The derailment of the seven coaches and an engine of the train in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh resulted in at least 39 deaths, Indian media reported Sunday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Death toll in the train derailment in the India state of Andhra Pradesh reached 39, over 60 injured, local media reported Sunday. The […]
Militants from the Islamic State group have destroyed part of the second-century Roman Theatre in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra. Maamoun Abdulkarim, the head of the Syrian government’s Antiquities Department, said the Tetrapylon — a group of four sets of four pillars each which were mainly modern replicas — had also been demolished. The Boston-based […]
At least three people were killed and 20 others injured after a car drove into the crowd of shoppers in Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city. The incident occurred in the centre of city, when a car driver crashed into the crowd of pedestrians at around 2 PM local time, local media reported. “A male deliberately […]
There were conflicting reports of casualties after a high-rise building in downtown Tehran caught fire and collapsed. The Associated Press cited Iran’s Press TV as saying that 30 firefighters were killed, without giving a source. A fire brigade spokesman said that such reports were irresponsible as rescue efforts were still ongoing, but added that he […]
Chinese online trade giant Alibaba has teamed up with some 20 global brands to fight fake goods. The agreement was signed by Louis Vuitton and Swarovski, as well as Samsung, Huawei, Sony, Samsung, Canon, and many other brand names which feature among the world’s most counterfeited. This world’s first “alliance to fight counterfeits with big […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey planned to purge opposition forces in the military before July’s attempted coup, according to a secret EU intelligence report. The European intelligence contradicts the Turkish government’s claim that Fethullah Gülen, an exiled cleric, was behind the plot to overthrow the Turkish government. Ankara is seeking Gülen’s extradition […]
Human rights groups called on Myanmar authorities on Tuesday to provide information about two Kachin Christian leaders they fear have been forcibly “disappeared” in northern Shan state for taking reporters to a Catholic church allegedly damaged by airstrikes in clashes between the government army and ethnic guerillas. New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW), Southeast Asia-based […]
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has concluded unsuccessfully nearly three years after the aircraft disappeared, the Australian government’s Joint Agency Coordination Centre (JACC) said Tuesday. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, disappeared from radar screens on March 8, 2014, less than an hour […]
