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17 bodies found in Philippine city under rebel attack
Date: 2017-06-28 11:59:37 GMT - Philippines - World - SN:25 - ID:6871810
MANILA, June 28 (MENA) - Philippine troops have retrieved 17 bodies believed to be of villagers killed by Daesh group that seized parts of southern Marawi city last month. Government spokesman Zia Alonto Adiong said that troops and rescuers found ....
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Venezuela crisis: Helicopter launches attack on Supreme Court
Date: 2017-06-28 11:14:40 GMT - Venezuela - World - SN:22 - ID:6871811
CARACAS, June 29 (MENA) - Venezuela's Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro called a "terrorist attack," the BBC reported. Footage on social media shows a police helicopter circling ....
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Six arrested in Spain, Britain, Germany over Daesh links
Date: 2017-06-28 10:37:16 GMT - Spain - World - SN:21 - ID:6871742
MADRID, June 28 (MENA) - Six people have been arrested in Spain, Britain and Germany over links to the militant group Daesh, and the indoctrination and radicalization of potential members, US News reported on Wednesday, quoting the Spanish interior ....
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Airstrike in Helmand leaves 6 militants dead and 4 others wounded
Date: 2017-06-28 10:34:32 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:20 - ID:6871741
KABUL, June 28 (MENA) - At least six insurgents were killed in an airstrike in southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press quoted the Ministry of Defense (MoD) as saying Wednesday. The airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Mosa ....
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Russian oil company Rosneft hit by cyber attack
Date: 2017-06-28 09:16:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:6871618
MOSCOW, June 28 (MENA) - Russian state-owned oil company Rosneft said Tuesday that it was hit by a “massive” cyberattack on its servers. “A massive hacker attack has hit the servers of the Company. We hope it has no relation to the ongoing court ....
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'We started seeing sparks': NYC subway derailment injures 34
Date: 2017-06-28 09:03:51 GMT - USA - World - SN:9 - ID:6871589
NEW YORK, June 28 (MENA) - A subway train derailed near a station in Harlem on Tuesday, frightening passengers and resulting in minor injuries as hundreds of people were evacuated from trains along the subway line, the USA Today reported. “We ....
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S. Korean president departs for Washington summit with Trump
Date: 2017-06-28 08:08:07 GMT - south korea - World - SN:7 - ID:6871498
SEOUL, June 28 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in headed to the United States on Wednesday for a summit with his US counterpart Donald Trump, which will likely focus on how to rein in North Korea's growing nuclear and missile capabilities, ....
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H-bomb could be next addition to North Korean nuke arsenal
Date: 2017-06-27 21:53:24 GMT - Russia - World - SN:63 - ID:6871368
MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) - A Stanford University professor warned on Tuesday that Pyongyang has demonstrated its ability to produce hydrogen-3, a radioactive isotope of hydrogen also known as tritium that’s “necessary for a hydrogen bomb to create ....
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US State Secretary says 20 million victims of global human trafficking
Date: 2017-06-27 21:42:06 GMT - USA - World - SN:62 - ID:6871342
WASHINGTON, June 27 (MENA) - US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday said it has estimated that there are 20 million victims of human trafficking across the world. Clearly, we have a lot of work to do and governments around the world ....
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Security experts urge Putin, Trump to overcome disagreements
Date: 2017-06-27 21:28:09 GMT - Russia - World - SN:61 - ID:6871358
MOSCOW, June 27 (MENA) – The world’s leading security experts wrote an open letter addressed to Russian and US Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump calling on the two leaders to reverse the negative trend in bilateral relations at the upcoming ....