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  • US defense minister in Baghdad to discuss fight against Daesh

    US defense minister in Baghdad to discuss fight against Daesh

    Date: 2016-07-11 09:28:34 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:1 - ID:5237769

    US Defense Secretary Ash Carter arrived in Baghdad Monday for talks with Iraqi leaders on the fight against Daesh and plans to recapture of Mosul from the extremist group, Radio Free Europe reported. "What I'll be discussing with Iraqi Prime ....

  • UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to visit China

    UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to visit China

    Date: 2016-07-04 17:59:42 GMT - China - International - SN:9 - ID:5209925

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will visit China on Wednesday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei announced on Monday. Ban will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, State Councilor Yang Jiechi and ....

  • Park says any meeting, agreement with N. Korea would be 'fleeting'

    Park says any meeting, agreement with N. Korea would be 'fleeting'

    Date: 2016-07-04 17:53:10 GMT - south korea - International - SN:8 - ID:5209893

    South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday said without any change in North Korea's attitude over its nuclear weapons program, any meeting or agreement with the communist state would only be "fleeting", Yonhap news agency reported. During a ....

  • Turkey needs to convince Hamas to stop attacks on Israel, says Peres

    Turkey needs to convince Hamas to stop attacks on Israel, says Peres

    Date: 2016-07-04 15:26:50 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:3 - ID:5209241

    Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan need to convince Hamas not to attack Israel to help the people suffering in the Gaza Strip, according to former Israeli president Shimon Peres. “We do not want anybody doing harm to the Gazans, including ....

  • Putin offers condolences to Iraqi president on Baghdad victims

    Putin offers condolences to Iraqi president on Baghdad victims

    Date: 2016-07-04 14:05:13 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:5208561

    Russian President Vladimir Putin sent his condolences to President of Iraq Fuad Masum and Prime Minister of Iraq Haidar al Abadi following the terrorist attacks in Baghdad that have caused numerous casualties. Putin resolutely condemned this ....

  • Seoul: N. Korea may launch provocations to mark its strategic force anniversary

    Seoul: N. Korea may launch provocations to mark its strategic force anniversary

    Date: 2016-07-03 09:39:37 GMT - south korea - International - SN:7 - ID:5200497

    North Korea may launch a provocation to mark the newly designated anniversary of its Strategic Rocket Force, Yonhap quoted Seoul's military as saying on Sunday. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), there is a possibility that Pyongyang ....

  • Cafe attackers were Bangladeshi not Daesh militants, authorities say

    Cafe attackers were Bangladeshi not Daesh militants, authorities say

    Date: 2016-07-03 07:23:17 GMT - Bangladesh - International - SN:3 - ID:5199873

    All the attackers in the deadly assault on a cafe in Dhaka were Bangladeshi citizens, and five of them were militants that police had tried to arrest previously, Police Inspector General Shahidul Hoque told CNN Saturday. Authorities also released ....

  • 30 killed as flash floods wreak havoc in northwestern Pakistan

    30 killed as flash floods wreak havoc in northwestern Pakistan

    Date: 2016-07-03 07:07:29 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:2 - ID:5199797

    At least 30 people died on Sunday as an aftermath of heavy rains and flash floods that inundated Chitral’s Arsoon area in northwestern Pakistan, Geo news reported according to local sources. The flash floods damaged a mosque and washed away ....

  • 4 Taliban militants killed in latest US drone strike in Kunduz province

    4 Taliban militants killed in latest US drone strike in Kunduz province

    Date: 2016-06-28 14:17:40 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:5176033

    At least four Taliban insurgents were killed in the latest drone strike carried out by the US forces in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. According to the local security officials, the airstrike was carried out late ....

  • Cameron wants closest possible EU relations after Brexit

    Cameron wants closest possible EU relations after Brexit

    Date: 2016-06-28 14:16:29 GMT - United Kingdom - International - SN:3 - ID:5176017

    UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he wants the "closest possible" relations with the EU after Britain voted to leave the bloc, adding the split should be "as constructive as possible". As he arrived at a Brussels summit, Cameron, who ....

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