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  • 14 Taliban militants killed, 18 detained in Afghan operations

    14 Taliban militants killed, 18 detained in Afghan operations

    Date: 2014-01-20 16:22:06 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:71 - ID:510230

    At least 14 Taliban militants were killed and another militant was injured during coordinated military operations by Afghan national security forces during the past 24 hours, Aghan Khaama Press reported. The interior ministry of Afghanistan ....

  • Hundred pro-EU protesters injured in police clashes in Ukraine

    Hundred pro-EU protesters injured in police clashes in Ukraine

    Date: 2014-01-20 12:32:35 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:50 - ID:509660

    Over hundred protesters were injured after the protests in the Ukrainian capital Kiev escalated into street battles with riot police Sunday night. Some 200 thousand pro-EU demonstrators took the streets in Kiev to rally against new laws that ....

  • IAEA confrims Iran's halt to enrichment as part of nuclear deal

    IAEA confrims Iran's halt to enrichment as part of nuclear deal

    Date: 2014-01-20 12:26:13 GMT - Austria - International - SN:46 - ID:509642

    Iran on Monday took its first steps to limit its nuclear program under a deal with world powers, the International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed in a verification report. The report is a requirement for the European Union and the United States ....

  • Attack on Afghan military base leaves at least one member of US-led coalition forces dead

    Attack on Afghan military base leaves at least one member of US-led coalition forces dead

    Date: 2014-01-20 11:22:05 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:39 - ID:509440

    A complex attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan Monday left at least one member of US-led coalition forces dead, The Washington Post said. The attack, which included a car bomb and several suicide bombers and gunmen wearing western ....

  • CAR parliament to elect new interim president

    CAR parliament to elect new interim president

    Date: 2014-01-20 11:18:14 GMT - Central African Republic - International - SN:38 - ID:509425

    The Central African Republic’s transitional parliament began a session on Monday to elect a new interim president. Eight candidates are in the running amid reports of a fresh outbreak of deadly sectarian violence in the country’s northwest. In ....

  • Lavrov supports UN decision to invite Iran to Geneva 2 conference

    Lavrov supports UN decision to invite Iran to Geneva 2 conference

    Date: 2014-01-20 09:50:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:30 - ID:509163

    Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has supported the UN decision to invite Iran to the Geneva 2 peace conference on Syria, insisting Tehran had to be on the list of around 40 country-participants, Russia Today reported Monday. "Around 40 ....

  • 15 dead, hundreds flee Nigeria homes after attacks

    15 dead, hundreds flee Nigeria homes after attacks

    Date: 2014-01-20 09:37:23 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:27 - ID:509122

    Villagers and police say that more than 15 people have died in attacks by militants in northeast Nigerian villages and hundreds have fled their homes for safety, ABC News reported. Borno state police spokesman Gideon Jibrin said at least seven ....

  • Iran must accept terms of Syria talks to attend: France

    Iran must accept terms of Syria talks to attend: France

    Date: 2014-01-20 09:07:57 GMT - France - International - SN:26 - ID:509026

    France said on Monday Iran should not be allowed to attend Syria peace talks in Switzerland later this week if it does not accept the creation of a transitional government with full executive powers. "Participation in Geneva 2 is the explicit ....

  • Iran to halt 20% enriched uranium by noon

    Iran to halt 20% enriched uranium by noon

    Date: 2014-01-20 08:57:36 GMT - Iran - International - SN:23 - ID:508997

    Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said the Islamic republic would halt production of 20 per cent enriched uranium by noon Monday, IRNA reported. "Voluntarily halting the production of 20 per cent uranium enrichment is the major measure that ....

  • Blast near Pakistani army headquarters kills 4

    Blast near Pakistani army headquarters kills 4

    Date: 2014-01-20 08:43:09 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:17 - ID:508955

    A suicide bomber blew himself up not far from Pakistan's military headquarters Monday, killing four people a day after a Taliban bombing inside an army compound in the northwest of the country killed at least 20 troops, the BBC reported. The ....

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