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  • 11 people on board plane that crashed in Iran - report

    Date: 2018-03-11 17:26:49 GMT - Iran - World - SN:87 - ID:7289689

    TEHRAN, March 11 (MENA) - At least 11 people were on board the small Turkish private plane that crashed, ABC News quoted Iran's state-run IRNA news agency as saying on Sunday. That's according to a report Sunday night on the crash that quotes the ....

  • Iran’s threat keeps on growing - newspaper

    Date: 2018-03-11 17:15:54 GMT - USA - World - SN:86 - ID:7289637

    NEW YORK, March 11 (MENA) - North Korea’s nuclear program is dominating the headlines, for obvious reasons, but don’t lose sight of the growing danger posed by Iran’s ongoing ballistic-missile program. A number of significant developments last ....

  • US defense secretary arrives in Oman

    Date: 2018-03-11 16:36:28 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - World - SN:81 - ID:7289321

    MUSCAT, March 11 (MENA) - US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Oman on a several-day visit, Omani News Agency reported on Sunday. Meanwhile, Mattis said that he doesn't want to talk about the Korean Peninsula “at all” at this time, ....

  • SAS rescues Meghan Markle from ‘kidnap situation’

    Date: 2018-03-11 14:30:08 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:75 - ID:7289362

    LONDON, March 11 (MENA) - The British Army’s elite regiment, the SAS, has conducted an exercise to save Meghan Markle, Prince Harry's fiancee, as part of a preset scenario. The exercise is part of a course devised to ensure Meghan is prepared for ....

  • Turkey strays from its European path, Greek defence minister says

    Date: 2018-03-11 13:51:04 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:67 - ID:7289251

    NICOSIA, March 11 (MENA) - Instead of following the desired European path, Turkey is following a new path, as manifested by its provocations both towards Cyprus and Greece, Greek National Defence Minister Panos Kammenos has said. In statements ....

  • China's national legislature adopts constitutional amendment

    Date: 2018-03-11 09:28:37 GMT - China - World - SN:15 - ID:7288599

    BEIJING, March 11 (MENA) - China's National People's Congress (NPC), the national legislature, adopted an amendment to the country's Constitution on Sunday. Lawmakers at the ongoing NPC annual session agreed that the constitutional revision, ....

  • 24 army, police personnel killed in western Afghanistan

    Date: 2018-03-10 21:15:14 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:57 - ID:7288287

    KABUL, March 10 (MENA) - Twenty-four Afghan troops and police officers have reportedly been killed while fighting militants in the country’s western Farah province, Russia Today reported Saturday. The fighters attacked the security outposts in ....

  • Partial results of Sierra Leonean presidential elections announced

    Date: 2018-03-10 20:45:35 GMT - Sierra Leone - World - SN:55 - ID:7288257

    FREETOWN, March 10 (MENA) - Partial results released in the race for Sierra Leone's new president show no one has a strong enough majority so far to win Wednesday's polls, Voice of America reported Saturday. The election observers criticized the ....

  • Trump to travel to South America for first time as US president

    Date: 2018-03-10 18:58:04 GMT - USA - World - SN:47 - ID:7288081

    WASHINGTON, March 10 (MENA) - US President Donald Trump will travel to Peru next month to attend the Summit of the Americas, marking his first visit to South America since he became US president. Trump plans to meet with Peruvian President Pedro ....

  • One Ukrainian soldier killed by rebels in Donbas

    Date: 2018-03-10 16:36:12 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:43 - ID:7287981

    KIEV, March 10 (MENA) - At least one Ukrainian soldier was killed and another wounded in shelling by separatists in the anti-terrorist operation (ATO) area since the announcement of the ceasefire regime on March 5, Ukraine's Ukrinform news agency ....

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