MOSCOW (Sputnik) – According to the Times of India, three people, including two children, were hit by a train crossing the railway track near Rambhadrapur station. One more person was seriously injured. Eighteen people drowned in different parts across the state during Chhath Puja celebration rituals. During the four-day Indian festival, crowds of people go […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Israel on Monday, November 7 formally rejected France’s invitation to take part in a Middle East peace conference in Paris later this year, saying it was a distraction from the goal of direct negotiations with the Palestinians, Reuters reports. At a meeting in Jerusalem with Israel’s acting national security adviser and Prime Minister […]
A mass grave containing 100 decapitated bodies has been discovered inside a school south of the Islamic State-held city of Mosul, according to the Iraqi military, which is conducting a US-backed operation to retake the jihadist stronghold. Iraqi soldiers came across the grave in the School of Agriculture in the town of Hammam al-Alil that […]
The jailed mayor of a town in the Philippines was shot in his cell during what is being described as a “gun battle” with police. His death is the second killing this week of a politician linked to drugs by Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Rolando Espinosa Sr., mayor of the town of Albuera in the […]
A peaceful march by some 100,000 people protesting alleged blasphemy by Jakarta’s governor disintegrated into chaos Friday as angry crowds attacked police barricades around the Presidential Palace, set fires and looted stores. Security personnel fired teargas and used water cannons to hold back surging protesters who hurled objects at officers and set fire to two […]
When driving at night, there’s nothing quite as annoying as being blinded by the full-beam headlights of another vehicle. Recognizing this problem, the police department recently started punishing offenders by making them stare at their own headlights for a full minute. Hopefully, this will make them see the error of their ways. On November 1st, […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Islamic State (IS) militants are keeping nearly 400 women captives from the Kurdish Yezidi and Shi’ite Muslim communities in Tel Afar, said a member of the Iraqi parliament, according to BasNews. MP Nahla Hababi, a representative of Iraqi Turkmens, told BasNews on Wednesday, November 2 that the woman captives are subjected to a […]
A warning by the American embassy against an “increased” terrorist threat in India possibly linked to Islamic State (IS) is not unfounded and based on substantial inputs from intelligence agencies, according to Indian security analysts. The security advisory from the embassy came in the face of prevailing tensions between India and Pakistan along their common […]
