OSCOW, March 19 (APP/AFP): A plane from Dubai carrying 55 passengers crashed and burst into flames Saturday morning in Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia, a local official said, without confirming the number of casualties. “The plane with 55 passengers and four or five crew on board, coming from Dubai, crashed as it came into land at […]
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Plane with 55 passengers on board crashes in Russia: official
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Strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off Alaska: USGS
WASHINGTON, March 19 (APP/AFP): A strong and shallow 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit off Alaska on Friday, US experts said. The quake occurred at 5:35 pm Anchorage time, (0135 GMT Saturday) and was located at a depth of 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) some 45 miles south of Atka, Alaska, according to the US Geological Survey.
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Kurds declare federal region in Syria’s north: officials
RMEILAN, Syria, (APP/AFP) – Syria’s Kurds on Thursday declared a federal region in the country’s north, officials told AFP, as they seek further autonomy in areas under their control. Two officials at talks involving Kurdish, Arab, and other parties in the town of Rmeilan said delegates had agreed on creating a “federal system” unifying the […]
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Two Palestinians stab woman in West Bank, shot dead: army
JERUSALEM, (APP/AFP) – Two Palestinians stabbed an Israeli woman near a group of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank on Thursday before being shot dead, the army said, the latest in a months-long wave of violence. The incident occurred at the Ariel junction in the West Bank. The wounded woman was being taken to […]
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German institutions in Turkey closed for security reasons: consulate
ANKARA, (APP/AFP) – German diplomatic missions and a school in Turkey were closed on Thursday for security reasons, the German consulate in Istanbul said, less than a week after a suicide car bomb attack that killed 35 people in the capital. The measure concerns the German embassy in Ankara as well as the consulate and […]
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Junta chief calls on Thais to view “patriotic” Korean drama
BANGKOK, (APP/AFP) – A hit South Korean drama about a gun-toting soldier saving lives in a far away land has won over Thailand’s mercurial junta chief, who on Thursday called on citizens to watch the show. Former army chief turned Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha seized power in a 2014 coup and has often portrayed himself […]