Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Monday of assisting terrorists by not responding to thousands of files sent to Berlin or handing over suspects wanted by Turkish authorities. “Germany is abetting terrorists,” Erdogan told a conference in the Black Sea province of Rize, in comments likely to further escalate tensions between the two countries. […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian warplanes continued to bomb the positions of Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) terrorists in the northern city of Raqqah, inflicting major losses on them. On Monday, Syrian jets launched strikes against Daesh targets in the areas of al-Bawlieh, Ma’adan, al-Khmaisieh, al-Jaber, and al-Numaisa in the south of Raqqah, SANA news agency reported. […]
Yesterday, joining Jordan, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, the Israeli government has moved to ban both the Arabic and English-language versions of Al Jazeera from operating in the country, accusing the network of sponsoring terrorism and inciting violence. Israeli Communications Minister Ayoub Kara accused the Qatari-funded channel of incitement in Israel and […]
The fifth-tallest residential building in the world went up in flames in the wee hours of Friday morning. “Massive fire just started in the skyscraper opposite us in Dubai Marina,” journalist John O’Nolan said on social media. The fire spread over dozens of floors. The tower, called the Marina Torch or Torch Tower, has 86 […]
Bangladesh officials met Thursday with delegates from The Vatican to discuss logistics for a visit by Pope Francis to the predominantly Muslim nation in South Asia being planned for later this year, a senior foreign ministry representative said. In addition to Thursday’s discussions with members of the Holy See’s diplomatic mission in Dhaka, a team […]
Authorities in Cambodia on Thursday detained former government advisor and opposition Khmer National United Party (KNUP) President Nhek Bun Chhay in connection with five-year-old allegations of drug production, according to the Ministry of the Interior. “He was arrested today for the Kampong Speu [province] drug production case from 2012,” ministry spokesperson Khieu Sopheak told reporters […]
Five have now died in Vietnam in this year’s epidemic of dengue fever, with the latest victim dying in the capital city Hanoi last week as the numbers of those infected climb over rates reported last year, state media said on Wednesday. The latest victim, a 61-year-old man living in the Quang Trung ward of […]
Two Russian citizens were killed by explosions that ripped through a munitions depot in Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia on August 2. Abkhazia’s de facto interior minister, Aslan Kobakhia, said on August 3 that around 60 people, including 35 Russian tourists, were injured by the explosions at a military arsenal in the village of Primorskoye […]
