The Russian Defense Ministry reported on the recent casualties among Russian military in Syria amid the operation to free the city of Deir ez-Zor. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Two Russian contract servicemen have been killed in a mortar shelling by Daesh terrorists in the Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Defense Ministry said Monday. “Contract servicemen accompanied a car convoy […]
Continue reading …File photo of a dad and a child. Photo: Izabelle Nordfjell/TT A couple in Sweden have become parents after the country’s first same-sex international adoption. Sweden changed its legislation to allow for same-sex adoption 14 years ago, but international adoptions have long been as good as impossible because of many other countries’ more restrictive rules. […]
Continue reading …The World Food Programme has suspended food aid in Myanmar’s violence-scorched Rakhine State, as the humanitarian situation deteriorates with a surging death toll and tens of thousands — both Rohingya Muslims and ethnic Buddhists — on the move. Photo: AF Amnesty International has said the Myanmar authorities’ restrictions on international aid in Rakhine state is putting tens […]
Continue reading …PHOTO: Blair Cottrell outside court where anti-racism protesters clashed with far-right nationalists. (AAP: James Ross) Three far-right nationalists who staged a mock beheading to protest against the building of a mosque in Bendigo in central Victoria have been found guilty of inciting serious contempt of Muslims. Blair Cottrell, Christopher Shortis and Neil Erikson have each been fined […]
Continue reading …FILE PHOTO © Sputnik A Russian warship in the Mediterranean Sea has fired a salvo of Kalibr cruise missiles at a group of jihadists stationed near the city of Deir ez-Zor in western Syria, the Russian military reported. The targeted militants were mainly from Russia and countries of the CIS. The frigate ‘Admiral Essen’ of the […]
Continue reading …© Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters China has warned that Donald Trump’s threat to cut off trade with countries that deal with Pyongyang would be “unacceptable” and “unfair” to Beijing. It also stressed that Beijing cannot be the sole player in resolving the North Korean crisis. “What is definitely unacceptable to us is that on the one […]
Continue reading …Smoke is seen following a Philippine Army airstrike as government troops continue their assault against insurgents from the Maute group in Marawi city. — Reuters MANILA — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will discuss with Indonesia and Malaysia the possibility of creating a task force to combat Daesh-inspired militancy, he said on Sunday. Duterte even expressed willingness […]
Continue reading …Angela Merkel and Martin Schulz in a televised debate on Sunday. Photo: DPA. Three weeks before elections, Angela Merkel appeared to powering ahead on Monday to a possible fourth term as chancellor of Germany, after her rival Martin Schulz failed to halt her advance in a crucial televised debate. Sunday’s prime-time TV clash had been billed […]
Continue reading …The Ministry of National Defense said Monday it had detected signs of North Korea preparing for the launch of another missile, presumed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). During a National Assembly session, ministry officials said the North may fire an ICBM again to show off a weapon allegedly capable of attacking the U.S. […]
Continue reading …PHOTO: Bomb technicians sit next to the 1.6 tonne WWII bomb after defusing it. (AP: Michael Probst German explosives experts have defused a massive World War II bomb in Frankfurt after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from their homes. The bomb was discovered on a building site last week and around 60,000 people were […]
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