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Iraqi Airways plane makes emergency landing in KuwaitAn Iraqi Airways plane carrying 230 passengers on board made an emergency landing in Kuwait on Sunday after one of its two engines failed, the company said in a statement. The incident happened on a Boeing 767 that was heading to More… |
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Turkey detains 42 journalists in crackdownTurkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people and drawn fire from the European Union. The arrests or suspens More… |
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Erdogan orders closure of 1,000 schoolsTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 private schools and extended the period in which some suspects can be detained without charge, in his first decree since declaring a three-month state of emergency. More… |
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Erdogan pledges army overhaul in shakeupTurkish President Tayyip Erdogan pledged to overhaul the army in response to last week's failed coup, a sign that a newly imposed state of emergency would be used to press on with a purge that has alarmed the West. In a sign o More… |
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No return to past repression, assures TurkeyTurkey tried to assure its citizens and the outside world on Thursday that there will be no return to the deep repression of the past even though President Tayyip Erdogan has imposed the first nationwide state of emergency since the 1980s. More… |
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Kuwait Airways flight makes emergency landing in DhakaA Kuwait Airways flight en route to Bangkok was forced to make an emergency landing at Dhaka International Airport, Bangladesh after a passenger died mid-air, said a report. According to a report in WAM, flight 411 resume More… |
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Qatar Airways flight makes emergency landing in RomaniaA Qatar Airways flight bound to Doha from Oslo, Norway, made an emergency landing in the Romanian capital of Bucharest yesterday (July 9) due to a fault in one of its engines, said a report. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was ca More… |
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Venezuela declares emergency over US 'threats'Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro declared a 60-day state of emergency on Friday due to what he called plots from within the OPEC country and the United States to topple his leftist government. Maduro did not provide details of More… |
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France extends emergency to cover Euro 2016France plans to extend the state of emergency in place since November's attacks on Paris by two months, to maintain security through the Euro 2016 soccer tournament, Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday. The announcem More… |
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WHO declares Zika a global health emergencyWHO Director-General Margaret Chan told reporters that coordinated international action was needed to improve detection and expedite work on a vaccine and better diagnostics for the disease, but said curbs on travel or trade were not necessary. More… |
