Iran bombards Kurdistan borders, hours before independence vote
25 September, 2017 Comments Off on Iran bombards Kurdistan borders, hours before independence vote
Iranian border guards Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) Iranian artillery forces carried out an intense bombardment on the borders with Kurdistan, hours before a Kurdish vote on independence from Iraq, news reports said. Alsumaria News said the bombardment targeted border areas in Guoman, northeast of Kurdish capital, Erbil. The network’s reporter saw columns of smoke rising from the […]
Continue reading …Russian lieutenant-general killed in ISIS shelling near Deir ez-Zor, Syria – MoD
25 September, 2017 Comments Off on Russian lieutenant-general killed in ISIS shelling near Deir ez-Zor, Syria – MoD
FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of a missile attack in Hawiqah neighbourhood in the eastern Syrian town of Deir Ezzor © Zac Baillie Lieutenant-General Valery Asapov, of the Russian armed forces, has been killed after coming under shelling from Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants near Deir ez-Zor, the Russian Defense Ministry has […]
Continue reading …Merkel set for fourth term, far right to enter parliament for first time in post-war era
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on Merkel set for fourth term, far right to enter parliament for first time in post-war era
German Chancellor Angela Merkel secured a fourth consecutive term on Sunday after her Christian Democrats (CDU) and the allied Christian Social Union (CSU) won the largest parliamentary bloc with 32.5 percent of the vote, exit polls showed. Merkel’s conservative bloc will be by far the largest parliamentary group, according to an exit poll for the […]
Continue reading …University of Tokyo pair invent loop-based quantum computing technique
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on University of Tokyo pair invent loop-based quantum computing technique
Physicists are working to harness the properties of atomic particles to build faster computers based on light transmissions. | ISTOCK Japanese scientists have invented an approach to quantum computing that renders a far larger number of calculations more efficiently than existing quantum computers. Under the new method, many pulses of light, each carrying information, are […]
Continue reading …Somalia region seizes arms-laden boat from Yemen
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on Somalia region seizes arms-laden boat from Yemen
BOSASO: Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland seized a boat loaded with weapons from Yemen in Saturday’s early hours, the regional maritime police chief said. Puntland authorities displayed dozens of anti-aircraft guns, machine guns, AK-47 rifles and dozens of boxes of ammunition seized from the boat after it was stopped in coastal waters off the Horn […]
Continue reading …US bombers fly close to North Korea in show of force
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on US bombers fly close to North Korea in show of force
Pentagon says the flight was aimed at demonstrating Washington’s military options available to ‘defeat any threat’. The flight followed a war of words between the leaders of the two countries [FILE: Reuters] US bombers escorted by fighter jets have flown close to North Korea’s east coast, according to US officials, in a display of military […]
Continue reading …Merkel heads for German poll win, hard-right AfD for first seats
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on Merkel heads for German poll win, hard-right AfD for first seats
Photo: Jens Büttner/DPA/AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to cruise to victory in elections Sunday but also to face the breakthrough into parliament of hard-right populists for the first time in Germany’s post-war history. Voting began at 0600 GMT in Europe’s biggest economy and exit polls are announced at 1600 GMT, with few expecting surprises […]
Continue reading …N. Korea says rockets to US ‘inevitable’ after Trump insults Kim
24 September, 2017 Comments Off on N. Korea says rockets to US ‘inevitable’ after Trump insults Kim
FILE PHOTO: A view of the test-fire of Pukguksong-2 guided by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the spot in Pyongyang. KCNA / Reuters The bad-mouthing by the US president only makes a North Korean strike on the US “inevitable,” while the sanctions would not move Pyongyang’s resolve to develop nuclear and missile weaponry […]
Continue reading …‘Bring home the bacon,’ Merkel tells voters on eve of poll
23 September, 2017 Comments Off on ‘Bring home the bacon,’ Merkel tells voters on eve of poll
Angela Merkel takes a selfie with a supporter ahead of Sunday’s vote. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP Chancellor Angela Merkel and her rival Martin Schulz rallied voters on the eve of Sunday’s vote, urging Germans to shun the first hard-right party expected to enter parliament in force since the end of World War II. Merkel, the clear […]
Continue reading …Japanese former residents make 1st trip by air to Russian-held isles
23 September, 2017 Comments Off on Japanese former residents make 1st trip by air to Russian-held isles
Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido board a plane in Kushiro for a flight to two of the disputed isles Saturday. Photo: KYODO Japanese former residents of a group of Russian-controlled islands off Hokkaido flew to two of the disputed isles Saturday to visit their ancestors’ graves, in the first such air […]
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