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Afghan army: Taliban militants suffer heavy losses in separate clashes northeast Afghanistan
Date: 2018-08-04 17:48:26 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:4 - ID:7518772
Taliban militants suffered heavy losses as a result of separate clashes in the province of Takhar in northeastern Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported Saturday. In a statement, the 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military said 21 Taliban ....
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Russia offers US cooperation in restoration of Syria – Report
Date: 2018-08-04 17:20:47 GMT - Russia - International - SN:1 - ID:7518746
The Russian military has reportedly offered the US Armed Forces its cooperation in rebuilding the ravaged nation of Syria, Sputnik quoted a US government memo as saying. According to the memo, Valery Gerasimov, chief of Russia's General Staff of ....
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UNHCR sounds alarm as Mediterranean Sea deaths pass 1,500 mark
Date: 2018-08-03 19:09:18 GMT - Switzerland - International - SN:11 - ID:7517658
More than 1,500 refugees and migrants have lost their lives attempting to cross the Mediterranean in the first seven months of this year, the UNHCR said in its report on Friday. The bleak milestone was confirmed after more than 850 lives were ....
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US citizen detained in Vietnam
Date: 2018-08-03 19:06:34 GMT - Vietnam - International - SN:10 - ID:7517654
A 54-year old American missing in Vietnam for nearly a month is being held by Vietnamese authorities, ABC News reported on Friday. Detained without charges, he is the second US citizen recently arrested by the government amid a widening ....
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Russia urges Armenia to boost cooperation in humanitarian aid in Syria
Date: 2018-08-03 19:03:34 GMT - Russia - International - SN:9 - ID:7517650
Russia expects Armenia to take further practical steps to contribute to the humanitarian operation in Syria, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said at a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Zograb Mnatsakanyan, Interfax news agency ....
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Blaze at New Kabul Bank branch contained
Date: 2018-08-03 18:29:23 GMT - Afghanistan - International - SN:8 - ID:7517632
A fire blamed on a short circuit caused millions of Afghanis - the basic monetary unit of Afghanistan- a loss to a branch of the New Kabul Bank in western Herat province. No casualties were reported, Pajhwok news agency reported on Friday. ....
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Ships of NATO task forces leave Black Sea
Date: 2018-08-03 18:27:15 GMT - Russia - International - SN:7 - ID:7517629
Ships of NATO's two permanent task forces have left the Black Sea after a 20-day stay, an informed source told Interfax on Friday. "Ships of the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2) and the Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group 2 (SNMCMG2) ....
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Indian amb. denies revoking citizenship of 4m people in Assam state
Date: 2018-08-02 16:29:11 GMT - Egypt - International - SN:7 - ID:7516216
Indian Ambassador to Egypt Rahul Kulshreshth dismissed as “baseless” reports circulated about revoking the citizenship of some 4 million persons from the northeast state of Assam. The authorities are just accurately updating the National Register ....
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Trump administration sanctions Turkish officials over detained American pastor
Date: 2018-08-01 21:32:22 GMT - USA - International - SN:14 - ID:7515046
The Trump administration on Wednesday sanctioned top Turkish officials over the country’s detention of American pastor Andrew Craig Brunson, Fox News reported. The US Treasury Department sanctions, first announced by the White House, target ....
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Service resumes on busy Paris metro line after evacuation
Date: 2018-08-01 10:50:14 GMT - France - International - SN:3 - ID:7514052
Metro trains resumed operating on one of Paris’s busiest lines early Wednesday after a technical problem paralysed the network for hours, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people through dark tunnels in stifling heat, The Express Tribune ....
