Turkey’s state-run Anadolu news agency says a military operation aimed at retaking Iraq’s northern city of Mosul from Islamic State (IS) militants will begin within a few days “if there is no extraordinary development.” The report on October 14 cited Iraqi sources as well as officials who have taken part in talks between Turkey and […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – The Turkish customs authority has seized 23 trucks from the world renowned entertainment company Cirque du Soleil, following a court ruling on Tuesday, October 11, the Middle East Monitor reports. The ruling related to financial losses accrued due to a number of cancelled performances during the failed coup attempt on 15 July. Full […]
Bangladesh’s first Catholic cardinal says his nomination will enhance inter-faith harmony in the predominantly Muslim country where he has served for more than four decades, most recently as archbishop of Dhaka. Pope Francis on Sunday named Archbishop Patrick D’Rozario, 73, and 16 other archbishops as new cardinals, at the end of a special Mass at […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The counterterrorism unit of Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) state on Wednesday arrested two men in Sydney’s suburb of Bankstown, the press service of the NSW Police Force said in a statement. “The NSW Joint Counter-Terrorism Team has arrested two 17-year-old males in Bankstown this afternoon. Officers seized two knives and the […]
Bangladesh officials said Monday it had beefed up security along its southern border following an outbreak of violence in neighboring Myanmar that left nine Burmese border guards and eight alleged attackers dead a day earlier. Unknown assailants on Sunday attacked three border guard posts in the Maungdaw and Rathedaung townships, which lie in Myanmar’s troubled […]
NEW DELHI (Sputnik) – New Delhi Police Spokesperson Rajan Bhagat confirmed media reports about suspected radioactive leakage in New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport, stressing that radioactivity in the area did not exceed permissible levels, according to a statement issued on Sunday. “NDRF has confirmed that radioactivity is within the permissible limits,” the statement read. […]
TEL AVIV (Sputnik) – Israeli police neutralized a man who opened fire at a tram stop in Jerusalem, a police spokesperson said on Sunday. “The attack took place near the police headquarters. An Arab man tried to escape in a car, but he was neutralized by police special forces soldiers,” the spokesperson told RIA Novosti. […]
Ten soldiers and eight civilians have been killed in a car bomb blast near a Gendarmerie station in the southeastern Turkish town of Semdinli, local media reported. The area has seen continued fighting between Turkish forces and Kurdish militants. The death toll from the car bomb blast has risen to 18, including ten military police […]
