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  • Afghan military deploys special forces, choppers in Faryab province

    Date: 2018-03-15 17:18:08 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:90 - ID:7297396

    KABUL, March 15 (MENA) - The Afghan military has deployed additional Special Operations Forces and Warrior helicopters in northern Faryab province of Afghanistan, Khaama Press reported Thursday. The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in ....

  • Slovak PM resigns over slaying of journalist

    Date: 2018-03-15 17:16:09 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:89 - ID:7297377

    BRATISLAVA, March 15 (MENA) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has resigned following the crisis over the slaying of a journalist, ABC News reported without mentioning more details. Fico announced on Wednesday that he was ready to resign as a ....

  • Trump administration sanctions Russia for interfering in US elections

    Date: 2018-03-15 16:08:37 GMT - USA - World - SN:84 - ID:7297238

    NEW YORK, March 15 (MENA) - The Trump administration issued for the first time sanctions against Russia for meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections. In sanctioning five entities and 19 individuals, the US Treasury also cited a cyberattack ....

  • Russian Foreign Ministry terms UK's allegations against Moscow over Skripal poisoning case 'insane'

    Date: 2018-03-15 12:21:08 GMT - Russia - World - SN:46 - ID:7296055

    MOSCOW, March 15 (MENA) - Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has slammed the allegations made by UK Prime Minister Theresa May against Russia over the Skripal poisoning case as "insane." Zakharova said that the UK is refusing to ....

  • Gunman at Alabama hospital kills one, injures another

    Date: 2018-03-15 08:09:25 GMT - USA - World - SN:12 - ID:7295821

    WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - A gunman opened fire at a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama, on Wednesday night, killing an employee and critically injuring another before turning the gun on himself, CBC TV channel quoted the police as saying ....

  • 20 killed, injured in military helicopter crash in Senegal - Official

    Date: 2018-03-15 07:44:21 GMT - Senegal - World - SN:10 - ID:7295801

    DAKAR, March 15 (MENA) - Six people have been killed and 14 others injured, three of them seriously wounded, in a military transport helicopter crash in southwestern Senegal, said the secretary-general of the government, Seydou Gueye. Gueye said ....

  • Russian embassy in US slams State Department over meddling in domestic affairs

    Date: 2018-03-15 07:15:52 GMT - USA - World - SN:6 - ID:7295800

    WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - Russia’s Embassy in Washington accused the US State Department of trying to influence the March 18 presidential election after it again bashed Moscow for the alleged annexation of Crimea four years ago, Sputnik reported ....

  • Two killed as US Navy fighter jet crashes in Florida

    Date: 2018-03-15 06:01:18 GMT - USA - World - SN:1 - ID:7295759

    WASHINGTON, March 15 (MENA) - A US Navy fighter jet on a training flight crashed Wednesday off the coast of Key West, Florida, killing both crew members, NBC News reported Thursday. The identities of the crew members were withheld until their ....

  • Russia's retaliation to Britain's actions must be tough, proportionate: senate speaker

    Date: 2018-03-14 22:43:21 GMT - Russia - World - SN:103 - ID:7295356

    MOSCOW, March 14 (MENA) - Russia’s response to Britain’s charges must be prompt, tough and proportionate, Federation Council Speaker Valentina Matviyenko told the media on Wednesday, TASS News Agency reported. "Britain has blamed Russia without ....

  • Hungarian court sentences Syrian-Cypriot man to jail

    Date: 2018-03-14 22:35:20 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:102 - ID:7295416

    BUDAPEST, March 14 (MENA) - A Hungarian court sentenced a Syrian-Cypriot man to seven years in prison for illegally crossing the border and being an accomplice in a terrorist act during clashes with police in September 2015, Euronews reported on ....

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