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12 Afghan soldiers martyred, 115 militants killed in past two days
Date: 2015-08-08 08:38:30 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:2 - ID:3121341
Twelve soldiers from Afghan National Army have embraced martyrdom and 115 militants killed in two days of military operations across the country, Khaama Press reported on Saturday quoting the Ministry of Defense. A twitter post by General Zahir ....
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Kremlin denies media report of meeting between Putin, Iranian general
Date: 2015-08-07 21:04:11 GMT - Russia - International - SN:6 - ID:3120205
The Kremlin denied on Friday a US media report that claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian military chief who is on a UN blacklist, during an alleged visit to Moscow in July, in violation ....
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Mullah Omar neither died nor buried in Pakistan: Pakistani defence minister
Date: 2015-08-07 11:59:25 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:1 - ID:3117889
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said Friday that deceased Taliban chief Mullah Omar was neither killed nor buried in Pakistan, according to Geo.TV. “I want to reiterate that Mullah Omar neither died in Pakistan nor his burial was held ....
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US to defend new Syria force from Assad regime
Date: 2015-08-03 13:50:04 GMT - USA - International - SN:10 - ID:3093253
President Barack Obama has authorized using air power to defend a new US-backed fighting force in Syria if it is attacked by Syrian government forces or other groups, raising the risk of the American military coming into direct conflict with the ....
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Ban hails UN Member States' agreement on 'people's agenda' to end poverty, promote sustainability
Date: 2015-08-03 11:34:25 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:8 - ID:3091793
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has praised UN Member States for reaching agreement on the draft outcome document that will constitute the new sustainable development agenda, which will be formally adopted by world leaders in New York this ....
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Nigerian troops rescue 178 people from Boko Haram camps
Date: 2015-08-03 08:30:19 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:6 - ID:3090233
Nigerian troops rescued 178 people from Boko Haram in attacks that destroyed several camps of the Islamic extremists in the northeast of the country, Fox News reported quoting an army statement as saying Sunday. Spokesman Col. Tukur Gusau said ....
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Kerry to meet counterparts from GCC in Doha Monday
Date: 2015-08-02 11:14:36 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:9 - ID:3085609
US State Secretary John Kerry will travel to Doha Monday to meet with his counterparts from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states. The meeting will be held to discuss the Iranian nuclear deal which was signed on July 14 in Vienna with the ....
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Israeli defense min.: Administrative detention for arsonists who burnt Palestinian toddler
Date: 2015-08-02 11:10:10 GMT - palestine - International - SN:8 - ID:3085537
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon instructed on Sunday morning security forces to use administrative detention (arrest without trial) to hold the suspected arsonists who set fire to a house in Nablus's Duma town last week, the Jerusalem Post ....
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260 PKK members killed in Turkey air strikes: Report
Date: 2015-08-01 10:54:37 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:7 - ID:3080173
Around 260 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Ankara's week-long campaign of air strikes against targets of the group inside Turkey and in northern Iraq, Hurriyet Daily reported on ....
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Turkish opposition party challenges Erdoğan remarks against Kurds
Date: 2015-07-29 18:24:24 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:16 - ID:3066709
The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party (HDP) on Wednesday submitted a list of its members' signatures calling for lifting their parliamentary immunity. HDP's leader Selahattin Demirtas said that the party refuses parliamentary immunity and its ....