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  • Israel PM office speaks of secret, public efforts to bring home two captive soldiers

    Israel PM office speaks of secret, public efforts to bring home two captive soldiers

    Date: 2016-06-26 09:29:48 GMT - Israel - International - SN:3 - ID:5160325

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office stressed that Israel is making constant efforts – both openly and in secret – to bring soldiers Oron Shaul and Hadar Goldin home, Radio Israel reported. The two soldiers were killed during ....

  • US Democrats stage Congress sit-in to demand tighter gun controls

    US Democrats stage Congress sit-in to demand tighter gun controls

    Date: 2016-06-23 07:00:46 GMT - USA - International - SN:1 - ID:5144209

    US Democrats have staged a sit-in on the lower house of Congress (House of Representatives) to demand that the chamber remain in session until Republicans agree to a vote on gun control legislation, Euronews reported. The move follows the ....

  • North Korea test-fires two mid-range missiles

    North Korea test-fires two mid-range missiles

    Date: 2016-06-22 07:06:33 GMT - south korea - International - SN:1 - ID:5137965

    North Korea has launched two mid-range missiles off its eastern coast, even though such attempts are banned by the UN, Sky news reported Wednesday. South Korean and US officials have said the first rocket failed over the Sea of Japan. A second ....

  • Iranian FM Zarif visits Paris

    Iranian FM Zarif visits Paris

    Date: 2016-06-21 13:14:42 GMT - Iran - International - SN:13 - ID:5134725

    Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif's started an official visit to France one that will be an effective step towards bolstering mutual confidence between the two countries, Iranian news agency IRNA reported. Zarif's travel to Paris is ....

  • Taliban attack buses in south Afghanistan, abduct 60 people

    Taliban attack buses in south Afghanistan, abduct 60 people

    Date: 2016-06-21 10:20:37 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:5 - ID:5133117

    An Afghan official says Taliban insurgents have attacked a convoy of buses and cars in southern Helmand province and abducted around 60 people, abc news reported. Mohammad Ismail, a district police chief in Helmand, says initial reports show the ....

  • Trump fires campaign boss Lewandowski

    Trump fires campaign boss Lewandowski

    Date: 2016-06-21 06:10:36 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:5131785

    Campaign manager for presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is to leave his job. A campaign spokeswoman said Corey Lewandowski would no longer be working on it and said the team was grateful to him "for his hard work and ....

  • Good start, sustainable progress still required in N.K. nuke issue: foreign minister

    Good start, sustainable progress still required in N.K. nuke issue: foreign minister

    Date: 2016-06-20 15:58:41 GMT - south korea - International - SN:6 - ID:5130397

    South Korea's top diplomat said Monday that the latest sanctions imposed on North Korea for its nuclear and missile tests earlier this year have been showing results and making progress in diverse areas as the international community is doing more ....

  • Knesset launches interactive website for kids in Arabic

    Knesset launches interactive website for kids in Arabic

    Date: 2016-06-20 15:09:08 GMT - Israel - International - SN:4 - ID:5130173

    An Arabic version of an interactive Internet game called “The race to law” went live, as part of a plan to teach children the principles of democracy and how the Knesset works. “The game simulates the work of the Knesset enabling all children, a ....

  • Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe - Luxembourg's Asselborn

    Brexit could have domino effect in Eastern Europe - Luxembourg's Asselborn

    Date: 2016-06-19 10:14:41 GMT - Luxembourg - International - SN:8 - ID:5121885

    A British exit from the European Union could trigger similar moves by other member states in Eastern Europe, the Daily Mail quoted Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn as saying in a German newspaper interview published on Sunday. Britain ....

  • Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Uruzgan, 47 killed, 41 wounded

    Taliban suffer heavy casualties in Uruzgan, 47 killed, 41 wounded

    Date: 2016-06-19 10:12:15 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:7 - ID:5121877

    The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties during an operation in the restive Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported. The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operation was conducted in Charchino district by the ....

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