A US-made F-18 fighter jet crashed to earth and violently exploded during a military exhibition at an air base in Spain on Saturday. The pilot escaped before the crash and was rushed to a nearby hospital.

Just as air links resumed with Georgia, it was reported that Indonesia plans to begin direct flights to Vladivostok Indonesia will launch direct flights to Vladivostok in Russia’s Far East, with transit routes on to other major cities in the country, the Indonesian embassy in Moscow announced on Friday.

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