Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s statement that his goal in Syria was to end the rule of Bashar Assad has caused consternation in the Kremlin, with officials saying it contradicted previous assurances and was out of sync with Moscow’s take on the situation. “The statement was indeed news, this is a very serious statement. [It] […]
The Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) confirmed on Wednesday that superbugs are present in the country. Superbugs are especially worrying to physicians and public health officials globally since even powerful, last-resort antibiotics are futile against them. Since 2011, KCDC has surveyed 9,300 bacteria samples from Korean hospitals. In those samples, scientists discovered […]
People generally avoid going into public toilets, unless they absolutely have to. Most of them are dirty, uninviting places, but that’s definitely not the case with this recently opened five-star public restroom in Chongqing, China. Public toilets are hardly-ever news-worthy topics, but after seeing photos of this new five-star facility in the Bishan district of […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the Turkish Army entered Syria to end the rule of President Bashar Assad, whom he accused of terrorism and causing the deaths of thousands. “We entered [Syria] to end the rule of the tyrant al-Assad who terrorizes with state terror. [We didn’t enter] for any other reason,” the Turkish […]
At least 12 people, including 11 minor girls, were killed in a fire in a children’s orphanage in the province of Adana in southern Turkey, local media reported. ANKARA (Sputnik) — According to Sabah newspaper, the fire occurred on Tuesday, the dead are one worker and 11 girls aged between 10 to 14 years old. […]
Three suspected Pakistani militants stormed an army base in the Jammu region of Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday, killing seven Indian security personnel, the army said. All three “suicide attackers” who entered the Nagrota base camp in the early morning were killed following a fierce gunfight that lasted more than 14 hours, Indian Army spokesman Lt. […]
ANKARA (Sputnik) – According to the NTV broadcaster, the prosecutors demanded triple life sentences for 62 servicemen, including 28 officers, who tried to seize Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul. On July 15, a military coup attempt took place in Turkey. It was suppressed the following day. Over 240 people were killed during the thwarted coup […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – An Indonesian woman screamed in agony Monday, November 28 as she was caned in Aceh, the latest in a growing number of women to be publicly flogged for breaking the province’s strict Islamic laws, AFP reports. Aceh is the only province in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country that imposes sharia law. People […]
