Shells hit Russian embassy compound in Syria
No injuries were reported in what the Syrian government said was an attack on the Russian embassy [Reuters] Syrian state media said that two mortar shells were fired at the Russian embassy in Damascus but reported no injuries. Syrian state media say shells have hit the Russian embassy in Damascus, causing material damage. State news […]
Ron Paul: Trump ‘racing towards disastrous war’ with Iran or N.Korea
2 August, 2017 Comments Off on Ron Paul: Trump ‘racing towards disastrous war’ with Iran or N.Korea
© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters Libertarian icon Ron Paul has accused Donald Trump of betraying his promises to the American electorate by seeking a new conflict with either Iran or North Korea, warning the US president that any such war will put an end to his term. “President Trump seems to be impatiently racing toward […]
Continue reading …96-year-old ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ fit to serve sentence: prosecutors
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Oskar Gröning in court in 2015. Photo: DPA. A former Nazi SS guard known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, now 96, is fit to serve out his sentence, prosecutors said on Wednesday. Oskar Gröning was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people at the camp and sentenced to four […]
Continue reading …Trump willing to go to ‘war’ with N. Korea
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In a stunning revelation, U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told NBC’s Today program, Tuesday (local time), U.S. President Donald Trump told him he was “willing to go to war with North Korea if they (North Korea) continued to try to hit America with an ICBM.” Graham said: “He’s told me that. I believe him… There […]
Continue reading …The newly-elected Prime Minister Abbasi likely to retain Nawaz’s ministers
2 August, 2017 Comments Off on The newly-elected Prime Minister Abbasi likely to retain Nawaz’s ministers
ISLAMABAD: Former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan is unlikely to rejoin the cabinet under the leadership of the ‘interim’ prime minister. Other members of the cabinet are expected to take oath with the same portfolios they were holding till Friday when Nawaz Sharif was disqualified by the Supreme Court as prime minister and his cabinet […]
Continue reading …Russian Losses In Syria Four Times Higher Than Official Count — Reuters
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Christiaan Triebert / Flickr Russia’s Defense Ministry has denied a Reuters report which claims that at least 40 Russians have died fighting in Syria this year alone. The number given by Reuters is far higher than official figures given by the Defense Ministry, which puts the death toll this year at ten servicemen. The ministry says in total […]
Continue reading …Suicide attack hits NATO convoy in Kandahar
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US soldiers keep watch near the wreckage of their vehicle at the site of the Taliban suicide attack [AFP] A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle filled with explosives into a convoy of foreign forces on Wednesday in Afghanistan’s southern province of Kandahar, officials said. “At around noon a car bomb targeted a convoy of foreign forces in Daman […]
Continue reading …Do the right thing, Cyril – Maimane hands over petition of over 1 million signatures calling for Zuma to go
2 August, 2017 Comments Off on Do the right thing, Cyril – Maimane hands over petition of over 1 million signatures calling for Zuma to go
(Paul Herman, News24) Maimane to hand-deliver petition signed by 1 million to Ramaphosa Govt only cares about wealth of Zuma and Guptas – Maimane Maimane to deliver national petition to Ramaphosa ahead of no confidence vote Cape Town – Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane has handed over a petition of over 1 million signatures […]
Continue reading …Berlin starts controversial test of facial recognition cameras at train station
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Berlin’s Südkreuz station. Photo: DPA. A Berlin train station on Tuesday became the first to test out software that will automatically recognize faces in an effort to fight terrorism. But not everyone sees the project as positive. Berlin’s Südkreuz station on Tuesday started the pilot project on behalf of the federal government to use surveillance […]
Continue reading …Over 4,000 families besieged by IS to be used as human shields in Anbar
2 August, 2017 Comments Off on Over 4,000 families besieged by IS to be used as human shields in Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) More than 4,000 families are besieged by Islamic State in western Anbar to be used as human shields, a member of the provincial council said on Tuesday. “More than 4,000 families, most of whom are elderly, women and children, are besieged by IS members in Qaim town, located on borders with Syria. They […]
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