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Three US Service Members, One Contractor Killed In Bagram Three US service members and one contractor were killed, and three US service members were wounded by an improvised explosive device near Bagram Airbase on Monday, April 8, the Resolute Support confirmed in a statement.
The wounded service members were evacuated and are receiving medical care, the... |
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Abdullah Says Fighting Terrorism Needs Collective Efforts Chief Executive Abdullah Abdulla addressed a debate on "Radicalization: Lessons from the Past" on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum on Middle East and North Africa in Jordon where he stressed the need for joint efforts of all governments in fighting terrorism and extremism.
"We cannot realistically... |
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Afghanistan Loses $8m After Pakistans Airspace Closure The Civil Aviation Authority estimates that the closure of Pakistans airspace to commercial flights cost Afghanistan at least $8 million in more than a month.
Pakistan closed its airspace to all commercial flights late in February after escalating tensions with India. The airspace was opened to some... |
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Pope blames US, Europe for deaths of people in war zones Pope Francis says arms sales by the United States and Europe are to blame for the deaths of people, including children, in such places as Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan.
“The rich Europe and America sell weapons… used to kill children and kill people,” said the pontiff, in... |
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Afghanistanian Govt to Form Peace and Reconciliation Council: Abdullah Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah said on Saturday that an initiative is underway which will lead to the establishment of a council on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan.
In an interview with Turkeys TRT World news agency on the sideline of the World Economic Forum in Jordan, Abdullah said,... |
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Govt Proposes Lists For Negotiating Team, Reconciliation Council The Afghanistanian government has prepared two lists of 22 individuals for peace negotiations with the Taliban and a list of 37 people as members of the Council for Reconciliation.
The lists were discussed in the first meeting of the Reconciliation Council at the Presidential Palace on Sunday.
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US military admits to killing civilians in Somali airstrikes The United States military has admitted for the first time that it killed two Somali civilians in one of its airstrikes in the African countrys central El Burr region.
The US Africa Command (AFRICOM) had for a long time insisted that it was only taking out “terrorists” in its... |
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Trump delays Taiwan aircraft deal amid China trade talks: Report United States President Donald Trump has postponed an arms deal with Taiwan until after he secures a trade deal with China, according to a new report.
“The Trump Administration has put on hold a previously reported sale of jet fighters to Taiwan until the United States seals a trade deal... |
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Libyas Haftar forces close in on Tripoli, capture former international airport Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar say they have advanced into the southern outskirts of the country’s capital city and seized the former Tripoli International Airport in a dangerous escalation.
Ahmed Mismari, a spokesman for Haftars self-proclaimed Libyan National... |
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Haqqani network militants among 15 killed in latest air, ground operations At least 15 militants including three members of the notorious Haqqani terrorist network were killed during the latest operations conducted in past 24 hours.
Informed military sources said Saturday that the Afghanistanian Special Forces conducted a raid against Haqqani fighters in Terayzai district... |
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France wont take back Daesh terrorists, their families captured in Syria: Interior minister French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner has dismissed reports that his country is mulling over repatriating Daesh militants and their families detained in Syria after the elimination of the self-proclaimed “caliphate” of the Takfiri terrorist group in the war-torn country.
“Its... |
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Britains May asks EU for Brexit extension to June 30; EU could offer a year British Prime Minister Theresa May wrote to European Council President Donald Tusk on Friday asking for a delay of Brexit until up to June 30, but said she aims to get Britain out of the EU earlier to avoid it participating in European elections.
An EU official signaled that Donald Tusk, the... |
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Turkey will purchase Russian S-400 missile systems, President Erdogan says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey continues to make payments under a deal with Russia to purchase advanced S-400 air defense missile systems, which Washington has warned could put Ankara at risk of US sanctions.
“The S-400 holds an important place in our talks. The United... |
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Study: US-Saudi arms deals dramatically understated An American think tank says it has found new data showing US arms deals with Saudi Arabia and the UAE are "dramatically understated" and billions more than previously reported.
The data collected by arms trade watchdog Security Assistance Monitor (SAM) shows the US has... |
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Pakistans PM Repeats Controversial Remarks On Afghanistan Pakistans Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday repeated his controversial statement regarding an interim setup in Afghanistan to break the stalemate on peace, Pakistani media reported.
