PanARMENIAN.Net – Al-Qaida has confirmed that top leader Abu Khayr al-Masri, believed to be the organization’s number two, was killed in a drone strike by the U.S.-led coalition in Syria, AFP reports. The killing of Masri, described by analysts as “jihadi royalty,” could serve as a major security coup for U.S. President Donald Trump early […]
The German government confirmed on Monday execution of a German hostage by the Philippines-based Abu Sayyaf group that pledged allegiance to Daesh, outlawed in Russia. BERLIN (Sputnik) – The government pointed out that there were no doubts the hostage had been killed. “The German hostage was barbarically murdered by terrorists-kidnappers in the Philippines,” the government’s […]
Malaysian authorities are expected to press murder charges Wednesday against a North Korean chemist and two women who were arrested following the death of the half-brother of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, according to sources and a news report. The female suspects, Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, poisoned victim Kim Jong Nam […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – North Korea executed five senior security officials with anti-aircraft guns because they made false reports that “enraged” leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea’s spy agency said Monday, Feb. 27, according to The Associated Press. The comments by the National Intelligence Service in a private briefing to lawmakers come as Malaysia investigates the poisoning […]
Police exchanged gunfire with attacker in Indonesian government building, media reported. Police exchanged fire with an attacker in government building in the city of Bandung in Indonesia, Reuters reported. Local media reported that the police managed to capture one suspect. Full story: sputniknews.com Sputnik International
Following the Friday arrest of perhaps the highest-profile critic of his drug war, Senator Leila de Lima, thousands flooded the streets of Manila Saturday morning to protest Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte and his brutal crackdown. The protests came as the country marked the 31st anniversary of the People Power movement that deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos […]
Turkey may seek to reinstate death penalty as there is public demand for it, country’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He added that the government has been seeking to bring back capital punishment since the July 2015 coup attempt. “The [public] demand for reinstatement of capital punishment will be brought to […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Christian families and students fled Egypt’s North Sinai province in droves on Friday, Feb. 24 after Islamic State killed the seventh member of their community in just three weeks, Reuters reports. A Reuters reporter saw 25 families gathered with their belongings in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia’s Evangelical Church and church officials […]
