The US has launched a military strike on a Syrian government target in retaliation for their chemical weapons attack on civilians earlier in the week, President Donald Trump told the media. Latest update says that over 60 US missiles hit Syrian targets. “Tonight (Thursday), I ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in Syria […]
Continue reading …Annie Johnson and her daughters Fatuma Abdullahi, 14, and Maryan Osman 15. Fatuma and Maryan were refugees from Somalia’s civil war, but found a family and new life with Johnson, their dad Randall, and their little brother Roscoe. StoryCorps Fatuma Abdullahi and her sister Maryan Osman are originally from Somalia, but when they were little […]
Continue reading …President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said Thursday that he welcomed reports of U.S. President Donald Trump considering military action in Syria, adding that Trump should back up his plans with action. Speaking in a live broadcast on AA PhotoTurkey’s Kanal 7, Erdoğan said that Turkey is ready to do its part if such military action takes […]
Continue reading …April 6 (UPI) — North Korea is doubling down on its threats after test-launching a missile that ended in failure this week. Pyongyang’s foreign ministry said on Thursday the country would blame the United States, regardless of which side initiates an outbreak of hostilities. “If war erupts, no matter who caused the preemptive strike, the […]
Continue reading …A Muslim school in Sweden has defended itself after some of its pupils were separated by gender on a school bus, with the prime minister condemning the practice as ‘despicable’. As part of a documentary, Swedish broadcaster TV4 filmed secret footage of the privately-run Al-Azhar Primary School in a Stockholm suburb where boys are seen […]
Continue reading …Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces recaptured a new district in western Mosul from the Islamic State Thursday, while 42 militants died in airstrikes that targeted their locations. Lt. Gen. Abdul-Amir Yarallah, chief of the Joint Operations Command operations in Nineveh, said Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Forces took over Yarmouk al-Thania district and raised Iraqi flags above its buildings. […]
Continue reading …P&O Ports has been awarded a 30-year, $336 million concession for the management and development of a port project in Somalia, the company said in a statement on Thursday. The approximate investment for the modern multi-purpose facility at Bosasso in Puntland, Somalia, will be $336 million divided into two phases: $136 million for Phase 1 […]
Continue reading …A Pakistani-owned cargo vessel has been hijacked by Somali pirates, a day after an Indian commercial vessel was similarly commandeered by the buccaneers. This was the fourth ship waylaid by Somali pirates in the last month. The Pakistani cargo vessel was carrying food when they were captured by the pirates, New York Times reported. The […]
Continue reading …Russia has submitted its draft resolution to the UN Security Council about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian town of Khan Shaykhun on Tuesday, Fedor Strzhizhovsky, press secretary of Russia’s permanent representative to the UN, told reporters on Wednesday. At the emergency meeting convened by the UN Security Council earlier on Wednesday, […]
Continue reading …Minimally-invasive procedure to treat tricuspid regurgitation offers alternative to open heart surgery The team of cardiologists, including doctors from Germany and Austria, performing the procedure. Sharjah: A team of cardiologists at Al Qasimi Hospital successfully replaced two valves in the heart of a 72-year-old woman suffering from tricuspid regurgitation, without resorting to open-heart surgery. The […]
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