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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....