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Daesh minister of war killed: Russian Defense Ministry
Date: 2017-09-08 13:39:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:53 - ID:6980682
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - Russian aircraft delivered airstrikes near the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor, killing Daesh "minister of war" Gulmurod Khalimov, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement, TASS news agency reported Friday. As a result ....
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Terrorists in Syria must be obliterated, none should be allowed to escape — Lavrov
Date: 2017-09-08 13:31:55 GMT - Russia - World - SN:52 - ID:6980723
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (MENA) - Moscow shares Paris’ concern that terrorists may flee from Syria to other countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said following talks with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday. "We share France’s ....
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Philippines freezes trade relations with N.Korea.
Date: 2017-09-08 12:41:38 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:45 - ID:6980503
MANILA, Sept 8 (MENA) - Philippines has frozen its trade relations with North Korea complying the UN Security Council resolution, Philippine Foreign Minister Alan Peter Cayetano said on Friday. Philippines is abiding by the UN resolution about ....
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270,000 flee Myanmar to Bangladesh in two weeks: IOM
Date: 2017-09-08 11:31:34 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:41 - ID:6980447
GENEVA, Sept 8 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said that 270,000 people have fled violence in Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh since 25 August. At a press conference held on Friday, IOM spokesperson Leonard Doyle ....
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Death toll from Mexico's quake jumps to 15
Date: 2017-09-08 11:22:09 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:39 - ID:6980477
MEXICO CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - The death toll from an earthquake described by Mexico's president as the country's strongest in a century rose to at least 15 people, the BBC reported Friday. The quake, which President Enrique Peña Nieto said ....
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UNHCR: 270,000 of Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh
Date: 2017-09-08 10:19:45 GMT - USA - World - SN:32 - ID:6980379
NEW YORK, Sept 8 (MENA) - At least 270,000 of Muslim Rohingya minority have fled through borders from Bangladesh to Myanmar within the past two weeks, said the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Friday. According to ABC ....
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7 Taliban militants killed, injured in air strike
Date: 2017-09-08 10:01:40 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:30 - ID:6980127
KABUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - Seven Taliban militants were killed or inured, including a Taliban leader, in an air raid carried out by the Afghan forces in central Maidan Wardak province, local officials said. The Taliban leader killed in the airstrike ....
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Mexico: Tsunami triggered as magnitude-8.1 quake kills at least six
Date: 2017-09-08 09:50:12 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:28 - ID:6980315
MEXICO CITY, Sept 8 (MENA) - At least six people have been killed after a magnitude-8.1 earthquake struck Mexico, causing a tsunami and warnings for countries across Central America, The Independent reported Friday. The Governor of the Mexican ....
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US appeals court rules against travel ban
Date: 2017-09-08 09:15:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:17 - ID:6980072
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (MENA)- A US appeal court upheld a ruling that bars refugees and nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen from entering the US. The 9th Circuit Court ruled that extended family members such as grandparents and ....
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Most South Koreans don’t expect war with North: poll shows
Date: 2017-09-08 09:12:14 GMT - south korea - World - SN:16 - ID:6980152
SEOUL, Sept 8 (MENA) - More than half of South Korean citizens don't expect that tension on the Korean peninsula resulting from North’s nuclear tests would lead to a war, according to a new Gallup poll, The survey found that 58 percent of those ....
