Haze from thousands of peatland and timber fires in Indonesia last year may lead to as many as 100,000 deaths, U.S. researchers claimed in a report issued Monday. Scientists from Harvard and Columbia universities used new analytical tools, satellite observations, and population information to locate the source of fires, gauge the toxicity of emissions and […]
A false hijacking alarm caused a Saudi Arabian Airlines plane to be isolated at an airport in Manila, the Philippines, according to an airline spokesman. The incident, which is now over, took place after the pilot said the aircraft was under threat. The plane, identified as SVA 872, landed at Manila airport at 3pm local […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin comfortably won a parliamentary election, early results showed on Monday, September 19, but low turnout suggested a softening of enthusiasm for the ruling elite 18 months before the next presidential election, Reuters reports. The ruling United Russia party won 51 percent in Sunday’s election, according to a […]
“Five or six” US special forces troops had to withdraw from the town of al-Rai on Syria’s border with Turkey, after allies from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) had driven them out, calling them “infidels” and “crusaders,” several media outlets have reported. The Turkish military, which last month openly crossed the Syrian border to fight […]
The Pentagon said the coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) extremist group has killed a top leader who was considered to the militants’ “information minister.” Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said on September 16 that Wa’il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, also known as “Dr. Wa’il,” was killed in a precision strike on September 7 near the […]
PanARMENIAN.Net – Turkish authorities detained four people in an investigation into a potential threat against British and German diplomatic missions but found no links to any terrorist groups, the state-run Anadolu Agency said on Friday, September 16, according to Reuters. The investigation was prompted by intelligence about a potential Islamic State plot against the missions, […]
The death toll in a suicide bomber attack on a mosque in northwestern Pakistan rose to 25, a regional official said, with 30 wounded during the attack on a packed mosque. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A suicide bomber detonated himself in a mosque in northern Pakistan, causing casualties among the people attending Friday prayers, local media […]
Debris found on the island of Pemba off the coast of Tanzania in June has been confirmed to be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Kuala Lumpur announced on Thursday. This most recently found piece of wreckage connected with the doomed jet was discovered by three locals, who passed it on to independent investigator Blaine […]
