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No Trust between Kabul and Islamabad: The consequences

No Trust between Kabul and Islamabad: The consequences

Terrorist attacks have inflicted heavy casualties upon Afghan and Pakistani nations. The Taliban and Haqqani network carried out large-scale attacks in Afghanistan within the last years, which generated a tension between Afghan-Pak officials. With escalated militancy, a blame game ushered in between Kabul and Islamabad. Afghan and Pakistani nations bore the brunt of casualties as […]

Pilot of downed Russian Su-25 in Syria died fighting on the ground (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

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Pilot of downed Russian Su-25 in Syria died fighting on the ground (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows smoke billowing from the site of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib © Omar Haj Kadour / AFP Citing a Russian Defense Ministry source, the Novaya Gazeta newspaper confirmed the deceased pilot was Filippov. According to the report, he was a former […]

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‘It appears Amtrak was on the wrong track;’ switch may have been in wrong position

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‘It appears Amtrak was on the wrong track;’ switch may have been in wrong position

The Amtrak train that collided Sunday morning with a freight train and killed two people appeared to be on the wrong track, possibly because a switch was in the wrong position, S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster and state officials said Sunday. Invesigators now are trying to determine if the switch was misaligned, causing the passenger train […]

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Macedonia Rally: Thousands Gather in Athens to Protest FYROM Claims(live coverage)

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Macedonia Rally: Thousands Gather in Athens to Protest FYROM Claims(live coverage)

Thousands have descended from every corner of Greece at Syntagma Square in the center of Athens for the rally on Macedonia. Rally spokesman Michalis Patsikas told reporters that “it will be majestic. This has never happened before.” The keynote speaker at the rally will be the famous composer Mikis Theodorakis. Theodorakis arriving for the rally […]

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Iran says US nuclear policy brings world ‘closer to annihilation’

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Iran says US nuclear policy brings world ‘closer to annihilation’

The United States’ new nuclear policy brings humanity “closer to annihilation”, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. © Atta Kenare, AFP His comments late Saturday came a day after the Pentagon revealed plans to revamp its nuclear arsenal, largely in response to a perceived renewed threat from Russia. Zarif said the new policy was “in violation” […]

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Turkish army suffers deadliest day in Syria’s Afrin

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Turkish army suffers deadliest day in Syria’s Afrin

Turkey says it has suffered its deadliest day yet in northern Syria since launching its offensive against YPG Kurdish fighters there more than two weeks ago. A funeral was held for a Turkish soldier who was killed in clashes with the YPG at Afrin in January [File: Edem Sahin/EPA] A funeral was held for a Turkish soldier […]

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Thousands of Corsican nationalists march ahead of Macron visit

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Thousands of Corsican nationalists march ahead of Macron visit

Thousands of Corsican nationalists marched on Saturday demanding greater freedoms for the French island, three days ahead of a visit by President Emmanuel Macron. The marchers are demanding greater autonomy for the island. Pascal Pochard-Casabianca/AFP Protest organisers said up to 25,000 people attended the demonstration in the island’s capital Ajaccio, but officials gave a far […]

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Russia strikes back after fighter jet downed, pilot killed

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Russia strikes back after fighter jet downed, pilot killed

MOSCOW, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — Massive Russian air strikes have killed at least 30 militants in northwest Syria, where a Russian fighter jet was shot down, Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a statement Saturday. A picture taken on February 3, 2018, shows a Rebel fighter taking a picture of a downed Sukhoi-25 fighter jet in […]

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