Photo: DPA A German male nurse jailed for life two years ago for killing two patients with lethal drug overdoses murdered at least 90 patients in total, police said on Monday, calling it post-war Germany’s worst killing spree. Niels Hoegel, 40, was jailed in February 2015 for two murders and several attempted murders of intensive-care […]
Continue reading …Russian engineers have begun a 72-hour moving operation to position a 227-meter-long railway arch for the Crimea Bridge on the piers located in the Kerch Strait in what is regarded as a “unique operation” in global bridge building. The arch, which stands 227 meters long and 45 meters high, was assembled onshore at the Kerch […]
Continue reading …MSmoke is seen as members of the Iraqi Army clash with Islamic State fighters at a frontline in northwest of Mosul, Iraq, May 5, 2017. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) More than 200 Islamic State militants were killed in the southwestern direction of Tal Afar, which was handled by the army’s Counter-Terrorism Service, the Joint […]
Continue reading …File photo: Zdenka1967/Depositphotos Five people were killed and a sixth seriously injured after a climbing accident Sunday morning in the Austrian Alps, rescue services said. The cause of the accident, which occurred below the Mannlkarscharte pass near Zell-am-See, about 80 kilometres south of the central city of Salzburg, has not yet been determined. “We think […]
Continue reading …Photo: DPA German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said the Libyan coastguard should be supported in its efforts to stem the flow of migrants to Europe, but warned that rights abuses would not be tolerated. A day before a Paris summit on the migrant crisis, Merkel said the Libyan coastguard had to become capable of […]
Continue reading …Police in Sweden have defended their actions after a raid on a church activity attended by undocumented migrants and refugees, saying that there is no such thing as protected zones. Five out of six of the families attending the church-organised activity were taken into custody following the raid, reports news agency TT. “There are no […]
Continue reading …Photo: Pau Barrena/AFP Spain’s King Felipe VI joined thousands of people in a defiant march against terror through Barcelona on Saturday following last week’s deadly vehicle attacks. People who tended the victims of the attack were given pride of place at the front of the procession behind a large white- and-black banner that read “No […]
Continue reading …Lebanon declares truce to pave way for release of ISIL-held troops as Syrian army and Hezbollah halt separate campaign. Lebanon’s army has announced a ceasefire in its offensive against ISIL fighters at the country’s northeast border with Syria. The ceasefire took effect at 7am local time (04:00 GMT) on Sunday in order to determine the […]
Continue reading …© Sputnik Азербайджан / YouTube Multiple explosions have rocked an ammunition depot in Azerbaijan, where a fire broke out on Sunday morning. At least six people were injured in the incident. Residents of nearby villages have been evacuated. A group of first responders is currently at the scene to ensure safety and investigate the causes […]
Continue reading …South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during a luncheon meeting with the ruling Democratic Party lawmakers at Cheong Wa Dae, Saturday. / Yonhap South Korean President Moon Jae-in called Saturday for patience in dealing with North Korea as Pyongyang fired at least three projectiles into the sea off its east coast in the latest provocative […]
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