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List of countries grounding their Boeing 737 MAX planes 12 Mar 2019 - 06:25 pm
Two persons look from the viewing gallery of Changi International Airport different aircrafts including a SilkAir Boeing 737 MAX aircraft (background C) parked on the airport tarmac in Singapore on March 12, 2019. AFP / Roslan RAHMAN
UK bans Boeing 737 MAX planes from its airspace 12 Mar 2019 - 05:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Visitors watch as a Boeing 737 Max lands after an air display during the Farnborough Airshow, south west of London. AFP / BEN STANSALL
EU adds UAE to new tax-haven blacklist 12 Mar 2019 - 04:23 pm
FILE PHOTO. Reuters
Oman temporarily suspends operations of Boeing 737 MAX after Ethiopia crash 12 Mar 2019 - 03:54 pm
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Algerian protesters denounce Bouteflika 'tricks' 12 Mar 2019 - 03:27 pm
Algerian students demonstrate in the centre of the capital Algiers on March 12, 2019, one day after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his withdrawal from a bid to win another term in office and postponed an April 18 election, following weeks of pro
Brazil arrests two former policemen over Rio councilwoman's murder 12 Mar 2019 - 02:28 pm
A police car arrives at a condominium where a suspect in the murder of activist and councilwoman Marielle Franco was arrested, the same condominium where Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has a residence, in Barra da Tijuca neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, B
China says Xinjiang has 'boarding schools', not 'concentration camps' 12 Mar 2019 - 01:09 pm
(L-R) Nayim Yasen, deputy director of the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the National PeopleÕs Congress (NPC), Shewket Imin, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary Chen Quanguo, Xinjian
Philippine forces kill several militants in new offensive 12 Mar 2019 - 12:28 pm
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Australia bars all 737 MAX planes from its airspace: statement 12 Mar 2019 - 11:48 am
File photo of SilkAir's new aircraft, the Boeing 737 Max 8, sits on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Last chance? Theresa May wins Brexit assurances from EU on eve of crucial vote 12 Mar 2019 - 11:12 am
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (R) and British Prime Minister Theresa May give a press conference following their meeting in Strasbourg, on March 11, 2019. AFP / Frederick FLORIN
Polls show Indonesian president holds lead ahead of April election 12 Mar 2019 - 10:19 am
File photo of Indonesian president Joko Widodo takes a selfie as he attends the breaking the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) in Palembang, Indonesia on March 09, 2019. A total of 500 designs Jumputan fabric with a length of 1.1 kilometers were spread out
'Will call you when I land,' texted Indian Ethiopia crash victim 12 Mar 2019 - 10:04 am
Source: Twitter
North Korea election sees 99.99% turnout: KCNA 12 Mar 2019 - 09:36 am
In this picture taken on March 10, 2019 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 11, North Koreans line up to vote for the Supreme People's Assembly elections at a polling station in an undisclosed location.
Taiwan leader to visit Pacific allies to firm up ties 12 Mar 2019 - 09:26 am
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during
US regulators order improvements to Boeing jet after latest crash 12 Mar 2019 - 08:51 am
A Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplane test its engines outside of the company's factory on March 11, 2019 in Renton, Washington. Boeing's stock dropped today after an Ethiopian Airlines flight was the second deadly crash in six months involving the Boeing 737 Max 8
US says to withdraw all remaining diplomatic personnel from Venezuela 12 Mar 2019 - 08:11 am
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo holds a news conference to talk about the dire economic and political situation in Venezuela at the Harry S. Truman State Department headquarters March 11, 2019 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP
New York Attorney General investigates Trump projects, NYT says 12 Mar 2019 - 08:04 am
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Huntington Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, U.S., November 2, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Algeria's Bouteflika abandons re-election bid after weeks of protest 12 Mar 2019 - 12:28 am
 In this file photo taken on November 23, 2017, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen while voting at a polling station in the capital Algiers during polls for local elections. AFP / Ryad Kramdi