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Afghan Special Forces storm key Taliban hideouts in Helmand
Date: 2017-08-08 22:38:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:91 - ID:6936241
KABUL, Aug 8 (MENA) – A team of Afghan Special Forces and police stormed key hideouts of the Taliban insurgents in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, the state-run news agency Khaama Press reported. According to the local government, the ....
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Trump warns North Korea threats ‘will be met with fire and fury’
Date: 2017-08-08 22:25:01 GMT - USA - World - SN:88 - ID:6936236
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump on Tuesday warned North Korea about facing "fire and fury" if the isolated nation makes more threats against the United States, the CNBC reported. "North Korea best not make any more threats to ....
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235 civilians rescued from Taliban, Daesh in Afghanistan
Date: 2017-08-08 22:06:53 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:86 - ID:6936193
KABUL, Aug 8 (MENA) - At least 235 civilians were rescued from Taliban and Daesh captivity in northern Sar-e-Pul province of Afghanistan, days after the militants brutally massacred dozens of people in this province, the local Khaama Press reported ....
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Journalists to use 'immune system' software against fake news
Date: 2017-08-08 21:56:27 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:85 - ID:6936056
LONDON, Aug 8 (MENA) - Broadcast, print and online journalists are to begin using an automated fact-checking system that quickly alerts them to false claims made in the press, on TV and in parliament, The Guardian reported. An early version of ....
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Report: North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warhead
Date: 2017-08-08 21:45:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:6936127
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - North Korea has taken a major step forward in realizing its goal of becoming a nuclear power, according to a confidential US intelligence assessment that concludes Pyongyang has developed a nuclear warhead capable of ....
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Additional 100 US Marines headed to Afghan province to help fight Taliban - Pentagon
Date: 2017-08-08 21:24:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:83 - ID:6936095
WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (MENA) - US defense officials said on Tuesday about 100 more Marines will be sent to the troubled Helmand Province in Afghanistan to help the 300 Americans who are already there advising and assisting Afghan security ....
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UN Libya envoy to visit Russia soon
Date: 2017-08-08 21:15:42 GMT - Russia - World - SN:82 - ID:6936115
MOSCOW, Aug 8 (MENA) - UN envoy to Libya Ghassan Salame intends to visit Moscow in the near future, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Salame, in a telephone conversation with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, discussed ....
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5 killed as 7.0-magnitude quake hits SW China
Date: 2017-08-08 20:40:24 GMT - China - World - SN:80 - ID:6936096
BEIJING, Aug 8 (MENA) - Five people were killed after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake jolted a remote area in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday night, local authorities said. More than 60 were injured, including 30 in serious condition, ....
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Iranian drone comes within 100 feet of US fighter jet in Gulf
Date: 2017-08-08 19:58:04 GMT - Iran - World - SN:78 - ID:6936094
TEHRAN, Aug 8 (MENA) - An Iranian drone came within 100 feet of a US Navy F/A-18 fighter jet that was waiting to land on the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier in the central Arab Gulf, two US officials confirmed Tuesday. The jet was in a holding pattern ....
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Man convicted of having pipe bomb in luggage at UK airport
Date: 2017-08-08 19:45:25 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:77 - ID:6936050
LONDON, Aug 8 (MENA) - A man who arrived at a British airport for a flight with a pipe bomb in his hand luggage has been convicted of possessing explosives, ABC News reported. Nadeem Muhammad denied wrongdoing after security staff found the ....
