Severe flooding in the north and south central coastal regions of Vietnam has caused 15 deaths and more than U.S. $44 million in losses and has imposed humanitarian hardships on residents unable to flee, state media reported Wednesday. Six people remain missing, and 225 houses have been completely destroyed. More than 42,100 other homes have […]
Security officials from 164 countries agreed at a meeting in Indonesia to boost efforts to gather and share biometric data to help catch foreign terrorist fighters who cross borders using false names and travel documents. The resolution was adopted at the 85th General Assembly of the international police organization Interpol that closed Thursday after a […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – An explosion shook the offices of a district governor in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Thursday, November 10 and many ambulances were sent to the scene, broadcaster CNN Turk reported, according to Reuters. The Hurriyet news website said the blast, in the Mardin district of Derik, was caused by a bomb. […]
Russian military experts have found unexploded shells indicating that terrorists in Aleppo have been using chemical weapons in their regular attacks on civilian and Syrian government-held areas of the city, according to a Russian Defense Ministry statement. “While conducting reconnaissance in the ‘1070’ area [south-western suburbs of Aleppo], the officers of the scientific center of […]
On Wednesday, India demonetised ₹500 (about US$7.50) and ₹1000 notes, announced as a measure to fight corruption, fake notes, and black money. Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the Indian citizens late Tuesday, and said that 500 and 1000 rupee notes would cease to be legal tender at midnight. To minimise possible difficulties to citizens, transactions […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and discussed improving relations and cooperating in fighting terrorism, Turkish officials say. Erdogan proclaimed in a speech in Ankara on November 9 that “a new era is beginning” as a result of Trump’s election victory. Trump campaigned on reversing many of President Barack Obama’s […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Tuesday he would not shield Jakarta’s governor from a police probe into alleged blasphemy, which led to a massive protest in the Indonesian capital that ended in violence last week. Jakarta Gov. Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, a Christian and member of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority who served as Jokowi’s deputy […]
The northern Russian port city of Murmansk, with a population of 300,000, has been partly left without electricity following an emergency at an energy facility. Eyewitnesses captured a bright flash, after which the lights went out. There have been eyewitnesses’ reports of a “huge blast” at one of the city’s electrical substations, according to SeverPost […]
