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Barcelona terror suspect Younes Abouyaaqoub 'shot dead wearing suicide belt'
Date: 2017-08-21 15:53:29 GMT - Spain - World - SN:67 - ID:6955378
MADRID, Aug 21 (MENA) - Police in Catalonia have shot dead a suspect, believed to be Younes Abouyaaqoub, the probable driver of the van that killed 13 people on Barcelona’s Ramblas last week, as the manhunt zeroed in on him as the last remaining ....
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Chadian prime minister visits Sudan
Date: 2017-08-21 15:52:42 GMT - Sudan - World - SN:66 - ID:6955059
KHARTOUM, Aug 21 (MENA) - Sudanese vice President Hassabo Mohammed Abdel Rahman welcomed Chadian Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacké at Khartoum International Airport today. Padacke will discuss during his three-day visit with Sudanese ....
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15 Taliban militants killed, wounded in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-21 13:44:48 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:53 - ID:6954480
KABUL, Aug 21 (MENA) - At least 15 Taliban gunmen were wounded and killed in clashes in Maidan Wardak Province in central Afghanistan, Khaama press agency reported quoting well-reliable sources Monday. In a statement, the sources said clashes ....
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US Embassy to suspend issuing nonimmigrant visas in Russia starting from Aug. 23
Date: 2017-08-21 12:18:40 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:6954688
MOSCOW, Aug 21 (MENA) - The US Embassy in Moscow is suspending nonimmigrant visa processing throughout Russia starting Wednesday because of Moscow's requirement to reduce its diplomatic staff to 455 people by September 1, the embassy said ....
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China's PLA conducts military drills to strike awe in India as Doklam standoff continues, Chinese media claims
Date: 2017-08-21 07:31:18 GMT - China - World - SN:8 - ID:6954145
BEIJING, Aug 21 (MENA) - The Chinese People's Liberation Army last week conducted live-fire drills that saw the use of tanks and helicopters, according the state-run daily Global Times. The English-language hawkish daily referred to a China ....
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11 Chinese tourists injured in Thailand bus accident
Date: 2017-08-21 07:12:55 GMT - China - World - SN:6 - ID:6954144
BEIJING, Aug 21 (MENA) - Eleven Chinese tourists and three Thais were injured after a pick-up truck crashed into a van carrying Chinese tourists at 16:30 local time on Sunday in Chiang Mai province of northern Thailand, Xinhua news agency reported. ....
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Five sailors injured, 10 missing after US Navy destroyer collides with a merchant ship
Date: 2017-08-21 07:06:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:5 - ID:6954113
WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (MENA) - Ten US Navy sailors were missing and five were injured after the USS John S. McCain guided missile destroyer and an oil tanker more than three times its size collided near Singapore early Monday, The Washington Post ....
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Library fire in southern Italy causes 3 deaths, destruction of priceless Renaissance books - report
Date: 2017-08-20 22:36:50 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:93 - ID:6953926
ROME, August 20 (MENA) – Italian magistrates on Sunday opened an inquiry into the causes of a fire that gutted an aristocrat's library in the southern city of Cosenza on Saturday, killing three people living in an adjacent apartment and destroying ....
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Trump administration disbands federal advisory committee on climate change
Date: 2017-08-20 21:56:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:92 - ID:6953990
WASHINGTON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The administration of US President Donald Trump has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector officials incorporate the ....
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Terror laws should be scrapped, says Government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation
Date: 2017-08-20 20:20:16 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:88 - ID:6953785
LONDON, Aug 20 (MENA) - The Government should consider abolishing all anti-terror laws as they are “unnecessary” in the fight against extremists, the barrister tasked with reviewing Britain’s terrorism legislation has said. Speaking exclusively ....
