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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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, ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....