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All people on board the aircraft were killed in the crash.</p></a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/">FlyDubai Boeing Crashes in Russia</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white-icon "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>0</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160320/1036607185/ukraine-contact-line-weapons.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102975/84/1029758456.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Donetsk units have delivered nine 82mm-caliber mortars to the site of their further storage in the neighborhood of Illovaisk. Under the Minsk accords, the Donetsk People's Republic has accomplished its under-100mm-caliber artillery withdrawal from the contact line" title="Donetsk units have delivered nine 82mm-caliber mortars to the site of their further storage in the neighborhood of Illovaisk. Under the Minsk accords, the Donetsk People's Republic has accomplished its under-100mm-caliber artillery withdrawal from the contact line" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160320/1036607185/ukraine-contact-line-weapons.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>06:40 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">06:40 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160320/1036607185/ukraine-contact-line-weapons.html">About 30% of Heavy Weapons Withdrawn From Contact Line in Ukraine Disappear - OSCE Mission</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160320/1036607185/ukraine-contact-line-weapons.html">The OSCE monitors have not discovered 30 percent of heavy weapons, withdrawn from the line of contact in Ukraine's southeast by both sides of the conflict, Alexander Hug, the principal deputy chief monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, said.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/">After Minsk: Will Peace Come to Ukraine?</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160320/1036607185/ukraine-contact-line-weapons.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>996</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item m-plain m-story"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/"></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>06:40 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">06:40 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/">After Minsk: Will Peace Come to Ukraine?</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/"><p>On February 12, 2015, the leaders of Ukraine, Germany, Russia, and France worked out a reconciliation deal including 13 points aimed at ending the military confrontation between Kiev forces and independence supporters in eastern Ukraine. The deal includes an unconditional ceasefire coming into force at midnight on February 15, urges Kiev to undertake constitutional reform with a focus on Ukraine’s decentralization, as well as stipulates the withdrawal of all foreign armed groups, equipment and mercenaries from eastern Ukraine under the observation of the OSCE.</p></a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/">After Minsk: Will Peace Come to Ukraine?</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white-icon "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/minsk_2015/#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>0</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103660/59/1036605996.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="OV-10 Bronco" title="OV-10 Bronco" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>05:40 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">05:40 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html">US Uses Vintage Planes From Vietnam War Era Against Daesh</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html">The United States military authorities claim that old OV-10 Bronco battle-planes may prove to be more effective and cheap than modern F-15 and F-35 aircrafts.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>10</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1195</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606610/obama-panfilo-skit-cuba-visit.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/103660/65/1036606554.png" width="309" height="303" alt="US President Barack Obama has recorded a skit with well-known Cuban comedian a day before his historic visit to Havana." title="US President Barack Obama has recorded a skit with well-known Cuban comedian a day before his historic visit to Havana." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606610/obama-panfilo-skit-cuba-visit.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>05:28 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">05:28 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606610/obama-panfilo-skit-cuba-visit.html">Obama Films Skit With Famous Cuban Comedian Ahead of Visit to Havana</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606610/obama-panfilo-skit-cuba-visit.html">US President Barack Obama has recorded a skit with well-known Cuban comedian a day before his historic visit to Havana, the press report released by the White House said.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/us_cuba_relations_recieve_major_makeover_2014/">US-Cuba Relations Recieve Major Makeover</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606610/obama-panfilo-skit-cuba-visit.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>251</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160320/1036605911/dozens-injured-morocco-fan-scuffle.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103660/58/1036605816.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A football match between two local football clubs in Morocco’s Casablanca ended up in mass fights" title="A football match between two local football clubs in Morocco’s Casablanca ended up in mass fights" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160320/1036605911/dozens-injured-morocco-fan-scuffle.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>04:57 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">04:57 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160320/1036605911/dozens-injured-morocco-fan-scuffle.html">Two Killed, 54 Injured in Football Fan Scuffle in Morocco</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160320/1036605911/dozens-injured-morocco-fan-scuffle.html">A football match between two local football clubs in Morocco’s Casablanca ended up in mass fights on the stadium and in the streets resulting in two deaths and dozens of injured.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/africa/20160320/1036605911/dozens-injured-morocco-fan-scuffle.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>364</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036605604/flydubai-crash-victims-families.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103656/57/1036565773.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A psychologist of the Russian Emergencies Ministry speaks with a relative of a victim of the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia" title="A psychologist of the Russian Emergencies Ministry speaks with a relative of a victim of the crashed Flydubai Boeing 737-800 at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036605604/flydubai-crash-victims-families.