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  • Russia rejects Estonia's airspace violation accusations

    Date: 2018-03-12 21:18:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:107 - ID:7291512

    MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - Russia's Defense Ministry has refuted allegations of the Estonian authorities that a Russian Ilyushin Il-76 plane violated Estonia's airspace, TASS reported Monday. "On March 12, an Il-76 plane of the Russian aerospace ....

  • Estonia says Russian plane violates airspace

    Date: 2018-03-12 20:11:11 GMT - Estonia - World - SN:103 - ID:7291605

    TALLINN, March 12 (MENA) - MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - Estonia says a Russian military cargo plane has violated its airspace near the island of Vaindloo in the Gulf of Finland, ABC News reported Monday. Estonia's military said the Il-76 plane spent ....

  • Circus at British parliament – Russian foreign ministry reacts to May's words on Skripal case

    Date: 2018-03-12 20:09:33 GMT - Russia - World - SN:101 - ID:7291582

    MOSCOW, March 12 (MENA) - A spokesperson for the Russian Foreign ministry called the hearing at the British parliament on Skripal case a circus show, Russia Today reported. "The conclusion is obvious: this is another information and political ....

  • US warns Security Council of inaction on Syria

    Date: 2018-03-12 19:28:28 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:100 - ID:7291581

    NEW YORK, March 12 (MENA) - US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned on Monday that if the UN Security Council fails to act on Syria, Washington "remains prepared to act if we must," just as it did last year when it bombed a Syrian ....

  • Global-PRNewswire(4):Xbox Unveils World's First Pirate Blaster in Attempt to Break GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title

    Date: 2018-03-12 19:25:44 GMT - USA - World - SN:99 - ID:7291636

    TAMPA, Florida, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/MENA/ -- Everyone is invited to help Xbox celebrate the launch of their biggest new IP of the year, Sea of Thieves, a new shared-world adventure game that provides freedom, action and excitement ....

  • Most on crashed plane from Bangladesh, Nepal

    Date: 2018-03-12 17:52:18 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:88 - ID:7291449

    KATHMANDU, March 12 (MENA) - A spokesman for Dhaka-based US-Bangla Airlines said a flight that crashed in Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, was carrying 67 passengers: 32 from Bangladesh, 33 from Nepal and one each from China and the Maldives. Airline ....

  • US assistant secretary of state heads to Athens

    Date: 2018-03-12 14:17:28 GMT - Greece - World - SN:66 - ID:7290896

    WASHINGTON, March 12 (MENA) - US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wes Mitchell left Washington heading to capital of Kosovo Pristina where he will remain for one day as part of his tour to Balkan countries. Tensions ....

  • Number of people killed in plane crash near Nepal airport

    Date: 2018-03-12 10:57:34 GMT - Nepal - World - SN:40 - ID:7290551

    KATHMANDU, March 12 (MENA) - A Bangladeshi plane with 67 passengers on board crashed near Kathmandu airport on Monday as it was coming in to land, Sky News reported quoting officials as saying. Firefighters battled to extinguish the burning ....

  • Slovak interior minister resigns after journalist slaying

    Date: 2018-03-12 10:35:25 GMT - Slovakia - World - SN:33 - ID:7290451

    BRATISLAVA, March 12 (MENA) - Slovakian Interior Minister Robert Kalinak has resigned from his post amid the crisis following the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, ABC News reported. Kalinak's resignation was a key ....

  • US assistant secretary of state to visit Cyprus on Friday

    Date: 2018-03-12 10:16:53 GMT - Cyprus - World - SN:30 - ID:7290321

    NICOSIA, March 12 (MENA) - The US chief diplomat for European and Eurasian affairs Wess Mitchell will be in Cyprus on Friday 16 March as part of a tour that includes visits to Pristina, Skopje, Belgrade and Athens taking place this week, the Cyprus ....

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