Somali-American Picked as US Youth Observer to UN
FILE – Munira Khalif is seen in a screengrab from video during an interview with VOA’s Somali Servic A Somali-American from Minnesota will speak on behalf of youth at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York and other events. Munira Khalif, who will be a junior this fall at Harvard University, was chosen […]
IN PICTURES: 40-metre-long yacht catches fire off the coast of Nice
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on IN PICTURES: 40-metre-long yacht catches fire off the coast of Nice
Photo: AFP Beach-goers in Nice witnessed a surprising sight on Thursday afternoon as a 40-metre-long yacht caught fire just off the Mediterranean coast. Holidaymakers looked on as smoke started billowing from the huge yacht, called the “If Only”, early on Thursday afternoon before it finally sank at around 10pm at night. The boat was located […]
Continue reading …Offensives target ISIL on Lebanon-Syria border
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on Offensives target ISIL on Lebanon-Syria border
Lebanese army starts operation near Ras Baalbek while separate Hezbollah-Syrian army offensive begins in Qalamoun. The Lebanese army said it is not coordinating its operations with the Syrian forces [Reuters File] The Lebanese army has launched an offensive against an ISIL enclave straddling the northeast border with Syria. Simultaneously, Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia group, and the Syrian army […]
Continue reading …Barcelona attack latest: Manhunt continues for final member of terrorist cell
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on Barcelona attack latest: Manhunt continues for final member of terrorist cell
Spanish police are searching for a 22-year-old Moroccan man named Younes Abouyaaqoub, the lone remaining member of a terrorist cell thought to be behind the massacre on Las Ramblas. Spanish police expanded a manhunt Saturday for a Moroccan national believed to be one of the perpetrators of twin terror attacks in Barcelona and another seaside resort […]
Continue reading …Popular Mobilization to field 20.000 fighters for Tal Afar battle
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on Popular Mobilization to field 20.000 fighters for Tal Afar battle
Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militia spokesperson Ahmed al-Asadi. File photo. Tal Afar (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces will field 20.000 fighters for the anticipated offensive to retake the town of Tal Afar, Islamic State’s last bastion i Nineveh province, a spokesperson said. PMF spokesman Ahmed al-Assadi said Friday that 20.000 fighters will take part in the […]
Continue reading …Knife attack in Russian city of Surgut, 7 injured, assailant killed by police (VIDEO)
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on Knife attack in Russian city of Surgut, 7 injured, assailant killed by police (VIDEO)
© Вася Аллибабаевич / YouTube A man armed with a knife has attacked pedestrians in the Russian city of Surgut, injuring seven. Police killed the assailant, the local branch of the Investigative Committee reported. The knife attacks happened at around 11:20am local time. Nobody was killed, but the victims of the violence required medical treatment, […]
Continue reading …Police name three Moroccans suspected of Catalonia attacks
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on Police name three Moroccans suspected of Catalonia attacks
The car driven into the crowd in Cambrils by five men who were shot dead by police. Photo: AFP Police on Friday released the names of three Moroccans suspected of deadly terror attacks and who were shot dead overnight by security forces in the seaside resort of Cambrils. Catalonia’s regional police identified them as Moussa […]
Continue reading …First CCTV video emerges showing van attack in Barcelona
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on First CCTV video emerges showing van attack in Barcelona
The first video of the ramming attack which killed 14 people and injured more than 100 others in Barcelona on Thursday has surfaced online. A CCTV camera inside a museum in Las Ramblas caught the van plowing through the crowded street. READ MORE: Terror timeline: How attacks unfolded in Barcelona & Cambrils The footage was […]
Continue reading …‘Unprecedented interference’ as Erdogan tells Turks in Germany not to vote for ‘enemies of Turkey’
19 August, 2017 Comments Off on ‘Unprecedented interference’ as Erdogan tells Turks in Germany not to vote for ‘enemies of Turkey’
Erdogan and Merkel at the Hotel Atlantic in Hamburg, July 2017. Photo: DPA President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called on Turks living in Germany not to vote for the two parties in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ruling grand coalition or the Greens in next month’s legislative elections, calling them “enemies of Turkey”. Upping the stakes […]
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