Moscow and Ankara have signed a $2.5-billion credit agreement on the purchase of S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia, according to Turkish media. The move previously caused concern of Turkey’s NATO partners. FILE PHOTO: Russian S-400 Triumf missile systems © Paul Gypteau / AFP The deal was signed in the Turkish capital, Ankara on […]
Continue reading …An Eritrean migrant was crushed to death in northern France on Friday after the truck in which he had stowed away crashed near Calais port, authorities said. The 31-year-old was the fourth migrant to die this year in the area around the port, a launchpad for attempts by migrants to smuggle across the Channel to […]
Continue reading …Flanked by his wife and running mate Jewel Howard Taylor, George Weah listens to speakers at his election rally ahead of the runoff. Taylor is the ex wife of former president Charles Taylor, and she would be Liberia’s first female vice president. (Photo: December 24, 2017, Paynesville, Liberia. Carielle Doe) After an agonizing wait, the […]
Continue reading …Two unidentified gunmen killed nine people as they opened fire early Friday on a church south of Cairo, ahead of Coptic Christian celebrations next week, Egypt’s state TV and health ministry said. A man talks on the phone outside the Mar Mina Church after a blast, in Helwan district on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt […]
Continue reading …The government has seized a Chinese vessel suspected of transporting oil products to a North Korean ship in international waters, in violation of U.N. Security Council (UNSC) sanctions, a foreign ministry official said Friday. The official said a Hong Kong-flagged vessel, named Lighthouse Winmore, secretly transferred 600 tons of refined petroleum products to a North […]
Continue reading …President Vladimir Putin has instructed security forces to kill all terrorists who threaten the lives of security officers after calling Wednesday’s explosion in St. Petersburg a “terrorist attack.” An improvised explosive device packed with projectiles was set off at a St. Petersburg supermarket late Wednesday, injuring 13 people. The suspect was reportedly caught on security camera […]
Continue reading …Italy will be sending 470 soldiers to Niger to help the west African nation stem the flow of Europe-bound migrants, Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Thursday. Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni. Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP Agadez, the main city in central Niger, has become a revolving door for economic migrants seeking to reach Europe via Libya, winning […]
Continue reading …Russian pilots always managed to get behind the opponent’s plane when they encountered US-coalition fighter jets in the Syrian air, a Russian ace said after receiving a state award from President Putin at the Kremlin. A Su-35C fighter © Vitaliy Ankov / Sputnik “When meeting our partners from the Western coalition in the air, we […]
Continue reading …KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty One people including a journalist were killed in a suicide attack in the Pul-i-Sokhta neighbourhood of Kabul on Thursday morning, officials said. Dozens of people, including few media representatives and a number of civilians among them, were wounded in the assault on Tebyan Centre, which also houses the Afghan Voice news agency. Nasrat Rahimi, […]
Continue reading …The number of tourists coming to Turkey from the U.K. is expected to increase by 69 percent next year, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said in a report published Wednesday. According to ABTA, return of U.K. tourists to Turkey will be one of the main travel trends of 2018. Many holidaymakers chose Turkey […]
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