Addressing a rally in Jamrud, Khan said that he had given a brotherly advice to Afghanistan but he was slammed for... |
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Khalilzad Discusses Afghan Peace Process with Pakistani Officials The U.S. Special Envoy for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad met with Pakistans Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Islamabad on Friday and discussed the Afghan peace process.
Pakistans Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Khalilzad has briefed Qureshi on the outcome of Doha... |
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US likely to unveil deal of century on Nakba Day: Report A report says the administration of US President Donald Trump will likely unveil its controversial proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in mid-May on the 71th anniversary of the Nakba Day (the Day of Catastrophe).
According to a report by the Emirati news website al-Khaleejonline... |
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Pence slams Germanys unacceptable Russia ties, NATO spending US Vice President Mike Pence has blasted as “unacceptable” Germany’s dependence on Russian energy and its failure to meet its military spending commitments as a key member of the NATO military alliance.
Pence told NATOs 70th anniversary gathering in Washington, DC, on Wednesday... |
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Football legend Pele hospitalized in Paris Football legend Pele was taken to a Paris hospital as a precaution on Wednesday after suffering from an "infection" but is "doing well," according to members of his entourage.
The 78-year-old Brazilian three-time World Cup winner was being treated for "a light fever" prior to the long flight back... |
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Angered by opposition visit to Moscow, Ukraine bans all flights to Russia The Ukrainian government has banned all unscheduled direct flights to Russia following a recent visit to Moscow by two opposition politicians.
Interior Minister Arsen Avakov announced the ban on Wednesday and said opposition presidential candidate Yuriy Boyko and chairman of the political council... |
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Situation tense in Libya as General Haftar forces move toward govt. positions Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar have started advancing on the country’s western cities and districts, with reports of skirmishes already taking place in the south of the capital Tripoli, which is controlled by Libya’s internationally-recognized government of Fayez al-Sarraj.
The... |
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New Zealand mosque attacker to face 50 murder charges The Australian man who has been detained for killing scores of Muslims in terrorist attacks on two mosques in New Zealand will face 50 murder charges and 39 attempted murder charges, police say.
Fifty people were shot dead and another 50 wounded — several of them critically — by... |
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La Liga: Valencia 2-1 Real Madrid Looking over the Spanish La Liga, Valencia have defeated Real Madrid 2-1 in a game where corner kicks were decisive.
Valencia broke the deadlock in the 35th minute, when Dani Parejo’s corner kick was met by a poor clearance from Keylor Navas, and Goncalo Guedes capitalized... |
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Arab League Summit: Test of Arab NATO Practicality The Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit at bloc’s 30th summit in Tunisia claimed that the Turkish and Iranian meddling have prolonged the crisis in the Arab world. The Iranophobic comments under Saudi pressure have always been part of such Arab gatherings. However, this is... |
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Malaysias ex-PM pleads not guilty as graft trial begins Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak has pleaded not guilty to all charges against him at the first main hearing in a trial over an economic scandal that brought down his government last year.
Najib pleaded not guilty to seven charges of corruption and money-laundering after arriving... |
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UK PM May to meet Labour leader to try to break Brexit stalemate British Prime Minister Theresa May will meet opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn on Wednesday to thrash out a Brexit compromise, a gamble that could finally see a European Union divorce deal agreed but also tear her party apart.
After her EU withdrawal deal was rejected three times by lawmakers, with... |
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Australias Senate censures MP over anti-Muslim remarks after NZ terror attack Australia’s Senate has censured a far-right lawmaker over his controversial comments that the recent bloody terrorist attack against two mosques in New Zealand were the outcome of letting Muslims into the country.
Sitting for the first time since the terrorist attack, Australia’s... |
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Zarif decries Pompeos comments about flood assistance as fake news Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has dismissed claims by United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo that Washington seeks to contribute to relief operations following nation-wide floods in Iran as "fake news."
Zarif slammed the comments in a tweet on Tuesday, saying... |
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Trump retreats on Obamacare repeal after GOP leader warns it wont happen US President Donald Trump has retreated on his plan to introduce a Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act after GOP Senator Mitch McConnell privately warned him that the upper chamber of Congress would not revisit health care before the 2020 presidential elections.
Trump, a... |
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Afghanistanian Politicians To Meet Ghani And Khalilzad On Peace A number of prominent political leader will meet with with President Ashraf Ghani and Zalmay Khalilzad, the US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation, on Wednesday, sources confirmed.
Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf former Jihadi leader, former president Hamid Karzai, head of the High Peace... |
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