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West Asia
Russia offers french plane carriers for sale
Russia has offered to sell two french air craft carriers “Mistrals” to Egypt, equipped with Russian equipment that Moscow installed before breaching their contact with France. A french official told “Defense News” that they were expecting that Egypt is most likely to buy the two carriers, due to the recent framework of…
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UK’s prime minister visits refugee camp in Lebanon
UK’s prime minister David Cameron visited one of the Syrian refugees camps in Lebanon, to hold talks on the refugee crisis with his Lebanese counterpart Tammam Salam. Cameron announced earlier this month that Britain would take in 20,000 more Syrian refugees, amid growing pressure at home and abroad to address the…
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South Asia
Afghan Taliban storm jail, release over 350 inmates
More than 350 inmates have escaped after an attack by Afghan Taliban insurgents on the main prison in eastern Ghazni province early on Monday, Deputy provincial governor of Ghazni Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said. However, the Afghan interior ministry said up to 400 managed to flee. Insurgents wearing military uniforms launched…
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West Asia
Egyptian security forces ‘kill Mexican tourists’
Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says. The tourists were travelling in four buses that entered a “banned area” in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, the ministry said in a statement. Ten Mexicans and Egyptians…
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‘Islamic State’ militants claim attack on Pak-Afghan border
Former Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants who have pledged allegiance to Islamic State said on Sunday they had attacked a paramilitary checkpoint along the Afghan border, in the first such assault claimed by a former faction of the TTP in several months. A militant affiliated with the faction told Reuters the…
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Mecca crane collapse disaster
A powerful storm toppled a construction crane Friday afternoon at the Masjid al-Haram, or Grand Mosque, in Mecca killing at least 107 people and injuring 238 others, Saudi Arabia’s civil defense authorities said on Twitter. Photos and video on social media showed the crane crashing through the mosque roof and…
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West Asia
Egypt’s prime minister and government resigns
Egypt’s government has resigned and the country’s oil minister has been asked to form a new cabinet within a week, the office of President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said. No official reason was given for the government’s resignation. However, a senior source was quoted as saying the aim was to reshuffle…
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West Asia
Nations Democratic Party warns of Turkish civil war
Turkish pro-Kurdish “Nations Democratic Party” warns that Turkey seems to be on the path of civil war, expressing their worry over the increasing violence between the state and Kurdistan workers’ party. The party releases a statement, explaining how more than 128 party offices were attacked by nationalists over the past few…
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South Asia
American backpacker, artist killed in Nepal
After the devastating earthquake in April in Nepal, Dahlia Yehia, an artist and a teacher from the US, backpacked to the Asian country to help the people. According to the “Find Dahlia” Facebook page her family and friends started to help find her, Yehia, 25, arrived on July 20 and…
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West Asia
Summit talks between Korea and Jordan
South Korea’s president Park Geun Hye holds a summit talk with Jordan’s King Abduallah II to discuss means available to strengthen the relations between two countries. During the summit talks, President Park and King Abduallah will discuss possible cooperation in trade, investments, construction, energy, culture, education and development. It’s expected…
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