Section: Africa&ME
Eight Die in Fire at Ukraine Hotel
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Eight people died and 10 more were injured in a fire early on Saturday in a private hotel in the southern Ukrainian port of Odessa, Ukraine’s emergencies service said. …read more Source: Tasnim News...
Eight killed in Ukraine hotel fire
Eight people were killed and ten were injured in a hotel fire in Ukraine’s port city of Odessa early Saturday, emergency services said.The fire erupted at 1.34 am in the southern city’s …read more Source: Al...
Eight die in fire at hotel in Ukraine
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17 Chinese, Ukrainian Seamen Kidnapped Off Cameroon
Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted in attacks on two merchant ships off Cameroon, in the latest act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday. The attacks took place on Thursday in Cameroonian waters off the port of Douala, located at the apex of a gulf that has become a hotspot of seaborne crime. A Douala official...
Chinese, Ukrainian seamen kidnapped in Cameroonian waters
The 17 sailors were seized from two ships that were attacked within hours while they were anchored off Douala port. …read more Source: AL...
Seventeen Chinese, Ukrainian seamen kidnapped off Cameroon
Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted in attacks on two merchant ships off Cameroon, in the latest act of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday. The attacks took place on Thursday in Cameroonian waters off the port of Douala, located at the apex of a gulf that has become a hotspot of seaborne crime. A Douala official...
Russian pilot says he’s no hero despite praise for crash-landing
MOSCOW – A Russian pilot who landed a passenger plane in a cornfield after hitting a flock of birds said he was no hero despite the Kremlin lauding him for saving the lives of 233 people. Russian media have said it was a miracle that no one was killed when the Ural Airlines Airbus 321 was forced to land on Thursday in a field on the...
ALERT: 17 Chinese, Ukrainian seamen kidnapped off Cameroon coast
Nine Chinese and eight Ukrainian seamen were abducted on Thursday when two merchant vessels came under attack in Cameroonian waters in the Gulf of Guinea, sources said Friday. …read more Source: The...
Gibraltar releases Iran supertanker US wanted to seize
MADRID — Gibraltar on Thursday allowed a detained Iranian supertanker to leave the British overseas territory despite a last-minute U.S. attempt to seize the vessel, potentially defusing tensions between London and Tehran as a British-flagged tanker remains held by the Islamic Republic. The release of the Grace 1 comes amid a growing...
Telegrass dope ring founder to be extradited from Ukraine
A Ukrainian court clears the way for the extradition of Amos Dov Silver, the Israeli founder of a massive drug distribution network. …read more Source: Arutz...
