May Day marked with defiant rallies for worker rights
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on May Day marked with defiant rallies for worker rights
Workers and activists marked May Day on Monday with defiant rallies and marches for better pay and working conditions. Some countries celebrate International Workers’ Day with a public holiday, though others restrict activities, which can lead to confrontations. Some of the events around the world: Workers and activists marked May Day in Turkey with defiant […]
Continue reading …French troops ‘killed or captured’ 20 jihadists in Mali
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on French troops ‘killed or captured’ 20 jihadists in Mali
French soldiers killed or captured about 20 jihadists in Mali’s restive north where a French soldier was killed on April 5th, the French chief of staff said on Sunday. Troops from Operation Barkhane, a French counterterror operation whose mission is to target jihadist groups operating in the Sahel region south of the Sahara Desert, launched […]
Continue reading …Sweden probes ‘arson attack’ on nation’s largest Shiite mosque
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on Sweden probes ‘arson attack’ on nation’s largest Shiite mosque
UPDATED: Sweden’s largest Shiite Muslim mosque was badly damaged overnight in a suspected arson attack, police said on Monday. “Flames were engulfing the outer facade” of the Imam Ali Islamic Centre in the northern Stockholm suburb of Jakobsberg, a police spokesman said, although there were no reports of any injuries. Police were inspecting the full […]
Continue reading …U.S. service member killed near Mosul identified as infantry officer
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on U.S. service member killed near Mosul identified as infantry officer
(Reuters) A U.S. service member who died when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was on patrol outside the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was identified on Sunday as 1st Lieutenant Weston Lee. Lee, 25, of Bluffton, Georgia, was an infantry officer assigned to 1st Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd […]
Continue reading …DESPERATION: SOMALI PIRACY BACK ON THE RISE – PROCUREMENT NEWS
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on DESPERATION: SOMALI PIRACY BACK ON THE RISE – PROCUREMENT NEWS
After a relative hiatus over the past five years, international supply chains are once again threatened by a resurgence of piracy off the coast of Somalia. At the height of the Somali pirate crisis in 2011, 151 vessels were attacked in one of the world’s busiest shipping routes. Thousands of hostages were taken and billions […]
Continue reading …DPRK blames U.S., South Korea for tension on Korean Peninsula
1 May, 2017 Comments Off on DPRK blames U.S., South Korea for tension on Korean Peninsula
PYONGYANG, April 30 — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Sunday that the U.S.-South Korea joint exercises and U.S. buildup of nuclear assets on the Korean Peninsula are the root cause of high tension here. Explaining the situation on the Korean Peninsula to Russian ambassador Alexander Matsegora, DPRK Vice Minister of Foreign […]
Continue reading …North Korea Threatens To Sink “Doomed” US Nuclear Submarine
30 April, 2017 Comments Off on North Korea Threatens To Sink “Doomed” US Nuclear Submarine
North Korea threatened to sink a US nuclear sub currently deployed in South Korean waters if the US take provocative action, responding to a statement from Donald Trump that the president won’t be “happy” if Pyongyang conducts another nuclear test. After the US deployed a nuclear-powered submarine and an aircraft carrier to South Korean waters […]
Continue reading …UK risks being ‘wiped off the map with nuclear counterstrike’ – Russian senator
30 April, 2017 Comments Off on UK risks being ‘wiped off the map with nuclear counterstrike’ – Russian senator
The UK, which recently said it could launch a preemptive nuclear strike “in the most extreme circumstances,” runs the risk of being “wiped off the face of the Earth,” the deputy head of a Russian upper house committee said. “The statement made by UK’s Defense Minister Michael Fallon calls for a harsh response and I’m […]
Continue reading …Indonesia foils smuggling of Somali refugees from Malaysia
30 April, 2017 Comments Off on Indonesia foils smuggling of Somali refugees from Malaysia
The Indonesian Navy has thwarted an attempt to smuggle eight Somali citizens using an Indonesian boat from Malaysia through Bagan Asahan waters in North Sumatra. “The navy patrol captured an unnamed vessel at around 1:30 a.m. on Friday,” Head of public relations and the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Justice and Human […]
Continue reading …Donald Trump praises his first 100 days in office(Aljazeera)
30 April, 2017 Comments Off on Donald Trump praises his first 100 days in office(Aljazeera)
President skips White House Correspondents’ Dinner to address supporters in Harrisburg and criticise ‘Washington media’. US President Donald Trump has described his first 100 days in office as an “incredible journey” during a speech at a rally in the state of Pennsylvania. He used the same speech on Saturday to attack the news media and praise […]
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