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Russia deploys 8,500 troops for major artillery drills

Thu Mar 13, 2014 18:35:15

Russian military forces have launched major artillery drills in its Southern Military District involving nearly 8,500 troops as well as a huge armor force and coincides with maneuvers by the country’s Airborne Troops.

Two killed in new protest rallies across Turkey

Thu Mar 13, 2014 17:48:02

In renewed protests in Turkey clashes between demonstrators and riot police have left two people dead, including a police officer.

Egypt admits to ruining 1,370 Gaza supply tunnels

Thu Mar 13, 2014 17:04:49

The Egyptian military-installed government has announced the army’s destruction of 1,370 supply tunnels from its Rafah border to the impoverished Gaza Strip amid its souring ties with Hamas resistance movement that administers the Israeli-blockaded Palestinian enclave.

Jordanian lawmakers urge Israeli envoy expulsion

Thu Mar 13, 2014 13:28:32

Jordanian lawmakers have demanded the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador to Amman over the recent killing of a Palestinian-Jordanian judge by the Israeli regime’s forces.

EU to stand by states facing Russian threat: Merkel

Thu Mar 13, 2014 13:24:31

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Europe was ready to stand by former Soviet republics in the face of possible Russian aggression.

Americans against US-Russia tension on Ukraine: Poll

Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:30:14

A new poll suggests Americans have very little appetite for any real involvement in the crisis in Ukraine and any move against Russia.

Gaza rocket fire resumes after overnight Israeli raids

Thu Mar 13, 2014 12:24:05

Palestinian resistance groups resumed their rocket fire on occupied lands on Thursday, after the Zionist regime’s warplanes blitzed the coastal enclave.

No sign of Malaysia jet debris spotted by China satellite

Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:19:00

Planes searching an area where Chinese satellites spotted possible debris from a missing Malaysian passenger jet have found no sign of wreckage, officials said Thursday, dimming hopes of a breakthrough in the mystery.

Syria closes embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

Thu Mar 13, 2014 09:57:34

Syria has reportedly decided to shut down its embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia due to mounting pressures on its diplomatic missions in the Persian Gulf monarchies.

WHouse conceals over 9,000 docs in CIA torture probe

Thu Mar 13, 2014 09:54:13

For the last five years, the White House has withheld over 9,000 top-secret documents from a Senate investigation of the CIA’s former detention and torture program. The report comes one day after the CIA was accused of interfering in the probe.

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