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>04:35 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">04:35 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036605604/flydubai-crash-victims-families.html">FlyDubai to Pay $20,000 to Each Family of Crashed FZ981 Flight Victims</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036605604/flydubai-crash-victims-families.html">The FlyDubai airline will pay $20,000 to the families of passengers, who died at the crash of the Boeing 737-800 at Russia's Rostov-on-Don airport, the company said in a statement Sunday.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/">FlyDubai Boeing Crashes in Russia</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036605604/flydubai-crash-victims-families.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>659</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036605442/pentagon-train-equip-syria.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/102433/99/1024339930.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria in 2012." title="Syrian rebels attend a training session in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria in 2012." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036605442/pentagon-train-equip-syria.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>04:32 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">04:32 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036605442/pentagon-train-equip-syria.html">Pentagon Says New Effort to Train Syrian Rebels to Consider ‘Prior Lessons’</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036605442/pentagon-train-equip-syria.html">As the US $500 billion train-and-equip program aimed at training five thousand rebels in Syria spectacularly failed, the defense department is giving the effort another try, claiming that the lessons of the prior fiasco have been learned.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036605442/pentagon-train-equip-syria.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>8</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>810</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103539/61/1035396138.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016" title="Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>03:20 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">03:20 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html">Erdogan 'Turned Turkey Into Totalitarian State'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html">The West needs to put an end to its close alliance with Turkey, according to Canadian columnist Doug Saunders.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>9</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1092</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036604803/flydubai-crash-copilot.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103656/39/1036563958.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Members of operative services are seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, the point of destination of a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 which crashed in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016." title="Members of operative services are seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, the point of destination of a Flydubai Boeing 737-800 which crashed in Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036604803/flydubai-crash-copilot.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>02:53 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">02:53 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036604803/flydubai-crash-copilot.html">Crashed FlyDubai Plane's Spanish Co-Pilot Had Enough Experience - Spanish Airline Pilots' Union</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036604803/flydubai-crash-copilot.html">A Spanish co-pilot of the FlyDubai FZ981 flight, which crashed on Saturday in Russia on its way from Dubai, had enough experience, Ariel Shocron, the technical director of the Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (SEPLA), told Sputnik.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/">FlyDubai Boeing Crashes in Russia</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036604803/flydubai-crash-copilot.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>244</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/57/1036575701.png" width="309" height="303" alt="Explosion Hits Central Street in Istanbul" title="Explosion Hits Central Street in Istanbul" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:32 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:32 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html">Two Israeli Citizens Confirmed Dead in Istanbul Suicide Bombing – Netanyahu</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html">The Israeli authorities know that two Israeli citizens died Saturday in a suicide bombing at a busy shopping street in central Istanbul and check the information regarding an alleged third victim, country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>334</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/101462/28/1014622829.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq." title="In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:27 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:27 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html">‘Catastrophic Success’: Daesh' Rapid Defeat in Mosul Could Lead to Chaos</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html">As an Iraqi military operation to reclaim the country’s second largest city of Mosul from Daesh militants goes into full play, the fast success of the offensive could lead to unpredictable – and possibly disastrous – consequences, a US expert specializing in Middle East Policy claimed.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>8</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>4141</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036603955/natural-phenomenon-flydubai-crash.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103658/34/1036583482.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Wreckage of the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, is seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia" title="Wreckage of the crashed Boeing 737-800 Flight FZ981 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, is seen at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036603955/natural-phenomenon-flydubai-crash.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>00:45 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">00:45 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036603955/natural-phenomenon-flydubai-crash.html">Meteorologist: Rare Natural Phenomenon May Have Caused FlyDubai Plane Crash</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036603955/natural-phenomenon-flydubai-crash.html">Strong wind over the Rostov-on-Don airport became fatal for the passengers of flight FZ981, according to a leading specialist from the Fobos weather monitoring center, Evgeny Tishkovets.