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Emirates Plane Crash Lands at DXB, 300 People Survive

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Dubai – 300 passengers miraculously escaped for their lives after an Emirates Airlines Boeing 777 crash-landed at Dubai International Airport (DXB). The plane was on its way to land at the airport coming from Thiruvananthapuram city in India. Emirates Airlines...

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Moscow and Ankara are normalising ties after Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) wrote to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to apologise for the downing of the jet in November 2015 (AFP Photo/Adem Altan)

Navy Officials Arrested over Spying Case

by Said Abdul Razzak | Jul 10, 2016 | World

Istanbul – Prosecutors in Izmir governorate released an arrest warrant for two admirals and four navy majors for producing fake evidence and blackmailing in a now-closed military spying case. The case was linked to Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen, who is accused...

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A woman passes by the embassy of Ecuador, in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2013. Source: EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky

Snowden not on flight to Cuba, whereabouts unclear

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2013 | World

Moscow, AP—A plane took off from Moscow on Monday headed for Cuba, but the seat booked by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was empty, and there was no sign of him elsewhere on board. His whereabouts were unknown. An Aeroflot representative who...