Hundreds march in unity against Saturday's twin bombings in Istanbul
Hundreds remember victims in unity march Death toll rises to 39 after one survivor dies in hospital Turkish government vows vengeance against attackers Hundreds of people have marched to Istanbul's...
View ArticleAleppo: safe passage plan reportedly tabled in Geneva
The US and Russia have reportedly tabled a proposal to rebels in Aleppo that would offer safe passage from the city for fighters, their families and other civilians. Three opposition officials with...
View ArticleMaduro orders withdrawal of Venezuela's largest banknotes
Venezuela is withdrawing its largest banknote from circulation. President Maduro says the move is to prevent the notes from being smuggled across the Colombian border. The 100-bolivar note is the most...
View ArticleUS troops to escalate militancy in Syria
The success of the Syrian armed forces in fighting the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group has prompted the United States to escalate the militancy in Syria, in an effort to undermine the government of...
View ArticleEgypt: Coptic Cathedral blast victims are laid to rest
Grieving families attended a funeral service on Monday for 24 people, mostly women and children, killed in the bombing of Cairo's main Coptic cathedral complex. There was no immediate claim of...
View ArticleEgypt: Sisi names Coptic Cathedral bomber as funeral is held
A 22-year-old suicide bomber was behind Sunday's massacre at Cairo's Coptic Christian Cathedral complex, Egypt's President said on Monday. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, attending a state funeral for the 24...
View ArticleVerdict expected in Catania shipwreck trial
A Sicilian court in Catania will on Tuesday deliver its verdict on one of the Mediterranean's worst ever shipwrecks. UNHCR: Weekend shipwreck deadliest ever in Mediterranean - CATANIA, Sicily (AP) -...
View ArticleGentiloni unveils Italy's new government
Italy's newly-apppointed prime minister has unveiled his government. Paolo Gentiloni has kept almost all the outgoing ministers in place in a sign of continuity commentators say is aimed at reassuring...
View ArticleRussian Ministry of Defence Declares Aleppo 96 Percent Liberated - Western...
The battle for Aleppo is now coming to an end thanks to Russia. The main front has now shifted back to Palmyra as 5,000 jihadists have arrived with military hardware from Mosul, Iraq. This appears to...
View ArticleMoment of A bomb blast at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo
A bomb blast at Egypt's main Coptic Christian cathedral in Cairo killed at least 25 people and injured dozens more on Sunday
View ArticleItalian Prime Minister wins initial vote of confidence
Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni has won an initial vote of confidence in the lower house of parliament. The 62-year-old needs to win votes of confidence in both houses of parliament. He easily...
View ArticleVenezuelan lawmakers back motion blaming Maduro for economic crisis
Venezuela's National Assembly has taken a symbolic step by backing a motion blaming the country's leftist president for the country's political and economic crisis. The motion was unanimously approved...
View ArticleISIL claims responsibility for Cairo Cathedral attack
The Islamic militant group ISIL has said it was behind Sunday's bomb attack (Dec 11) on Cairo's main Coptic cathedral. In a statement carried by its news agency Amaq it said one of its fighters blew...
View ArticleCCTV footage shows Egypt church blast
Footage from a security camera outside Cairo's main Coptic cathedral, released by the Egyptian government, shows the moment a blast hit during Sunday's (December 11) mass. At least 25 people were...
View ArticleAleppo: Delay to evacuation prolongs agony for civilians
Despite the arrival of government buses, the evacuation of war-shattered eastern Aleppo has been delayed. Civilians and opposition fighters were due to leave at dawn on Wednesday, under a deal brokered...
View ArticleFighting resumes as Aleppo agony goes on
Air strikes, shelling and gunfire raged in Aleppo on Wednesday, despite a truce deal between government forces and rebels. Syrian state TV said rebel shelling of a district, recently recaptured by the...
View ArticleMethane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change
Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change. An international study led by the French organisation the Laboratory of Climate Sciences and the Environment - the LCSE -...
View ArticleFLASH | PKK: Turkish F-16 fighter jet taken down in Amed (Diyarbakir)
Peoples' Defense Central Command announced that its Martyr Azad Farqin unit used special techniques to down a Turkish F-16 warplane in Amed (Kurdistan-capital) on December 12. HPG (PKK) stated:"Our...
View ArticleSouth China Sea: Beijing defiant over weapons deployment claims
Beijing has reacted defiantly to claims that it appears to have installed weapons, including anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems, on all seven of the artificial islands it has built in the South...
View ArticleBriefing by Deputy Chief of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff Lt....
Briefing by Deputy Chief of Main Operational Directorate of General Staff Lt. Gen. Viktor Poznikhir. Dec 15, 2016. Eng. Subs. Information about Palmyra included.
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