PanARMENIAN.Net – Iranian authorities executed three Turkish nationals for drug trafficking last year only 11 days after a high-profile visit to Tehran by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, it has emerged, The Guardian reports. Iran – which executed nearly 1,000 people last year, more than any other country apart from China – usually refrains from […]
The Myanmar government said Thursday that photos showing alleged rights violations in Rakhine state’s Maungdaw township are fake, despite reports by the United Nations and rights groups that security forces there have killed unarmed residents, burned down villages, and made arbitrary arrests. The U.N. and rights groups have accused soldiers and police of violating the […]
Saudi Arabia has allegedly intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen towards Islam’s holiest city of Mecca, Saudi state media reports. According to the Saudi-led coalition, Houthi rebels launched a Scud missile from Saada province towards Mecca at 21:00 local time (18:00 GMT) on Thursday. The Saudi air defense system was able […]
A new round of exploratory talks between Bangkok and southern Thai insurgents is under way in Malaysia and expected to go until Friday with the crucial issue of ceasefire zones on the agenda, a spokesman for the rebels told BenarNews. The Malaysia-facilitated meetings that aim to re-open formal peace talks between the two sides are […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Islamic State (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic) terrorists killed 36 civilians in the jihadist group’s first major offensive in central Afghanistan, media reported on Wednesday citing local authorities. According to the TOLOnews broadcaster, Daesh militants, that have been previously active in eastern Afghanistan, attacked Chaghcharan district of the central Ghor province on […]
Over 60 civilians have been killed and at least 200 injured during three days of US-led coalition airstrikes on residential areas in Mosul, the Russian military reported. “There were numerous attacks of the US-led coalition targeting residential areas, schools, and other civilian objects both in Mosul and in other parts of the Iraqi Nineveh Governorate,” […]
According to reports, four people died Tuesday on a ride at Dreamworld theme park on the Australian Gold Coast. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Four people died Tuesday on a ride at Dreamworld theme park on the Australian Gold Coast, police confirmed after conflicting reports. “Four adults have been confirmed as being deceased,” police said, adding it […]
At least 48 police trainees were killed and over 100 were wounded in an overnight raid by militants on a police academy in southwest Pakistan, officials said. Health authorities in Balochistan province said that more than 48 had died and dozens more seriously wounded cadets from the academy outside Quetta had arrived at hospitals. They […]
