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Zimbabwe's first lady requests diplomatic immunity in assault case
Date: 2017-08-16 21:15:38 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:82 - ID:6948205
LONDON, Aug 16 (MENA) - Zimbabwe's first lady Grace Mugabe is requesting diplomatic immunity after being accused of assaulting a 20-year-old model, Sky New quoted South African police as saying Wednesday. The wife of leader Robert Mugabe failed ....
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Former Trump campaign spokeswoman takes over as White House Communications Director
Date: 2017-08-16 20:42:10 GMT - USA - World - SN:80 - ID:6948322
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) – A White House official said on Wednesday that senior communications adviser Hope Hicks has been named as the interim White House communications director, the CNN reported. The official added in a statement that the ....
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Trump shuts down 2 councils amid wave of CEO departures
Date: 2017-08-16 20:28:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:79 - ID:6948321
WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he is shutting down two jobs councils, amid a wave of resignations by executives in the wake of the president’s response to the violence in Charlottesville, Fox News ....
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At least 6 dead in alleged gang attack on Guatemala hospital
Date: 2017-08-16 19:13:40 GMT - Guatemala - World - SN:72 - ID:6948155
GUATEMALA, Aug 16 (MENA) - At least six people were reported killed and five were arrested when Gunmen stormed one of Guatemala's largest hospitals attempting to free an imprisoned gang member, ABC news reported on Wednesday. Unknown number of ....
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Russia condemns terrorist attack in Nigeria
Date: 2017-08-16 16:42:47 GMT - Russia - World - SN:65 - ID:6948021
MOSCOW, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned a terror attack in Nigeria that left 30 people dead and over 80 injured. On Tuesday, three suicide attacks hit a refugee camp and a market in the village of Konduga near ....
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Afghan government orders probe into controversial Balkh airport incident
Date: 2017-08-16 13:56:49 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:45 - ID:6947757
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Afghan government has instructed a delegation to investigate the controversial incident that took place in the northern Balkh province inside the airport leading to the murder and injury of several people. The ....
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Terrorism serious threat to Afghanistan, Pakistan: Ghani
Date: 2017-08-16 13:01:02 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:40 - ID:6947600
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani met here with Deputy Foreign Minister of Pakistan Tehmina Janjua, Khaama Press reported Wednesday. The office of the Afghan president said in a statement that President Ghani discussed ....
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Spain rescues 339 migrants from 7 boats in Mediterranean
Date: 2017-08-16 12:45:10 GMT - Spain - World - SN:38 - ID:6947596
MADRID, Aug 16 (MENA) - Spain's maritime rescue service says it has picked up 339 migrants from seven boats trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Morocco, ABC News reported Wednesday. The rescue service says the migrants were taken by three ....
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Two key Daesh leaders killed in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-16 12:42:56 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:36 - ID:6947564
KABUL, Aug 16 (MENA) - Two key leaders of Daesh terrorist group’s offshoot in Afghanistan, ISIS Khurasan, were killed during clashes with security forces in the eastern Nangarhar province, Khaama Press reported on Wednesday. The provincial police ....
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UNICEF warns dramatic increase in violence in Central African Republic
Date: 2017-08-16 09:29:15 GMT - Switzerland - World - SN:14 - ID:6946996
GENEVA, Aug 16 (MENA) - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned on Wednesday that there are an estimated 600,000 internally displaced people and out of an estimated population of a little over 5 million in the Central African Republic ....
