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Russian pilots always managed to get behind the opponent’s plane when they encountered US-coalition fighter jets in the Syrian air, a Russian ace said after receiving a state award from President Putin at the Kremlin. A Su-35C fighter © Vitaliy Ankov / Sputnik “When meeting our partners from the Western coalition in the air, we […]

 KABUL (Pajhwok): Forty One people including a journalist  were killed in a suicide attack in the Pul-i-Sokhta neighbourhood of Kabul on Thursday morning, officials said. Dozens of people, including few media representatives and a number of civilians among them, were wounded in the assault on Tebyan Centre, which also houses the Afghan Voice news agency. Nasrat Rahimi, […]

The number of tourists coming to Turkey from the U.K. is expected to increase by 69 percent next year, the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said in a report published Wednesday. According to ABTA, return of U.K. tourists to Turkey will be one of the main travel trends of 2018. Many holidaymakers chose Turkey […]

Russia will respond to the expected US measures limiting Russian flights over the US under the Open Skies treaty, the Foreign Ministry has confirmed. Moscow will reportedly limit access to airfields for US military airplanes. FILE PHOTO. A USAF Boeing OC-135B Open Skies. / Wikipedia The tit-for-tat measures were confirmed to RIA Novosti by the […]

Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists have conducted a mass prisoner swap, marking the largest such deal since the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine broke out in 2014. The prisoners were exchanged in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region [Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters] The captives – who include activists and journalists – were exchanged on Wednesday near the town of Horlivka, northeast of […]

One person has been killed in a shootout at a candy factory in southeastern Moscow, with reports of an ongoing hostage situation. Police have cordoned off the building of the Menshevik plant in Lyublino district, the Moskva news agency reported Wednesday. It cited an unnamed law enforcement source as saying the shooting took place because of a […]

South Korean media have claimed that a North Korean defector was found to have developed antibodies to anthrax before his flight across the border. The report may likely play into the hands of those looking for a pretext for war. The news was broken by South Korea’s Channel A on Tuesday, citing an anonymous intelligence […]

A new survey shows that Germans are losing patience with Frau Merkel, after she has failed to form a new government three months after the national election. The poll, conducted by YouGov for the German Press Agency, shows that 47 percent of respondents want Angela Merkel to step down from her office as German Chancellor […]

The Russian Defense Ministry has started work on upgrading the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim in Syria into permanent military centers. Damascus has agreed to host Russian forces for at least 49 more years. FILE PHOTO: A Russian Navy ship in the Mediterranean © Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation The bases in Tartus […]