ALGIERS, March 28 (APP/AFP): Twelve Algerian soldiers were killed Sunday in a helicopter crash caused by technical failure in the south of the country, the defence ministry said. The Mi-171 helicopter crashed during a reconnaissance mission near Reggane, in the southwestern province of Adrar, the APS press agency quoted the ministry as saying. The vice-minister […]
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12 Algerian soldiers killed in helicopter crash
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Brussels police clash with far-right mob at attacks shrine
BRUSSELS, March 27, (APP/AFP) – Belgian riot police fired water cannon on Sunday to disperse far-right football hooligans who disrupted mourners at a shrine for victims of the Brussels attacks, as police arrested several suspects in a series of new raids. In scenes that compounded a week of grief for Belgians, black-clad protesters shouting anti-immigrant […]
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Turkey’s Erdogan blasts foreign envoys at journalists’ trial
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday chastised foreign diplomats for attending a trial in Istanbul of two journalists facing possible life terms on espionage charges. “Who are you? What are you doing there?” Erdogan said in a televised speech in Istanbul, accusing foreign envoys of making a “show of strength.” Can […]
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Belgium’s nuclear plants face threat of cyber-attack: EU counter-terror chief
BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP): Belgium’s network of nuclear power plants and other major infrastructure face the threat of a cyber-attack over the next five years, the European Union’s counter-terror chief said in an interview published Saturday. “I would not be surprised if there was an attempt in the next five years to use the Internet to commit […]
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Death toll in Iraq football pitch carnage at 32
ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq, (APP/AFP) – The village of Al-Asriya, south of Baghdad, prepared Saturday to bury its sons, killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up after a football tournament. The attacker, who himself looks like a teenager on a photo distributed by the Islamic State group that claimed the attack, cut through the crowd when […]
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Brussels airport will not re-open before Tuesday: statement
BRUSSELS, (APP/AFP) – Brussels airport will not reopen before Tuesday as it implements new security measures and repairs the departure hall wrecked by two suicide bomb attacks earlier this week, it said Saturday. “Passenger flights at Brussels Airport will not resume before Tuesday 29 March,” Zaventem airport said in a statement.