ar
en
fr
World
- Service : English General
- Category : World
-
Japan, Netherlands agree to reject Russia's annexation of Crimea
Date: 2014-03-24 07:56:45 GMT - Netherlands - World - SN:19 - ID:626822
THE HAGUE, March 24 (MENA) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte agreed Sunday to reject Russia's annexation of Ukraine's southern Crimea region, Kyodo reported quoting a Japanese official. Abe told Rutte that ....
-
Russian aerospace defence troops put under control satellite Glonass-M
Date: 2014-03-24 07:27:58 GMT - Russia - World - SN:16 - ID:626720
MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Aerospace Defence Troops put under control Russian navigation satellite Glonass-M which was launched from Russian northern spaceport Plesetsk on Monday, Itar-Tass news agency reported quoting press officer of the Russian ....
-
Deadly Ebola virus reaches Guinea capital Conakry - UN
Date: 2014-03-24 07:25:16 GMT - USA - World - SN:15 - ID:626701
NEW YORK, March 24 (MENA) - An outbreak of the Ebola virus - which has already killed 59 people in Guinea - has reached the capital Conakry, the UN's children agency has warned. Unicef said the haemorrhagic fever had spread quickly from southern ....
-
Putin, Merkel express satisfaction over coordination of OSCE mission mandate
Date: 2014-03-24 06:51:15 GMT - Russia - World - SN:11 - ID:626699
MOSCOW, March 24 (MENA) - Russia’s president Vladimir Putin and Germany’s Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel have voiced satisfaction over the arrangement on a mandate of the monitoring mission, which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in ....
-
Malaysia flight MH370: China spots 'suspicious' objects
Date: 2014-03-24 06:48:28 GMT - China - World - SN:10 - ID:626680
BEIJING, March 24 (MENA) - A Chinese plane hunting for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has spotted "suspicious" objects, the BBC reported quoting state media say. Searchers saw two "relatively big" objects with "many white smaller ones ....
-
Syria's war foes hinder aid access: Ban
Date: 2014-03-24 06:09:38 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:8 - ID:626648
NEW YORK, March 24 (MENA) - The United Nations accused Syria's government and rebels of hindering aid access, suggesting both sides could be violating U.N. Security Council demands that emergency relief reach civilians caught in the crossfire of the ....
-
Malaysia Airlines flight makes emergency landing in Hong Kong
Date: 2014-03-24 06:02:48 GMT - Hong Kong - World - SN:7 - ID:626644
HONG KONG, March 24 (MENA) - A Malaysia Airlines flight from Kuala Lumpur to Incheon Airport in Seoul was forced to make an emergency landing in Hong Kong last night after an electricity generator failed, ABC news reported. Flight MH066 took off ....
-
Britain condoles Spain on Adolfo Suarez death
Date: 2014-03-23 22:32:30 GMT - United Kingdom - World - SN:176 - ID:626554
LONDON, March 23 (MENA) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague offered condolences to Spain over the death of former Prime Minister Adolfo Suarez. He was "a great democrat and leader," said Hague. He recalled that Suarez worked with King ....
-
Historic gains for France's far-right in local elections
Date: 2014-03-23 21:50:17 GMT - France - World - SN:170 - ID:626536
PARIS, March 23 (MENA) - France’s far-right National Front party (FN) hailed an “exceptional” showing in the first round of the country’s local elections Sunday, after winning historic levels of support in a number of towns and cities, FRANCE 24 ....
-
Nato warns of Russian army build-up on Ukraine border
Date: 2014-03-23 21:49:20 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:169 - ID:626555
BRUSSELS, March 23 (MENA) - Nato's military commander in Europe has issued a warning about the build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine's border, the BBC news reported. Supreme Allied Commander Europe Gen Philip Breedlove said Nato was in particular ....
