Photo: DPA Eight Afghans expelled from Germany arrived in Kabul on Wednesday as Berlin resumed deportations of rejected asylum seekers from the war-torn country months after a huge truck bomb hit the Afghan capital. Germany suspended the controversial expulsions after a sewage tanker packed with explosives detonated near the German embassy in Kabul’s diplomatic quarter […]
Continue reading …© 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 […]
Continue reading …Turkey accuses U.S. prosecutors and judges overseeing a case against former Economy Minister Çağlayan of being an instrument of an alleged conspiracy by U.S.-based cleric Fetullah Gulen against Ankara. Referring to the cases opened against former Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan and Erdoğan’s personnel in the US, experts stated that these are only side products of […]
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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,” […]
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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, […]
Continue reading …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 […]
Continue reading …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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