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32 Daesh, Taliban elements killed, wounded in Afghanistan airstrikes
Date: 2017-07-08 14:10:58 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:55 - ID:6887432
KABUL, July 9 (MENA) - Afghan officials announced Saturday that 32 militants of Daesh and Taliban terrorist groups were killed and wounded in military operations including air strikes in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. At least 14 ....
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UK-US trade deal to be signed soon -- Trump
Date: 2017-07-08 10:23:41 GMT - Germany - World - SN:26 - ID:6887110
HAMBURG, Germany, July 8 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump has said he expects a "powerful" trade deal with the UK to be completed "very quickly", the BBC reported on Saturday. Speaking at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, he said he would go ....
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UN official enthusiastic about Russian-US agreement on no-fly zone in Syria
Date: 2017-07-08 08:51:06 GMT - Russia - World - SN:14 - ID:6886999
MOSCOW, July 8 (MENA) - UN Secretary General's official spokesman Stephane Dujarric offered an enthusiastic reaction to the agreement Russia and the US had reached as regards the no-fly areas in the southern zone of de-escalation in Syria. The ....
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Death toll rises to 16 in flood-hit Kyushu
Date: 2017-07-08 08:48:18 GMT - Japan - World - SN:13 - ID:6887001
TOKYO, July 8 (MENA) - The death toll from flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rain on the Japanese island of Kyushu rose to 16 on Saturday, while 15 people remained unaccounted for as rescue efforts continued. The Japan Meteorological Agency ....
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Thousands protest in Peru against possible pardon of jailed president
Date: 2017-07-08 08:41:01 GMT - Peru - World - SN:12 - ID:6886965
LIMA, July 8 (MENA) - Thousands of Peruvians marched on the streets of Lima on Friday to pressure President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski against pardoning the country’s former leader Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence for human ....
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US reaffirms support for Cypriot unification
Date: 2017-07-08 08:35:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:11 - ID:6886996
WASHINGTON, July 8 (MENA) - The US Department of State reiterated Washington's support for the reunification of Cyprus after the Conference on Cyprus has ended with no agreement. The United States is disappointed the Conference on Cyprus in Crans ....
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At least 2 killed in fire in El Salvador’s Finance Ministry
Date: 2017-07-08 08:09:41 GMT - El Salvador - World - SN:8 - ID:6886961
SAN SALVADOR, July 8 (MENA) - Major fire broke out in El Salvador’s Finance Ministry on Friday, killing at least two people, injuring 22 others and prompting some inside to jump from the building before the blaze was extinguished, officials were ....
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Thousands ordered to evacuate ahead of wildfire in Canada
Date: 2017-07-08 08:08:00 GMT - Canada - World - SN:7 - ID:6886958
OTTAWA, July 8 (MENA) - A fast-moving wildfire has forced as many as 3,600 people to leave their homes in central British Columbia as another community was added to an evacuation order, CTV reported. Al Richmond, chairman of the Cariboo Regional ....
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UN refugee head calls for citizenship for Myanmar's Rohingya
Date: 2017-07-07 18:12:56 GMT - Thailand - World - SN:69 - ID:6886528
BAGKOK, July 7 (MENA) – The UN's top official for refugee affairs said Friday that granting citizenship to members of Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya minority is crucial for achieving peace in the country's western state of Rakhine, but economic ....
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122 countries adopt first-ever global treaty banning nuclear weapons
Date: 2017-07-07 18:04:35 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:67 - ID:6886518
NEW YORK, July 7 (MENA) - A global treaty banning nuclear weapons was adopted at the United Nations on Friday despite opposition from the United States, Britain, France and other nuclear powers that boycotted negotiations, the Daily Mail reported on ....
