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Deadly airstrikes target Taliban in Afghanistan, scores killed, wounded
Date: 2017-11-15 17:48:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:61 - ID:7092594
KABUL, Nov 15 (MENA) - Deadly airstrikes targeted the Taliban positions in western Herat province of Afghanistan leaving scores of militants dead or wounded, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan (MoD) said the airstrikes ....
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UN resolution calls on Iranian militia fighters to exit Syrian conflict
Date: 2017-11-15 16:42:43 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:58 - ID:7092551
NEW YORK, Nov 15 (MENA) - The UN General Assembly has passed a resolution against serious human rights violations in Syria, most notably is their call on Iranian militias to leave Syria. The UN resolution condemned systematic violations and abuses ....
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Zimbabwe's military denies coup against Mugabe
Date: 2017-11-15 05:56:07 GMT - Zimbabwe - World - SN:1 - ID:7091274
HARARE, Nov 15 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's military has stormed the country's national broadcaster's studios to declare it is 'targeting criminals' amid fears of a coup after reports of explosions and gunfire in the capital, The Daily Mail reported. The ....
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FBI scrutinizing Russian embassy payments 'to finance election campaign of 2016' - report
Date: 2017-11-14 22:55:55 GMT - USA - World - SN:89 - ID:7091143
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - The FBI is reportedly looking into a group of wire transfers the Russian foreign ministry sent to embassies around the world with a memo line that said "to finance election campaign of 2016," The Hill reported ....
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US fears Russian media’s influence, professionalism - Russia's upper house speaker
Date: 2017-11-14 22:19:02 GMT - Russia - World - SN:84 - ID:7091041
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - Speaker of Russia’s Federation Council (upper house of parliament), Valentina Matviyenko said on Tuesday that the United States is frightened and upset by the popularity and influence of the Russian media, hence the demand ....
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White House considering nomination of Mohamed El-Erian for Federal Reserve vice chair - report
Date: 2017-11-14 22:03:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:82 - ID:7091175
NEW YORK, Nov 14 (MENA) - The CNBC news channel said on Tuesday the White House is considering Mohamed El-Erian for vice chairman of the Federal Reserve. El-Erian, the chief economic advisor at Allianz, would take the seat vacated in October by ....
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US bent on keeping its military presence in Syria — Russian analyst
Date: 2017-11-14 21:43:36 GMT - Russia - World - SN:80 - ID:7090953
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - Washington is determined to maintain its military presence in Syria although combat operations have largely been completed, Director of the Middle and Near East Center at the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies RISI, ....
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5 dead at multiple shooting locations in US California county
Date: 2017-11-14 21:25:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:7091168
WASHINGTON, Nov 14 (MENA) - At least five people are dead following shootings at multiple locations in Tehama County, including an elementary school where at least two children were wounded, Los Angeles Times reported on Tuesday. Authorities ....
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Efforts to free UK citizen will be 'long-haul': UK former diplomat
Date: 2017-11-14 21:17:01 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:78 - ID:7090906
LONDON, Nov 14 (MENA) - Britain’s former ambassador to Tehran has warned against expecting a breakthrough in the fight to release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe when UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson visits Iran later this year, saying negotiations will ....
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Russian State Duma Council to send delegation to North Korea
Date: 2017-11-14 20:59:03 GMT - Russia - World - SN:77 - ID:7090892
MOSCOW, Nov 14 (MENA) - The State Duma Council has supported a proposal to send a parliamentary delegation to North Korea, Head of the State Duma Committee for International Affairs Leonid Slutsky told TASS on Tuesday. "The State Duma Council has ....
