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Army secures Deir Ezzor Airport’s landing strips, gains control over new areas in eastern countryside of Homs

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Army secures Deir Ezzor Airport’s landing strips, gains control over new areas in eastern countryside of Homs

Deir Ezzor/Homs, SANA – Syrian Arab Army units continued operations to secure the perimeter of Deir Ezzor Military Airport and Regiment 137, in conjunction with concentrated operations to eliminate ISIS terrorists form the province’s southeastern countryside. SANA’s correspondent said that an army unit that established control over al-Thurda Mountains and met with the Airport’s garrison a few days […]

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Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN General Assembly

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Aung San Suu Kyi cancels trip to UN General Assembly

Myanmar leader faces mounting criticism globally over ethnic cleansing campaign targeting country’s Rohingya Muslims Myanmar’s national leader Aung San Suu Kyi will not attend the upcoming UN General Assembly session in New York. A spokesperson for her party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), told Reuters news agency late on Tuesday that the Nobel Peace Prize […]

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Russia sends 4,000 tons of pipes, cables & machinery in reconstruction aid to Syria – MoD

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Russia sends 4,000 tons of pipes, cables & machinery in reconstruction aid to Syria – MoD

© Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation Russia is preparing to send more than 4,000 tons of materials and over 40 pieces of construction equipment to Syria to help the war-torn country in its multibillion-dollar reconstruction effort. TrendsRussian anti-terror op in Syria, Syria war The shipment of industrial aid that is currently being readied for […]

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Bomb Threats Across Russia Prompt Mass Evacuations

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Bomb Threats Across Russia Prompt Mass Evacuations

Moskva News Agency Dozens of buildings including schools and malls in more than 12 Russian cities have been evacuated since Sunday after authorities received a series of anonymous bomb threats, the Interfax news agency reports. Interfax cited a law enforcement official in Chelyabinsk as saying that the evacuations were prompted by bomb scares across cities in Russia. “There’s reason […]

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Welcoming UN sanctions, Seoul urges N. Korea to return to dialogue

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Welcoming UN sanctions, Seoul urges N. Korea to return to dialogue

The presidential office said Tuesday it supports the United Nations Security Council’s (UNSC) adoption of a new resolution for tougher sanctions on North Korea for its sixth nuclear test. It demanded the Kim Jong-un regime stop further provocations and come to negotiations. “We highly evaluate the UNSC’s prompt and unanimous adoption of Resolution 2375 today,” […]

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China backs Myanmar government efforts to ´safeguard stability´

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China backs Myanmar government efforts to ´safeguard stability´

BEIJING: China said Tuesday it backs the Myanmar government´s efforts to “uphold peace and stability” in Rakhine state, where a military crackdown has sent more than 300,000 Rohingya Muslims fleeing for Bangladesh. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang made the comments as the United Nations Security Council prepared to hold an urgent meeting on the crisis […]

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Italy floods: Death toll rises to eight as body of final missing person found

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Italy floods: Death toll rises to eight as body of final missing person found

Flood damage to homes in the Livorno area. Photo: STR/AFP Search teams on Tuesday morning found the body of a 67-year-old man killed in heavy flooding in the Tuscan city of Livorno over the weekend. The discovery brought the total death toll to eight, after six other bodies were found on Sunday and one on Monday, following […]

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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum

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Iraqi parliament votes against Kurdish independence referendum

raqi parliament. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi parliament voted Tuesday against a planned referendum by Kurdistan Region Government on independence from Iraq, obliging the Iraqi government to take measures to “preserve the unity of Iraq”. The session was attended by 204 of parliament’s 328 members. “The Iraqi Constitution had enumerated issues for which a referendum is required, […]

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French and US troops head to Gothenburg as Sweden’s biggest military drill in 20 years kicks off

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French and US troops head to Gothenburg as Sweden’s biggest military drill in 20 years kicks off

A Swedish soldier taking part in a previous drill. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT The biggest Swedish military exercise in over 20 years has started in Gothenburg, with French and US air defence units as well as other overseas troops joining the Swedes in the Aurora 17 drill of more than 20,000 military personnel. Taking place between […]

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Erdoğan: S-400 is a done deal, down payment already transferred to Moscow

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Erdoğan: S-400 is a done deal, down payment already transferred to Moscow

President Erdoğan said a lack of cooperation from allied countries in defense pushed Turkey to produce its own both unarmed drones and armed drones. As part of Ankara’s steps to improve its national defense systems and strategies, Turkey has made the down payment for the S-400 missile system to Russia, President Erdoğan said President Recep […]

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