TEHRAN (Tasnim) – At least nine people were killed and many are still missing after one of the strongest typhoons on record barreled into the southern Chinese territory of Macau, with rescuers on Thursday searching submerged cars for trapped people. Macau’s government broadcaster TDM said Typhoon Hato, a maximum signal 10 storm, was the strongest […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10 storm, slammed into Hong Kong on Wednesday lashing the Asian financial hub with destructive winds and waves which uprooted trees, flooded streets and forced most businesses to close. More than 400 flights were cancelled, financial markets suspended and schools closed as Hato bore down on the […]
The traditional Islamic practice of unilateral divorce that allows a man to part with his wife by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times is unconstitutional, India’s top court ruled Tuesday. The three-two split among the five-member Supreme Court bench came amid growing clamor over petitions filed by Muslim women who challenged the validity of […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Syrian province of Aleppo has been fully liberated from the clutch of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists, the chief of the Russian General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate said. “There have been serious changes in Syria over the past month. The Syrian government troops with the support of the Russian Aerospace Forces […]
A Vietnamese sailor held hostage by Abu Sayyaf militants for nine months in the southern Philippines has been rescued by government forces, the military said Monday. Naval counter-terrorism troops under a military joint task force rescued Do Trung Hieu Sunday evening in the rebel’s jungle-clad stronghold on Basilan island, about 1,500 km (875 miles) south […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Ten sailors are missing after a US warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday, the US Navy said, and the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more than two months. The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with the merchant vessel Alnic […]
Daesh terrorist group has allegedly claimed responsibility for a stabbing attack in the Russian city of Surgut, Reuters reported. Russian investigators are still probing the attack and have not yet ruled the terrorist nature of the incident. Earlier in the day, a man went on a stabbing rampage in the center of the Russian city […]
Dozens of former terrorists mingled with hundreds of locals Thursday in the courtyard of Baitul Muttaqien Mosque in Tenggulun Village, East Java, to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of Indonesia’s independence. Lingkar Perdamaian (Peace Circle), a foundation founded in November 2016 by Ali Fauzi Manzi and other former convicts, hosted the celebration that included a flag-raising […]
