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June 17, 2017 1:05 AM

Germany claims US harming EU firms with Russia sanctions

Germany today accused Washington of hurting European power companies through its new sanctions against Russia that target the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Europe.<br/>&apos;<br/><br/>The new measures, approved by the US Senate on Thursday, include a threat to penalise comp...

June 17, 2017 1:03 AM

Joint US-Qatar navy 3 day exercise wraps up

The US and Qatari navies today ended a three-day joint exercise involving nine vessels that took place at a time of high diplomatic tension between Doha and Gulf neighbours.<br/>&apos;<br/>According to Staff Commander Mohammed Desmal Al- Kuwari among the tests carried out were air defenc...

June 16, 2017 9:37 PM

Vehicle with 24 passengers blown up by IED in Kenya

In Kenya, a vehicle with 24 passengers was blown up by an improvised explosive device in a suspected extremist attack on Friday. <br/><br/>Mandera County commissioner Fredrick Shisia said, they are waiting for word on casualties. He said, the vehicle is a privately owned transport servic...

June 16, 2017 9:31 PM

Architect of Germany's Reunification, ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl dies

Helmut Kohl, Germany's ex-chancellor and architect of reunification in 1990, has died at 87, German media say. He died at his house in Ludwigshafen, in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate.<br/><br/>Kohl led Germany for 16 years - from 1982 to 1998. He is credited with bringing...

June 16, 2017 9:27 PM

AIIB approves membership of Argentina, Madagascar, Tonga

The China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the membership of Argentina, Madagascar and Tonga at its second annual meeting of Governors. <br/><br/>The AIIB's board of Governors adopted resolutions approving the three applicants to join the bank at the seco...

June 16, 2017 9:00 PM

Russia claims to have killed Islamic State group leader

Russia claimed on Friday it killed the leader of the Islamic State group in an airstrike on a meeting of IS leaders just outside the IS de-facto capital in Syria. The Russian Defense Ministry said, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a Russian strike in late May along with other senior group commande...

June 16, 2017 6:52 PM

Vehicle with 24 passengers blown up by IED in Kenya

In Kenya, a vehicle with 24 passengers was blown up by an improvised explosive device in a suspected extremist attack on Friday. <br/><br/>Mandera County commissioner Fredrick Shisia said, they are waiting for word on casualties. He said, the vehicle is a privately owned transport servic...

June 16, 2017 6:51 PM

Death toll in London fire rises to 30

In Britain, the death toll in wednesday's devastating fire that engulfed the 24-storey residential block in west London has risen to 30 amid fears that it could climb to over 100 in one of the worst fire tragedies in the country. <br/><br/>Metropolitan police commander Stuart Cundy ...

June 16, 2017 1:47 PM

IS leader Baghdadi may have been killed by Russian airstrike in Syria

Russia&apos;s Defense Ministry has said it is verifying reports whether the Islamic State terrorist group&apos;s leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed by a Russian airstrike on the southern outskirts of Syria&apos;s Raqqa in late May.<br/><br/>The ministry said in a statement that the a...

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