‘I’m suffocating’: Khashoggi’s last words, says Turkish reporter Senior Turkish journalist tells Al Jazeera what Khashoggi’s last words were, according to unpublished audio recording.
11 November, 2018 Comments Off on ‘I’m suffocating’: Khashoggi’s last words, says Turkish reporter Senior Turkish journalist tells Al Jazeera what Khashoggi’s last words were, according to unpublished audio recording.
Erdogan said Saudi Arabia knows Khashoggi’s killer is among a group of 15 people who flew into Istanbul hours before the incident [File: Ali Haider/EPA] The head of investigations at the Turkish Daily Sabah newspaper has told Al Jazeera that Jamal Khashoggi‘s last words were “I’m suffocating … Take this bag off my head, I’m claustrophobic”, according to […]
Continue reading …Trump and Putin join Macron in sombre Paris ceremony
11 November, 2018 Comments Off on Trump and Putin join Macron in sombre Paris ceremony
French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP French President Emmanuel Macron shakes hands with US President Donald Trump. Photo: Ludovic Marin / AFP US President Donald Trump, his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and dozens of other world leaders joined France’s Emmanuel Macron in commemorating the centenary […]
Continue reading …Al Shabab-claimed Mogadishu suicide bombings kill dozens Somalia’s security forces shot dead four gunmen who tried to storm a popular hotel after four suicide blasts. Police said the death toll — from the initial 22 — was likely to rise, as some people were still missing.
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Al Shabab-claimed Mogadishu suicide bombings kill dozens Somalia’s security forces shot dead four gunmen who tried to storm a popular hotel after four suicide blasts. Police said the death toll — from the initial 22 — was likely to rise, as some people were still missing.
Reuters news agency cited government sources as saying Saturday that the death toll from Friday’s blasts in Mogadishu has risen to 39. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a popular hotel in the Somali capital Friday, killing at least 22 people and injuring many. Some of the victims were burned beyond recognition, police said. […]
Continue reading …Trump in Paris blasts Macron’s ‘insulting’ EU army proposal
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Trump in Paris blasts Macron’s ‘insulting’ EU army proposal
President Donald Trump and his wife Melania depart their plane in Paris. Photo: Saul Loeb / AFP US President Donald Trump on Friday blasted calls by Emmanuel Macron for a European army to defend against threats from powers including the US as “very insulting”, setting a combative tone for his World War 1-themed visit to […]
Continue reading …Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Kim’s prized mushrooms safe to eat, Seoul says after radiation test of North Korea gifts
FILE PHOTO: Kim Jong-un at a mushroom farm © AFP/ KCNA via KNS North Korean leader’s touchy gift has no radiation contamination, the South Korean presidential palace declared more than a month after the Kim Jong-un generously sent two tons of expensive pine mushrooms to the south. Kim’s delicacy had gone through essential “radiation tests” required for […]
Continue reading …Turkey marks 80th year of Atatürk’s passing
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Turkey marks 80th year of Atatürk’s passing
People across Turkey on Saturday mark the 80th anniversary of the death of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Turkey’s founder, first president and the leader of the Independence War. Atatürk died at 9:05 a.m. on Nov. 10, 1938, with the nation grinding to a standstill for sirens that have sounded at exactly the same time every year […]
Continue reading …Turkish police ‘end search’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s body Sources say authorities will not continue search for writer’s body, which is believed to have been dissolved in acid.
10 November, 2018 Comments Off on Turkish police ‘end search’ for Jamal Khashoggi’s body Sources say authorities will not continue search for writer’s body, which is believed to have been dissolved in acid.
Saudi Arabia says so far it has arrested 18 people and dismissed five senior government officials over the case [AP] Turkish police are ending the search for Jamal Khashoggi‘s body, but the criminal investigation into the Saudi journalist’s murder will continue, sources told Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera has learned on Friday that traces of acid were […]
Continue reading …Somalia: At least 20 killed in Mogadishu explosions, gunfire Powerful blasts followed by heavy gunfire send plumes of smoke billowing into the air in Somali capital.
9 November, 2018 Comments Off on Somalia: At least 20 killed in Mogadishu explosions, gunfire Powerful blasts followed by heavy gunfire send plumes of smoke billowing into the air in Somali capital.
Security officers run from the scene of the blast [Feisal Omar/Reuters] At least 20 people have been killed and 17 injured in explosions followed by heavy gunfire in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, according to police. Plumes of smoke billowed into the air on Friday as at least two car bombs went off near the popular Sahafi Hotel and […]
Continue reading …Afghan leaders, Taliban attend peace talks in Moscow
9 November, 2018 Comments Off on Afghan leaders, Taliban attend peace talks in Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and participants of international talks on Afghanistan pose for a photo in Moscow on November 9, 2018. (AFP) Moscow on Friday hosted international talks on Afghanistan aimed at kick starting direct negotiations between Kabul and the Taliban militant group, both of whom sent delegations. Russia hopes “through joint efforts to […]
Continue reading …Lone terrorist responsible for deadly attack on Bourke Street
9 November, 2018 Comments Off on Lone terrorist responsible for deadly attack on Bourke Street
A lone terrorist was responsible for a deadly stabbing attack that unfolded on Bourke Street in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday afternoon. One man was killed and two others injured after being stabbed by a man who set a ute alight outside the Target store near the busy intersection of Bourke and Swanston streets. The attacker, who […]
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