What we know about deadly crash between French school bus and train
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on What we know about deadly crash between French school bus and train
Here’s what we know about the fatal collision between a train and school bus that has so far killed four in France. Photo: AFP What happened? A school bus, which was carrying around 20 pupils from a local secondary school, was struck by the train in Millas about 18 kilometres west (11 miles) of the […]
Continue reading …Russia won’t be part of ‘strangling’ North Korea, says US should do its part to start talks
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on Russia won’t be part of ‘strangling’ North Korea, says US should do its part to start talks
The mounting pressure on North Korea over its rocket and nuclear programs is reaching a point at which there is a risk of strangling the country, Russia’s deputy Foreign Minister has said, warning that Russia does not support such a tactic. FILE PHOTO: People look from inside a bus in central Pyongyang © Damir Sagolj […]
Continue reading …‘I’m not running’: Peru’s president Kucyznski refuses to resign over corruption allegations
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on ‘I’m not running’: Peru’s president Kucyznski refuses to resign over corruption allegations
© Peruvian Ministry of Defense | President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski during the Flag Parade in Tacna, Peru on August 28, 2017. Peru’s President Pedro Pablo Kucyznski scrambled for his political survival Thursday as opponents demanded he resign over revelations of decade-old payments from a Brazilian construction company at the center of Latin America’s biggest graft […]
Continue reading …ISIL weapons traced to US and Saudi Arabia
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on ISIL weapons traced to US and Saudi Arabia
Weapons supplied by the United States and Saudi Arabia to opposition fighters often fell into the hands of ISIL, significantly enhancing the “quantity and quality” of the group’s armaments, a new report alleges. Iraqi security forces display weapons confiscated from ISIL fighters [Wissm Al-Okili/Reuters] The number of weapons goes “far beyond those that would have been […]
Continue reading …Oil ministry starts reconstruction of Baiji oil refinery
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on Oil ministry starts reconstruction of Baiji oil refinery
Salahuddin (Iraqinews.com) The Iraqi Ministry of Oil started on Thursday reconstructing the country’s biggest oil refinery Baiji, which was completely destroyed in intense fighting between government forces and Islamic State group. The aim is to complete reconstruction work early next year on one of the units that will produce 70,000 barrels per day at the […]
Continue reading …Nikki Haley: Houthi missile fired at Saudi Arabia was ‘made in Iran’
15 December, 2017 Comments Off on Nikki Haley: Houthi missile fired at Saudi Arabia was ‘made in Iran’
US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Thursday at a press conference befor the Security Council in New York that Iran’s behavior in the Middle East is getting worse, fanning flames of conflict. US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley. (Screengrab) Haley confirmed that the US has evidence that the missile fired […]
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