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  • Russia expresses support for resumption of Cyprus talks

    Date: 2018-03-31 08:24:22 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:8 - ID:7325335

    NICOSIA, March 31 (MENA) - Russian Ambassador in Nicosia Stanislav Osadchiy has expressed his country`s support for the resumption of Cyprus talks and its readiness to help in that direction. “We support the resumption of negotiations and we are ....

  • Russian embassy in UK demands explanation for plane search

    Date: 2018-03-30 22:05:36 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:79 - ID:7325228

    LONDON, March 30 (MENA) - The Russian Embassy in the UK has filed a note to the Foreign Office, demanding an explanation for the "hostile" search of a Russian plane at London Heathrow Airport, said Russia Today on Friday. It said the inspection ....

  • Fire at mental health facility in Moscow suburb, patients evacuated

    Date: 2018-03-30 20:25:30 GMT - Russia - World - SN:75 - ID:7325185

    MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - Patients and personnel are being evacuated from a mental health facility in the city of Noginsk outside Moscow, Russia Today reported on Friday. The blaze occurred in one of the buildings belonging to the 25th ....

  • Emergency declared in Moscow over toxic gas spread

    Date: 2018-03-30 19:25:34 GMT - Russia - World - SN:71 - ID:7325148

    MOSCOW, March 30 (MENA) - Townspeople protesting a toxic landfill near Moscow have been handed out gas masks as officials bucked demands to declare a state of emergency, local media reported on Friday. The head of the Volokolamsk district ....

  • Hungary's Orban says 2,000 people paid to topple him

    Date: 2018-03-30 18:51:33 GMT - Hungary - World - SN:70 - ID:7325083

    BUDAPEST, March 30 (MENA) – Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday, nine days before general elections, that he has a list of 2,000 people paid to topple his government and let immigrants flood in, France 24 reported. "In Hungary there ....

  • Irish diplomat expelled from Russia over Skripal row

    Date: 2018-03-30 17:49:08 GMT - Ireland - World - SN:65 - ID:7325029

    DUBLIN, March 30 (MENA) – An Irish diplomat is being expelled from Russia in response to the expulsion of a Russian envoy from Ireland, The Irish Times quoted the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs as saying on Friday. A spokesman for Tanaiste and ....

  • US soldier among those killed in Syria roadside bomb attack

    Date: 2018-03-30 16:05:08 GMT - USA - World - SN:54 - ID:7324842

    WASHINGTON, March 30 (MENA) - One of two troops with US-led coalition killed in Syria roadside bomb attack was American, a US Defense official was quoted by ABC news as saying on Friday. The US army announced Thursday that two coalition ....

  • Afghan official killed in suicide blast in Kunar province

    Date: 2018-03-30 15:44:28 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:52 - ID:7324846

    JALALABAD, March 30 (MENA) - Provincial council member for eastern Kunar province, Afghanistan, Shah Wali Hemmat was killed in a suicide blast on Friday, an official said. Governor spokesman Abdul Ghani Musamim told Pajhwok Afghan News the ....

  • London regrets Moscow's decision over expelling UK diplomats

    Date: 2018-03-30 15:34:12 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:50 - ID:7324676

    LONDON, March 30 (MENA) - Russia's decision to cut the number of British envoys in the country was regrettable, but it was expected, the spokeswoman for the British Foreign Office said on Friday. The Daily Mail quoted the spokeswoman as saying: ....

  • Russia to expel one diplomat from Finnish Embassy in Moscow

    Date: 2018-03-30 14:11:02 GMT - Finland - World - SN:43 - ID:7324598

    HELSINKI, March 30 (MENA) - Russia to expel one diplomat from the Finnish Embassy in Moscow, the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its website. Finish Ambassador to Russia Mikko Hautala was notified of the matter by the Ministry of ....

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