Three Pakistani Taliban leaders have reportedly been killed by a joint Afghan and NATO air strike in the Laman area of Afghanistan’s Paktika Province, Pakistani security sources say. Sources told RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal on September 25 that Raees Khan, also known as Azam Tariq, a spokesman for the Khan Said group of the Tehrik-e Taliban […]
A powerful 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan some 230km southeast of the country’s capital, Tokyo, at a depth of 10km on Thursday night, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported on its website. Japan’s Meteorological Agency reported that the earthquake “has caused no damage to Japan,” while adding that “slight sea-level changes in coastal regions” may be […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Russian rescuers in Moscow have found the bodies of eight firefighters in the remains of a large warehouse that was engulfed by fire late on Thursday, September 22, according to BBC News. The victims are thought to have been conducting a search inside the building when its roof collapsed. Earlier, they had managed […]
Indonesian authorities said Thursday they had detained a ship in Bali and seized its unauthorized cargo of about 30 tons of fertilizer that could be used to make explosives. The cargo of ammonium nitrate – the same material used in the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people – likely was intended for use as […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Less than half the estimated 450 migrants believed to be on a boat that capsized off the Egyptian coast have been rescued, the country’s military said, according to CNN. The vessel had set off from Egypt and was heading for Italy when it was found 12 nautical miles northeast of the town of […]
Activists in Myanmar have expressed outrage at a high-profile case of two teenage maids who were tortured and abused by their employers and what they view as an improper response by the country’s human rights commission. Ma San Kay Khaing, 17, and Ma Tha Zin, 16, endured five years of brutal physical abuse by a […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – A man carrying a knife approached Israel’s embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Wednesday, September 21 and was shot in the leg after trying to attack a local police officer, The Jerusalem Post reports. According to the Foreign Ministry, none of the Israelis at the embassy were involved or hurt in […]
Video evidence obtained by Sputnik proves that Syrian militant groups did violate the latest ceasefire agreement by sporadically shelling the government forces. The Syrian army and its allies continue to maintain control along the eastern border of Latakia province, keeping their forces out of reach of the militants’ heavy artillery. Sputnik news agency was able […]
