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  • OSCE urges Russia to release Ukrainian journalist

    Date: 2014-07-21 20:47:37 GMT - Austria - World - SN:143 - ID:839244

    VIENNA, July 21 (MENA) - The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) on Monday called on Russian authorities to immediately release Yevgeny Agarkov, a journalist with the Ukrainian 2+2 television channel, reported RTT ....

  • UN Security Council demands access to Ukraine plane crash site

    Date: 2014-07-21 20:15:58 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:138 - ID:839214

    NEW YORK, July 21 (MENA) – The United Nations Security Council Monday condemned "in the strongest terms" the "downing" of a Malaysian passenger airplane last week over Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, and demanded perpetrators to be brought to justice, the ....

  • 5,000 gallons of diesel spill after 2 trains collide in Wisconsin

    Date: 2014-07-21 19:36:48 GMT - USA - World - SN:130 - ID:839161

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - Two trains collided in southeastern US state of Wisconsin, causing 5,000 gallons of diesel to spill, CNN quoted a fire official as saying. Three engines and 10 rail cars derailed at a point where the tracks crossed, ....

  • 2 Americans among Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-21 19:35:58 GMT - USA - World - SN:129 - ID:839159

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) - Two Americans, one from Texas and the other from Southern California, were among Israeli soldiers killed on Sunday during fighting in the Gaza Strip, reported the New York Times. Officials from the Israeli forces and ....

  • Malaysian airline black boxes to be handed over to investigators

    Date: 2014-07-21 19:15:53 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:124 - ID:839128

    KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 (MENA) - The two black boxes of downed Malaysia Airlines plane that left 298 people dead will be "handed over" today to Malaysian officials, reported ABC News. Independent investigators will be given safe access to the ....

  • 4 killed in US's Arizona plane crash

    Date: 2014-07-21 18:47:47 GMT - USA - World - SN:120 - ID:839105

    WASHINGTON, July 21 (MENA) – Four people were killed after their plane crashed near Sedona, Arizona and officials say it might have caused a fire, the ABC news reported. The Federal Aviation Administration says hikers in the Bear Mountain area ....

  • Washington focuses on reaching cease-fire in Gaza - Obama

    Date: 2014-07-21 18:05:31 GMT - Israel - World - SN:113 - ID:838990

    GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - US President Barack Obama said Monday "Israel has the right to defend itself", Yediot Aharonot reported Monday. Obama also raised "serious concern about the growing number of casualties, including increasing Palestinian ....

  • Turkey declares 3-day mourning over Gaza

    Date: 2014-07-21 17:57:48 GMT - Turkey - World - SN:110 - ID:839087

    ANKARA, July 21 (MENA) - Turkey's government announced a three-day period of national mourning, starting on Tuesday, in a show of solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, according to ABC News. Turkish Deputy Bulent Arinc voiced concern over the ....

  • Liberman calls for assassination of Hamas leader Mashaal

    Date: 2014-07-21 17:53:12 GMT - Israel - World - SN:109 - ID:839074

    GAZA CITY, July 21 (MENA) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said in a meeting of close associates that Israel should assassinate Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal despite the fact that he resides in Qatar, according to The Jerusalem ....

  • OIC condemns ISIL threats, forced displacement of Christians in Iraq

    Date: 2014-07-21 17:32:17 GMT - Egypt - World - SN:104 - ID:839048

    CAIRO, July 21 (MENA) - Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani condemned what the terrorist group "the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) is committing against innocent Christian Iraqi ....

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