PanARMENIAN.Net – The municipality of Edremit in Turkey’s Van province has said that it has no intention of dismantling a toilet facility built atop the Armenian cemetery in the town. Those in charge of the move argue that there are no Armenian graves on the site. “We haven’t dismantled any structure and are not going […]
Turkey has pulled its troops out of the would-be pan-NATO military exercises currently being conducted on Norwegian soil. Turkey withdrew from the military drills after a poster of “enemies” seen at the training exercises included the name of the current Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as well as that of the founder of the modern […]
Malaysia’s tourism minister on Thursday warned hotels that allegedly ban women from wearing hijabs while working the front desk to immediately drop the policy, which has caused an uproar. The matter came to light after the Union Network International-Malaysia Labor Center (UNI-MLC) earlier this month revealed it had received complaints from female hotel employees who […]
Cambodia’s government is building up the presence of security forces across the country in anticipation of a public outcry in response to a court decision that could see the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) dissolved in the lead up to next year’s general election. CNRP President Kem Sokha was arrested on Sept. 3 […]
An earthquake struck South Korea earlier in the day and has so far affected over a thousand of people. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — At least 15 people were injured in a recent 5.5-magnitude earthquake that hit South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday citing the natural disasters center. The earthquake that struck the southeastern city of […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – As the rescue and relief operations to help people affected by a massive earthquake in western Iran is nearing completion, officials revised down the death toll to 423 on Tuesday morning, saying 12,000 dwellings have been razed to the ground in the disaster. The latest statistics on Tuesday morning show 423 people […]
Eight civilians and two soldiers were killed in Egypt by militants from a Daesh affiliate group after a convoy of cement trucks from an army factory in the central Sinai Peninsula was ambushed. According to security officials, Lieutenant Colonel Ibrahim Hussein Mohammed was killed in the attack near the town of Nakhl last night after […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Istanbul police arrested at least 82 foreigners Friday that are suspected of having links to the Daesh (also known as ISIL or ISIS) terrorist organization. During a counter-terrorism operation targeted at Daesh suspects, the police conducted simultaneous raids in Bagcilar, Beykoz, Fatih, Kucukcekmece, Pendik, Sancaktepe, and Sisli districts of Istanbul, Anadolu Agency […]
