PanARMENIAN.Net – Russia announced on Friday, January 6 that it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and some other Russian warships from the waters off Syria as the first step in a drawdown of its forces in the war-torn Mideast country, The Associated Press reports. According to Russian General Staff chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the Admiral […]
A politician from Bangladesh’s ruling party was arrested Thursday on suspicion of orchestrating the ransacking of Hindu temples and homes by Muslim mobs in the eastern part of the country in October and November, police said. Police suspect the Awami League’s Dewan Atiqur Rahman (alias Ankhi), an elected chairman of the Haripur Union Council – […]
Fifty exotic dancers riding on top of luxury vehicles saw a Taiwanese politician off to the afterlife in a bizarre public funeral ceremony in the east Asian nation. Following the death of Chiayi county politician Tung Hsiang, a troupe of female pole dancers performed steamy routines on top of a beach buggy motorcade. The funeral […]
A large explosion occurred on Thursday near a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, injuring at least 10 people, local media reported. The explosion near the courthouse in Izmir was caused by a car bomb, the secretary general of the city municipality Bugra Gokce confirmed to the CNN Turk. Earlier, it was reported that […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, January 5 the country’s police chief said, warning against possible retaliation, according to Reuters. President Rodrigo Duterte recently cautioned against Islamic State taking root in the southeast Asian country, saying it needed to avoid […]
The killer of 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub is probably of Uighur origin, Turkish Deputy PM Veysi Kaynak said. Turkish law enforcement has established his possible location and links, he added. “The terrorist’s identity has been established by security forces and his potential whereabouts have also been determined,” Kaynak said speaking to broadcaster A […]
Indonesia has suspended military cooperation with the Australian Defense Force (ADF) over training materials at a special forces base in Australia deemed offensive to Indonesians, authorities in Jakarta said Wednesday. Officials with the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) did not go into detail about the offensive material that allegedly insulted Pancasila, Indonesia’s five founding principles. According […]
Turkey’s foreign minister says authorities have identified the perpetrator of the New Year’s Day massacre at an Istanbul nightclub. Mevlut Cavusoglu, who was speaking to the Anadolu news agency on January 4, did not give any further details. The gunman burst into Istanbul’s waterfront Reina nightclub with an automatic weapon and began shooting people celebrating […]
