Qatar signs 3-bn euro military helicopter deal Doha, (MILLAT ONLINE):Qatar announced Wednesday it was spending three billion euros to buy 28 military helicopters, its latest high-profile defence purchase during a bitter diplomatic rift with its Gulf neighbours. The deal for the NH90 helicopters was announced by Qatar’s defence ministry at a military hardware conference in […]
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Qatar signs 3-bn euro military helicopter deal
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California teacher accidentally discharges gun in class
California teacher accidentally discharges gun in class Los Angeles, (MILLAT ONLINE):At least one California high school student was injured superficially when a teacher accidentally discharged a gun in class during a firearms safety course, police said on Wednesday. Dennis Alexander, a teacher at Seaside High School in Monterey County and a reserve police officer, fired […]
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Russia shrugs off World Cup no-show by British ministers, royals
Russia shrugs off World Cup no-show by British ministers, royals Moscow, (MILLAT ONLINE):Moscow on Tuesday shrugged off London’s decision not to send British ministers and royals to Russia’s World Cup over a nerve agent attack on a former double agent. The measure was one of a number announced by British Prime Minister Theresa May in […]
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Slovakian Prime Minister Fico offers resignation
Slovakian Prime Minister Fico offers resignation Bratislava, (MILLAT ONLINE):Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico offered Wednesday to resign, under pressure from the opposition for his handling of a scandal over the killing of a journalist investigating political corruption. “Today I have offered my resignation to the president of the republic,” Fico said. “If the president accepts […]
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Bulgaria cuts jail term for Australian would-be jihadist
Bulgaria cuts jail term for Australian would-be jihadist Sofia, (MILLAT ONLINE):A Bulgarian appeals court has slashed to two-and-a-half years the jail term of an Australian who tried to join the Islamic State group — the first terror-related conviction in the country. John “Ivan” Zahariev, who holds dual Australian and Bulgarian nationality, was sentenced last June […]
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Libya issues arrest warrants for over 200 alleged traffickers
Libya issues arrest warrants for over 200 alleged traffickers Tripoli, (MILLAT ONLINE):Libya has issued arrest warrants for more than 200 Libyans and foreigners suspected of involvement in a smuggling network for Europe-bound migrants, the attorney general’s office said on Thursday. “We have 205 arrest warrants for people (involved in) organising immigration operations, human trafficking, (cases) […]