month for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump, Seoul's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday. Moon will head to Washington on June ....
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N. Korean soldier defects after crossing heavily mined DMZ border to S. Korea
Date: 2017-06-13 18:46:31 GMT - south korea - World - SN:57 - ID:6853665
SEOUL, June 13 (MENA) - A North Korean soldier has defected after crossing the heavily-mined demilitarised zone border to South Korea, the Daily Mail reported Tuesday. The military in Seoul is questioning the soldier about the reasons he left, ....
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38 Taliban, Daesh militants killed in airstrikes, infightings
Date: 2017-06-13 15:31:18 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:46 - ID:6853416
MOSCOW, June 13 (MENA) - At least 38 militants belonging to Taliban and Daesh were killed in the latest airstrikes and infightings in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan over the past 24 hours, Khaama press agency quoted local officials as ....
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Suspected N. Korean drone spied on THAAD site: S. Korean military
Date: 2017-06-13 10:39:00 GMT - south korea - World - SN:19 - ID:6852585
SEOUL, June 13 (MENA) - A suspected North Korean drone spied on the site of a U.S. missile interceptor system in South Korea, Yonhap quoted military officials here as saying Tuesday. The small unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a Sony-made ....
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China, Panama establish diplomatic ties
Date: 2017-06-13 06:17:48 GMT - China - World - SN:4 - ID:6852384
BEIJING, June 13 (MENA) - China and Panama signed a joint communique Tuesday on the establishment of diplomatic relations, Xinhua reported. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a meeting with his Panamanian counterpart Isabel Saint Malo de ....
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Putin: US nurtured Al-Qaeda & supported terrorists in Chechnya
Date: 2017-06-13 06:10:13 GMT - Russia - World - SN:2 - ID:6852378
MOSCOW, June 13 (MENA) - Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed the United States for the rise of Al-Qaeda and its late mastermind Osama bin Laden, which it empowered to fight Soviet troops in Afghanistan, Russia Today reported. Putin also said ....
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Iran FM heads for Norway to attend Oslo Forum
Date: 2017-06-12 20:19:23 GMT - Iran - World - SN:68 - ID:6852186
TEHRAN, June 12 (MENA) - Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif left Tehran for Norway Monday to participate in the 15th Annual International Retreat of Mediators and Peace Process Actors in Oslo Forum. During the two-day trip, Zarif is to ....
