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The Counter-Terrorism unit of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has started confronting the alleged terrorists, fortified in the residential building on St. Gabriel Salos street, Isani District, Tbilisi. The SSS unit made the decision to use force on the suspects after they failed to reach any agreement with the alleged terrorists. The Special Forces […]

The UN court in The Hague convicted former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic of the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life   Ratko Mladic during wartime. Photo: Anadolu. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia found former Bosnian Serb Army commander Ratko Mladic guilty on […]

Harare – Zimbabwe’s state-run broadcaster says incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa will arrive today and be sworn in on Friday. Emmerson Mnangagwa. (File: AFP) The report posted online says it has it “on good authority” that Mnangagwa will arrive at 18:00 today at a military air base in the capital, Harare. Mnangagwa has been out of sight since […]

Hundreds of truckers blocked France’s borders with Italy and Belgium on Tuesday, angry at EU rule changes that they say fail to protect them from low-cost eastern European competition. AFP Drivers began blocking the Frejus tunnel in Modane, eastern France, before dawn, at one point leaving more than 200 heavy goods trucks waiting to cross into Italy. […]

Robert Mugabe has resigned as president of Zimbabwe with immediate effect after 37 years in power, the speaker of the country’s parliament has said. The announcement came during a parliamentary hearing to impeach him, following a military takeover last week. A letter submitted to parliament by the 93-year-old said his decision to resign was voluntary […]

Russian authorities on Tuesday confirmed reports of a spike in radioactivity in the air over the Ural Mountains while the suspected culprit, a nuclear fuel processing plant, denied it was the source of contamination. AA Photo The Russian Meteorological Service said in a statement Tuesday that it recorded the release of Ruthenium-106 in the southern […]

More than a dozen people are feared dead following an explosion in a mosque in Mubi, Adamawa State, North-east Nigeria. The blast occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning while worshippers were holding prayer. While details of the blast are still sketchy, Governor Muhammed Umar Jibrilla Bindow has condemned the unfortunate incident. In a […]

The Yomiuri ShimbunThe government is considering developing a cruise missile capable of striking targets on the ground.The Defense Ministry plans to start research on antiship missiles from fiscal 2018, and it is considering adding land-attack capabilities to the missiles. If realized, it will be the first time for Japan to develop land-attack cruise missiles on […]

Public servants have held protests against the failed Phoenix payroll system. (Julie Ireton/CBC) Canada’s spending watchdog will release his fall reports today, digging in to a range of issues from pay problems for public servants to resettlement services for Syrian refugees. Auditor General Michael Ferguson’s six audits will be tabled in the House of Commons […]

ABU DHABI, 20th November, 2017 (WAM) — President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo, Monday visited Abu Dhabi’s Wahat Al Karama, the national landmark built to immortalise the sacrifices of the UAE’s brave heroes. President Farmajo was received by Sheikh Khalifa bin Tahnoun bin Mohammed Al Nahyan, Director of The Martyrs’ Families’ […]