Russia and China have strong military ties, as exemplified by a recent series of joint exercises in the Ural Mountains, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday. “We have been successfully collaborating in the military and technical sphere,” Putin said at a meeting with Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi. “Exercises between our armed units testify to […]
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(RFE/RL) — An assembly representing the Serb minority in Kosovo has voted unanimously to boycott upcoming EU-backed local elections, despite pressure from the Serbian government. On August 16, all 91 members of the Interim Assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo-Metohija voted in favor of a resolution that said the election planned for November 3 […]
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By İhsan Yağmur Şimşek Two days ago at 16.00, a one-month long state of emergency was declared by the Junta administration that came to power in July 3rd. in Egypt through a military coup. Then security forces initiated violent assault on anti-coup protesters. The army had previously issued a warning that it may employ violence […]
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JTW team has conducted an extensive interview with USAK Expert Mehmet Yegin on the increasing crisis in Egypt appeared after coup. By Erkut Çakmak, Yavuz Yener and Büşra Nur Özgüler How would you describe these events which started almost two months ago and have continued until today? We should look at these events as a […]
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The death toll from a collision between a cargo ship and a passenger ferry off the waters of the central Philippines rose to 17 on Friday, the coast guard said. Emergency workers rescued 575 passengers from the sea off Talisay City in Cebu province, 580 kilometres south of Manila, where the MV Saint Thomas of […]
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By Nazim Fethi Former Algerian Energy Minister Chekib Khelil, his wife and his two sons were charged in the “Sonatrach 2″ corruption case and international warrants were issued for their arrest two weeks ago. Court of Algiers Prosecutor-General Belkacem Zoghmati unveiled the indictment on Monday (August 12th). The charges relate to corruption, money-laundering, irregularities in […]
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By Erl Murati Albanian officials hope that the new law on the illegal possession of weapons will lead to a lower violent crime rate. The new penal code, which came into law in June, increases the sentence for people convicted of illegal possession of weapons from three years maximum to three to eight years in […]
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The U.S. for the first time is acknowledging the location of a secretive aerial surveillance test site that conspiracy theorists have long claimed might be the home for extraterrestrials who have invaded the country. In declassified documents disclosed this week, the Central Intelligence Agency showed a map of the remote Area 51 site in the […]
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange praised United States Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and his father, Dr. Ron Paul, during an interview Friday in which he said the family has been among the biggest supporters his whistleblowing group has in Congress. Speaking from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, Assange said during a live-streamed question-and-answer session that he […]
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Egyptian police arrested 1004 alleged supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood throughout a day of nationwide deadly clashes, the interior ministry said in a statement early Saturday. “The number of Muslim Brotherhood elements arrested reached 1004,” the statement said, including 558 in Cairo alone. The clashes on Friday killed more than 100 people, according to officials […]
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(EurActiv) — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, an outspoken supporter of Egypt’s ousted President Mohamed Morsi, lashed out at the European Union for remaining idle despite massacres in Egypt, Syria and the Palestinian territories. At a press conference held at Ankara airport before his departure for Turkmenistan yesterday (15 August), Erdoğan said democracy throughout […]
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Guwahati-based scribes and patriotic citizens have once again shown their defiance to the militant’s diktat on India’s 67th Independence Day with unfurling the National flag in a festive atmosphere. As declared in advance, the nationalistic scribe and citizens paid homage to hundred thousand martyrs of India’s Freedom Struggle on August 15 saluting the Tricolour in […]
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More than 60 people were killed across Egypt on Friday in clashes between pro-Muslim Brotherhood protesters and security forces, according to tolls from witnesses, security sources and the health ministry. An AFP correspondent counted at least 19 bodies in one Cairo mosque, while eyewitnesses at a second mosque said more than 20 bodies of protesters […]
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sympathized with Egyptians over the military’s brutality against protesters, urging the army to stop its heavy-handed crackdown on the Egyptian people. “I have to offer my condolences to the great Egyptian nation over brutalities they have suffered, and sympathize with them,” Rouhani said. Rouhani further noted that the Egyptian nation […]
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Jamaican sprinting superstar Usain Bolt won his third straight world 200 meter gold medal with a solid run in Moscow on Saturday. Bolt, who is also the Olympic champion and world record holder for the discipline, won in a time of 19.66 seconds, the fastest time of any sprinter this year but shy of the […]
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Pakistan’s government should revoke its decision to resume executions and renew its moratorium on the death penalty, Human Rights Watch and the International Commission of Jurists said in a joint letter to the Pakistani government today. “After a five-year unofficial moratorium on executions, Pakistan’s new government has said it intends to resume the heinous practice […]
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Google has blocked Microsoft’s latest YouTube app for Windows Phone, claiming that it violates its terms of use, Digital Spy said. The two companies had collaborated on a HTML5 application, but the web giant claims that the Redmond company has failed to make the necessary browser upgrades. “Microsoft has not made the browser upgrades necessary […]
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Oscar Pistorius will be charged with premeditated murder on Monday, August 19 and the double-amputee Olympian will go on trial in early 2014, about a year after shooting dead his girlfriend, prosecutors said. In a sombre twist, Pistorius will be indicted on the day the woman he killed, Reeva Steenkamp, would have celebrated her 30th […]
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By J. C. Suresh President Barack Obama is coming under growing pressure at home to order “an immediate suspension” of military aid to Egypt and work with the United Nations, the African Union and other international institutions as well as Europe and Arab countries to put concerted pressure on the Egyptian military government to reverse […]
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In this week’s address, President Obama said we are on the way to fully implementing the Affordable Care Act and helping millions of Americans. Unfortunately, a group of Republicans in Congress are working to confuse people and are even suggesting they will shut down the government if they cannot shut down the health care law. […]
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