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/">FlyDubai Boeing Crashes in Russia</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160320/1036603955/natural-phenomenon-flydubai-crash.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2260</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160319/1036603251/crash-black-boxes-moscow.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/49/1036574958.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Emergencies Ministry members search the wreckage at the crash site of Flight number FZ981, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016." title="Emergencies Ministry members search the wreckage at the crash site of Flight number FZ981, a Boeing 737-800 operated by Dubai-based budget carrier Flydubai, at the airport of Rostov-On-Don, Russia, March 19, 2016." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160319/1036603251/crash-black-boxes-moscow.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:46 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:46 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160319/1036603251/crash-black-boxes-moscow.html">Black Boxes of FlyDubai Boeing Crashed in Rostov-on-Don Brought to Moscow</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160319/1036603251/crash-black-boxes-moscow.html">The flight recorders from the FlyDubai FZ981 flight, which had crashed on Saturday in Russia on its way from Dubai, were delivered to Moscow for further decoding, the Russian Emergencies Ministry's press service said.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/flydubai_boeing_crashes_russia_2016/">FlyDubai Boeing Crashes in Russia</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/russia/20160319/1036603251/crash-black-boxes-moscow.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>855</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/79/1036577968.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Police secure the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul March 19, 2016." title="Police secure the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul March 19, 2016." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:43 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:43 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html">Istanbul Terror Attack Killed Two US Citizens – White House</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html">Two Americans were killed during a terrorist attack in Istanbul on Saturday, the White House stated.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>935</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/102078/10/1020781079.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Egyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt" title="Egyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:32 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:32 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html">Daesh-Linked Militants Claim Responsibility for Bombing in North Sinai</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html">A jihadist group affiliated with Deash has claimed Saturday’s attack on Egyptian security forces that killed 13 policemen, Al Arabiya channel reported.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>369</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item m-story"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/101395/52/1013955259.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The flag of the radical Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq" title="The flag of the radical Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:32 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:32 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/"><p>ISIS is a Sunni militant group, which had been fighting in Syria until recently, led an attack on the western and northern regions of Iraq. ISIS militants captured Mosul, the capital of the northern Iraqi province of Manawa, a part of the Salah al-Din province, including its administrative center, the city of Tikrit and other territories. The militants also announced their intention to march on Baghdad. Recently ISIL declared Caliphate in captured territory and renamed itself as “Islamic State”.</p></a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>0</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602873/italy-coast-guard-migrants.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/102980/25/1029802531.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Migrants wait at the port of Lampedusa to board a ferry bound for Porto Empedocle in Sicily on February 20, 2015." title="Migrants wait at the port of Lampedusa to board a ferry bound for Porto Empedocle in Sicily on February 20, 2015." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602873/italy-coast-guard-migrants.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:21 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:21 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602873/italy-coast-guard-migrants.html">Italian Coast Guards Rescue 910 Migrants in Strait of Sicily</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602873/italy-coast-guard-migrants.html">Italian coast guards have rescued a total of 910 migrants in the Strait of Sicily in four maritime operations as refugees resumed attempts to reach EU’s southern frontier from North Africa.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/trend/europe_migrant_crisis_2015/">Major Migrant Crisis in Europe</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602873/italy-coast-guard-migrants.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>283</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item" data-next="/world/more.html?id=1036602660&date=20160319T225942"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602660/uk-anti-racism-rally.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320060455im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103660/26/1036602605.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Demonstrators hold banners in support of refugees as they march through central London on March 19, 2016." 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class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160319/1036602660/uk-anti-racism-rally.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>14</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>434</span></div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="b-more"><a href="/web/20160320060455/http://sputniknews.com/world/?id=1036602660&date=20160319T225942" data-href="/world/more.html?id=1036602660&date=20160319T225942" data-for="rubric-major" class="b-btn m-more">Get more</a></div></div></div><div class="l-sidebar"><div class="b-block b-tabs b-news "><h3 class="b-block__title">News</h3><ul class="b-tabs__head"><li class="b-tabs__head-item active"><a href="#latest-tab">Latest</a></li><li class="b-tabs__head-item"><a href="#mostread-tab">Most Read</a></li><li class="b-tabs__head-item"><a href="#mostdiscussed-tab">Most Discussed</a></li></ul><div class="b-tabs__content active" 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