Turkish authorities say 13 soldiers were killed and dozens injured in a car bomb attack that targeted a bus carrying off-duty military personnel in the central city of Kayseri on December 17. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told reporters that a total of 55 people were being treated in hospital after the attack. He said 12 […]
The liberation of eastern Aleppo has been completed, according to the Russian Defense Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation. Syrian government forces are now tackling separate pockets of militant resistance. “The operation by the Syrian Army aimed at liberating the militant-controlled neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo has been completed. The Syrian government forces continue to eliminate isolated pockets […]
A bill lifting a ban on gambling casinos passed both houses of the Japanese Parliament Thursday, opening up the country to billions in investment, and providing good news for international gaming corporations hungry to cash in on Tokyo’s tourism dollar. Companies including MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas Sands, and Wynn Resorts have been eyeing Japan […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Rodrigo Duterte has announced he personally killed suspected criminals when he was mayor of his home city of Davao in the Philippines, cruising the streets on a motorcycle and “looking for trouble,” The Guardian reported on Wednesday, December 14. The country’s president made the comments in a speech late on Monday night as […]
In the first violent encounter between Malaysian security personnel and suspected cross-border kidnappers from the southern Philippines, police killed three gunmen and captured two others during a shootout off eastern Malaysia’s Sabah state, officials said Friday. The incident occurred late Thursday after seven suspected Filipino gunmen in a boat attacked three vessels in the area […]
The impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not change the US-Korean bilateral relationship, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said in a briefing on Friday. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Earlier in the day, the South Korean parliament voted to impeach President Park Geun-hye with 234 votes in favor and 56 votes against. Following the vote, […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – President Bashar al-Assad said victory for his forces in Aleppo would be a “huge step” in ending Syria’s war, as government troops battled Thursday, December 8 to retake more rebel ground, AFP reports. Despite pleas from increasingly cornered opposition fighters, Western countries and the United Nations, Assad also rejected talk of a ceasefire […]
The Islamic practice of triple talaq that allows a man to part from his wife just by uttering the word ‘divorce’ three times is unconstitutional and violates the rights of Muslim women, an Indian court said Thursday. “The instant divorce (triple talaq) though has been deprecated and not followed by all sects of [the] Muslim […]
