Section: Africa&ME
Ukraine detains Frenchman over ‘Euro 2016 attack plot’
Authorities say the unnamed man was planning to carry out 15 attacks during the European football tournament in France. …read more Source: AL...
Turkey moves ethnic Turks from Ukraine to Turkey’s predominantly Kurdish region
Turkey has brought around 300 ethnically Turkish families from Ukraine and settled them in the country’s southeast, Rudaw reported yesterday, May 5th. …read more Source: Al...
Ukraine says detained man planned attacks on Euro soccer championship in France
Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 soccer championship it is hosting. …read more Source: The Sunday...
Ukraine says detained man planned attacks on Euro 2016 in France
Ukraine’s state security service said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning attacks in France to coincide with the Euro 2016 football championship it is hosting. On Saturday the Ukrainian border guard service reported the unnamed 25-year-old had been arrested with an arsenal of...
Ukraine arrests Frenchman ‘planning Euro 2016 attacks’ on mosque and synagogue
The suspect was in possession of five Kalashnikovs and 125 kg of TNT …read more Source:...
Frenchman planning Euro 2016 attacks detained on Ukraine-Poland border
Man was detained with stockpile of weapons and explosives …read more Source: Gulf...
Ukraine says detained man was planning attacks in France
The head of Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) said on Monday a French citizen detained in late May on the Ukrainian-Polish border had been planning a string of attacks in France to coincide with the UEFA Euro 2016 soccer championship there. …read more Source: The Daily...
‘Plan to attack Muslim and Jewish places of worship during Euro 2016 thwarted’
A Frenchman who planned to carry out attacks during soccer tournament in Ukraine has been arrested, authorities say. …read more Source: The Jerusalem...
Malaysia Airlines passengers describe ‘chaotic moment’
Passengers started screaming and a food trolley and other items seemed to be floating in the air. ||| London – The crisis-hit Malaysia Airlines was at the centre of another drama on Sunday after 34 people were injured during severe turbulence on a flight from London. Flight MH1 to Kuala Lumpur was over the Bay of Bengal when it suddenly...
Passengers and crew injured in turbulence on Malaysia Airlines flight from London
Malaysia Airlines said on Sunday that passengers and crew on a flight from London to Kuala Lumpur suffered minor injuries because of severe turbulence. Malaysia Airlines flight MH1, carrying 378 passengers and crew, experienced “a brief moment of severe turbulence” over the Bay of Bengal, the company said in a statement. A “small number” of...
