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Pakistan: Three dead, 24 injured in Bajaur Agency blast
Date: 2017-08-11 09:54:19 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:20 - ID:6939816
ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (MENA) - At least three people were killed and 24 others injured in a remote-controlled bomb blast which hit the town of Nawagai in Bajaur Agency of FATA on Friday, political administration said. The blast occurred in a truck at ....
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Trump praises Putin instead of critiquing cuts to US embassy staff -- paper
Date: 2017-08-11 09:45:13 GMT - USA - World - SN:18 - ID:6939784
NEW YORK, Aug 11 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump offered gratitude rather than outrage on Thursday for Russia’s decision to force the United States Embassy in Moscow to slash its personnel by 755 people, despite bipartisan condemnation from other ....
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Mattis says US wants diplomatic solution for North Korea
Date: 2017-08-11 09:42:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:16 - ID:6939746
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the Trump administration is working with its allies on a diplomatic solution to escalating tensions with North Korea, The Washington Post reported. Speaking with reporters in ....
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North Korea: Australia would support US in conflict
Date: 2017-08-11 08:55:03 GMT - Australia - World - SN:8 - ID:6939664
CANBERRA, Aug 11 (MENA) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says if North Korea launches an attack on the United States, Australia will join the conflict, ABC News reported Friday. The Trump administration has escalated its rhetoric ....
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US: State of emergency declared in New Orleans as pump system is compromised
Date: 2017-08-11 08:41:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:7 - ID:6939661
WASHINGTON, Aug 11 (MENA) - Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) declared a state of emergency in New Orleans on Thursday after a power shortage threatened to cripple the city’s drainage pumps, the second time in less than a week that critical flood ....
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Quake hits Philippine island of Luzon, jolts buildings
Date: 2017-08-11 08:39:35 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:6 - ID:6939660
MANILA, Aug 11 (MENA) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 hit the Philippines' northern island of Luzon on Friday and was felt in the capital Manila, shaking buildings and forcing the evacuation of offices and schools, the Daily Mail reported. There ....
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US-backed Kurdish fighters control more than half of Raqqa
Date: 2017-08-10 22:24:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:95 - ID:6939483
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) - US-backed Kurdish fighters have cleared more than 50 percent of the Daesh group’s self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa, according to military officials. "Just over 50 percent is now under SDF [Syrian Democratic Forces] ....
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Trump on North Korea: Maybe 'fire and fury' comment 'wasn't tough enough'
Date: 2017-08-10 21:26:21 GMT - USA - World - SN:90 - ID:6939428
WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (MENA) – US President Donald Trump reiterated his bellicose warning to North Korea from earlier in the week, telling reporters at his golf club in New Jersey on Thursday that his threat to bring "fire and fury" if North Korea ....
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UNICEF: Over 500.000 children in Libya need humanitarian aid
Date: 2017-08-10 19:33:19 GMT - Libya - World - SN:84 - ID:6939128
TRIPOLI, Aug 10 (MENA) - The UN Children Fund (UNICEF) said that more than half a million children in Libya were in need of humanitarian assistance. “Six years since the crisis began in Libya, over 550,000 children need assistance because of ....
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China: Over 70,000 evacuated from Sichuan quake zone
Date: 2017-08-10 19:24:57 GMT - China - World - SN:82 - ID:6939130
BEIJING, Aug 10 (MENA) - More than 70,000 people were evacuated after a strong earthquake left them stranded in southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chinese Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said on Thursday. Traffic on major roads linking the ....
