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  • Russian Air Force in Syria kills over 300 Daesh militants in 2 days

    Russian Air Force in Syria kills over 300 Daesh militants in 2 days

    Date: 2017-10-03 07:20:02 GMT - Russia - International - SN:4 - ID:7020947

    Russia has taken out some 304 Daesh militants on the eastern bank of the Euphrates in Syria over the past two days, Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Major-General Igor Konashenkov said. He added that more than 170 terrorists were injured, ....

  • Minister insists UK will leave EU 'as one nation', spurning suggestion Northern Ireland could stay in single market

    Minister insists UK will leave EU 'as one nation', spurning suggestion Northern Ireland could stay in single market

    Date: 2017-10-02 13:20:51 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:17 - ID:7020052

    Northern Ireland will leave the EU’s single market and customs union with the rest of UK, its Secretary of State has insisted, in a slapdown to Brussels, the Independent reported. James Brokenshire ruled out any U-turn by insisting there would be ....

  • Daesh claims responsibility for Marseille terror attack

    Daesh claims responsibility for Marseille terror attack

    Date: 2017-10-02 10:47:46 GMT - France - International - SN:6 - ID:7019503

    Daesh have claimed responsibility for a terror attack which saw a man shouting 'Allahu Akbar' stab two women to death with a butcher's knife in Marseille. The victims, aged 17 and 20, suffered horrific injuries during the 'frenzied' attack, with ....

  • Turkey no longer needs EU membership but won't quit talks - Erdogan

    Turkey no longer needs EU membership but won't quit talks - Erdogan

    Date: 2017-10-02 10:44:08 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:4 - ID:7019408

    Turkey no longer needs to join the European Union but will not unilaterally abandon the stalled EU accession talks, President Tayyip Erdogan told parliament on Sunday. "We will not be the side which gives up. To tell the truth, we don´t need EU ....

  • Police confirm reports of active shooter in Las Vegas

    Police confirm reports of active shooter in Las Vegas

    Date: 2017-10-02 09:12:03 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:7019169

    Authorities have shut down part of the Las Vegas Strip after receiving reports of an active shooter, CNN reported. Las Vegas Metro Police issued the warning in a post on Twitter early Monday. Multiple people with gunshot wounds have been taken ....

  • Spain's Catalonia independence vote begins

    Spain's Catalonia independence vote begins

    Date: 2017-10-01 12:06:01 GMT - Spain - International - SN:9 - ID:7018085

    Riot police have pushed back voters at some polling stations in Catalonia as an illegal independence referendum got under way in the Spanish region, Sky News reported on Sunday . Officers in helmets faced off against chanting crowds and there ....

  • Spanish police seize ballot boxes as voters cast votes

    Spanish police seize ballot boxes as voters cast votes

    Date: 2017-10-01 11:04:13 GMT - Spain - International - SN:3 - ID:7017905

    Spanish national police have seized ballot boxes and voting papers from several polling stations in Catalonia as some voters in the region began casting ballots in a banned independence referendum, the Interior Ministry said as quoted by Sky news ....

  • 20 militants killed in military operations in Afghanistan

    20 militants killed in military operations in Afghanistan

    Date: 2017-09-30 11:50:07 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:10 - ID:7016567

    At least 20 insurgents were killed in military operations and an airstrike carried out on Saturday by Afghan army in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. There were seven Pakistani militants and others affiliated to Daesh terrorist group ....

  • Pakistan: Soldier, two civilians killed in Indian firing across LoC

    Pakistan: Soldier, two civilians killed in Indian firing across LoC

    Date: 2017-09-30 10:38:51 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:7 - ID:7016420

    Indian forces once again violated the ceasefire agreement resorting to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC) late Friday, the Pakistani military said according to Geo News. The move resulted in killing a junior commissioned officer ....

  • HHS Secretary resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense

    HHS Secretary resigns amid criticism for taking charter flights at taxpayer expense

    Date: 2017-09-30 08:45:32 GMT - USA - International - SN:2 - ID:7016171

    US Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price resigned amid sharp criticism of his extensive use of taxpayer-funded charter flights for multiple government business trips in stead of available commercial airplanes, the White House said. In a ....

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