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Pope Francis to visit Bangladesh and Myanmar in November
Date: 2017-08-28 12:18:55 GMT - Vatican - International - SN:7 - ID:6965852
Pope Francis will travel to Myanmar and Bangladesh this year for a landmark visit that is likely to focus international attention on the plight of the stateless Rohingya Muslim minority. Greg Burke, Director of the Holy See Press Office, made the ....
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India pulls back forces from Doklam, China says
Date: 2017-08-28 10:31:49 GMT - China - International - SN:2 - ID:6965406
India has pulled back all border personnel and equipment from the border standoff site at Doklam as of Monday afternoon, according to an official statement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Disengagement has started at the Dolam plateau on the ....
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Daesh claims Brussels knife attack on soldiers
Date: 2017-08-27 09:33:41 GMT - Belgium - International - SN:4 - ID:6963850
Daesh terrorist group claimed on Saturday responsibility for a knife attack in Brussels that injured one policeman on Friday, Russia Today reported. Belgium’s federal prosecutors said that a 30-year-old man shot on Friday after attacking two ....
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Death toll from mosque attack in Kabul reaches 28
Date: 2017-08-26 11:53:32 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:18 - ID:6962737
The number of people killed in an attack on a Shiite mosque in the Afghan capital during Friday prayers rose to at least 28 — up from 20 — including women and children, the chief of Kabul's hospitals was quoted by ABC News as saying on ....
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Trump declares disaster for Texas as Category 4 Hurricane Harvey looms
Date: 2017-08-26 11:49:15 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:6962723
US President Donald Trump declared disaster for Texas as Category 4 Hurricane Harvey looms. The storm posed the first major emergency management test of President Donald Trump's administration. The White House said Trump was closely monitoring ....
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Trump's national security aide leaves the White House
Date: 2017-08-26 11:44:18 GMT - USA - International - SN:12 - ID:6962713
US President Donald Trump's Deputy Assistant, Sebastian Gorka, has left the White House, a White House official said. A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity said that Mr Gorka did not quit but "no longer works at the White ....
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Venezuela's president: Trump's new sanctions mean sacrifice but open opportunities
Date: 2017-08-26 11:43:04 GMT - Venezuela - International - SN:11 - ID:6962711
President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has invited US investors to Caracas to discuss a response to US President Donald Trump's new sanctions, which target Venezuela's financial sector and the state oil company, PDVSA. President Maduro says the ....
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Nine Daesh leaderships killed in int'l coalition raid in Kirkuk
Date: 2017-08-26 11:06:50 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:4 - ID:6962599
Nine Daesh terrorist leaderships, including a Russian national, were killed in an international coalition raid in southwestern Kirkuk. Local sources said on Saturday that the coalition's warplanes shelled a Daesh post housing a number of Daesh ....
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Indian authorities tighten control in Haryana after clashes kill 30 people
Date: 2017-08-26 09:55:47 GMT - India - International - SN:1 - ID:6962438
The Haryana government on Saturday ordered a search of all congregation centers belonging to the Dera Sacha Sauda in the state, The Times of India reported. The directive comes a day after widespread violence and arson following the conviction of ....
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Attack at Afghan mosque ends, 4 assailants dead
Date: 2017-08-25 15:15:13 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:10 - ID:6961680
Police said the hours-long attack at a Shiite Muslim mosque in the Afghan capital Kabul has ended with all four attackers dead, ABC News reported. Police official Mohammed Sadique Muradi said two of the attackers blew themselves up and another ....
