PanARMENIAN.Net – A Turkish government agency says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 has shaken western Turkey. The Greek island of Lesbos has also been rattled, The Associated Press reports. It wasn’t immediately clear if Monday, June 12’s quake had caused any major damage in Turkey or Greece. Earthquakes are common in both […]
Saudi Arabia has introduced a new tax on cigarettes and energy drinks that has led to a 100-percent price hike, as the kingdom continues to struggle with sunken oil prices. The newly introduced tax has cranked up prices on cigarettes and energy drinks across Saudi Arabia, according to various media reports. Prices for carbonated drinks […]
All those liberals, like David Seymour, who think there is no problem with Islam, or with shariah law should tread very carefully. Especially when you read about people being sentenced to death for blasphemy for comments on Facebook. A Pakistani man has been sentenced to death for committing blasphemy on Facebook, the first conviction on […]
Yesterday, Reuters broke a story calming that the US has agreed to a Philippine request to assist Philippines in the war against ISIS, a story confirmed by both a military spokesman for Philippines and the United States. The story has now been directly contradicted by Philippines President Duterte, also according to Reuters. Duterte claims that […]
Lao police have arrested a resident of a village in Luang Prabang province in the northern part of the country on suspicion of involvement in the disappearance of a South Korean woman, a relative of the accused man said. On June 3, officers arrested Pheang Phatthakone, a 45-year-old a resident of Kilometer 8 village in […]
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for the dismantling of the UN agency that aids millions of Palestinian refugees, accusing it of anti-Israeli incitement and saying he had conveyed his message to the US ambassador to the United Nations. Adnan Abu Hasna, a Gaza-based spokesman for the United Nations Relief […]
The United States acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that its special forces were assisting Filipino soldiers locked in ferocious gunbattles with militant extremists in the southern Philippines, as local military officials said 13 Philippine Marines had died and dozens others were wounded in the latest firefight. The Philippine military has been trying to […]
BANGKOK – The pilot of an Air China Airbus A320 aircraft almost crashed into a mountain in Hong Kong due to a mistake. This happened last Sunday and according to ‘The Daily Mail’, the pilot made a wrong turn because he did not understand the instructions of the air traffic controller. Shortly after the plane […]
