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  • Afghan army: Taliban militants suffer heavy losses in separate clashes northeast Afghanistan

    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 ....

  • Syrian army foils terrorist attack on Zilaqiat

    Syrian army foils terrorist attack on Zilaqiat

    Date: 2018-08-04 17:40:20 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:7518763

    The Syrian army has foiled a terrorist attack on al Zilaqiat area in the northern countryside of Hama, SANA reported. The attack was launched by terrorist groups belonging to al Nusra Front and its allied militias. The clashes resulted in ....

  • Environment minister inspects training center in Sharm el Sheikh

    Environment minister inspects training center in Sharm el Sheikh

    Date: 2018-08-04 17:34:22 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:7518761

    Minister of Environment Yasmin Fouad paid on Saturday a visit to the ministry’s training center in the Red Sea’s resort city of Sharm el Sheikh to see if it can be used in the activities of the biodiversity conference, scheduled to be held here in ....

  • Russia offers US cooperation in restoration of Syria – Report

    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 ....

  • UNHCR sounds alarm as Mediterranean Sea deaths pass 1,500 mark

    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 ....

  • US citizen detained in Vietnam

    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 ....

  • Russia urges Armenia to boost cooperation in humanitarian aid in Syria

    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 ....

  • Blaze at New Kabul Bank branch contained

    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. ....

  • Ships of NATO task forces leave Black Sea

    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) ....

  • President Sisi issues decree pardoning 66 prisoners

    President Sisi issues decree pardoning 66 prisoners

    Date: 2018-08-03 17:23:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:7517574

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree pardoning 66 prisoners. The decree was published in the official gazette. ....

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