The ballistic missiles launched by North Korea on Monday landed in the closest proximity to Japanese land, media report. TOKYO (Sputnik) – On Monday, the US Defense Department confirmed that North Korea carried out multiple launches of medium-range ballistic missiles. Out of four missiles, three landed 300-350 kilometers (186-217 miles) from Akita Prefecture, located in […]
Saudi Arabia’s puritanical brand of Islam – Salafism – has come under scrutiny in Indonesia as the ruler of the oil rich kingdom made a state visit to Jakarta last week. Religious and rights groups have questioned whether Salafism has fueled violence and intolerance in Indonesia, a sprawling and diverse country where Islam took root […]
A Tibetan monastery in northwestern China’s Qinghai province is appealing for the return of property formerly leased to a teacher’s college but seized by local authorities after the college moved to a new location, Tibetan sources say. The property, comprising one third of the total estate of Rongwo monastery in Rebgong (in Chinese, Tongren) county […]
At least two people have been killed after gunmen attacked a military hospital close to the U.S. Embassy in the Afghan capital and engaged security forces inside the building, officials and witnesses say. General Dawlat Waziri, a Defense Ministry spokesman, said an unknown number of gunmen entered the Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan Hospital on March […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Israeli government has taken steps to reduce the penalties for personal marijuana use, BBC News reports. It backed plans to issue fines initially, and only resort to criminal charges for repeat offenders. Selling, buying and producing the drug will remain illegal and the move must still be ratified by parliament. Full story: […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – North Korea on Tuesday, march 7 banned Malaysians from leaving the country, a move that dramatically escalated the bitter diplomatic battle over the death of the North Korean leader’s half brother. Malaysia likened the ban to a hostage-taking and responded in kind, closing its borders to North Koreans who want to leave, The […]
Malaysian authorities are seriously considering expelling North Korea’s ambassador and another diplomat from the reclusive state’s embassy in Kuala Lumpur over potential links to the murder of Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother, two Malaysian government sources told BenarNews. A proposal to declare Ambassador Kang Chol and second secretary Hyon Kwang Song “persona non grata” has […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday, March 3 accused Berlin of “aiding and harbouring” terror after German authorities banned rallies courting support from Turkish expatriates for a constitutional change to expand Erdogan’s powers, AFP reports. Ankara and Berlin were locked in acrimony and Erdogan also claimed a detained correspondent working for Germany’s […]
