Newsline Six French tourists killed by gunmen in Niger giraffe reserve
August 10, 2020 at 07:53 AM
A group of French tourists along with their local tour guide and driver have been shot and killed by gunmen in Niger. French President Emmanuel Macron's officer confirmed the deaths of the French citizens. Read More »
Lebanon's President Not Ruling Out External Interference in Beirut Blast By Missile or Bomb Attack
August 10, 2020 at 05:51 AM
A massive explosion ripped through Lebanon's capital Beirut late on 4 August, leaving hundreds killed and thousands injured and causing devastating damage to the city. Read More »
US Will Reduce Troops in Afghanistan to 'Less Than 5,000', Esper Says
August 10, 2020 at 02:50 AM
President Donald Trump earlier announced that the United States would reduce its military presence in Afghanistan to around 4,000 by November. Read More »
Deadly Beirut Blast Carved Out 43-Metre Crater, Packed the Punch of a 3.3 Earthquake
August 10, 2020 at 02:31 AM
Days after the deadly explosion in Beirut that killed over 150 people and transformed the bustling city into a pile of rubble, reports have traced the origin of the ammonium nitrate, implicated in the blast and stored at a port warehouse, to a vessel that docked there years ago, “The Rhosus”. Read More »
Militants Shell 8 Towns in Syria's Idlib, Aleppo Provinces, Russian Military Says
August 10, 2020 at 02:17 AM
Syrian militants from the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* terrorist group shelled eight towns in the northwestern Idlib and Aleppo provinces, the head of Russia's Syria reconciliation centre said Saturday. Read More »
False Alarm: Rocket Sirens Sound in Northern Israel Near Lebanon Border
August 07, 2020 at 07:13 AM
Earlier, the Israeli air force struck facilities reportedly controlled by Hamas in the Gaza Strip after several explosive balloons had been launched from the Palestinian enclave. Read More »
Hiroshima Denial is Terror
August 07, 2020 at 07:10 AM
Those who deny history, or who are oblivious, are apt to repeat it. That is the frightening, perhaps most disturbing aspect of the 75th anniversary this week of the American atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Read More »
Human Rights Activists Claim China's Strong Influence on Censorship in Hollywood
August 07, 2020 at 05:22 AM
The American branch of the free speech literary community PEN has published a 94-page report on China's impact on Hollywood films. Read More »
US imposes sanctions on individuals & company ‘contributing to instability in Libya’
August 07, 2020 at 03:17 AM
Washington on Thursday imposed sanctions on three individuals and a Malta-based company, accusing them of acting as a network of smugglers and of contributing to instability in Libya. Read More »
NATO’s appalling failure in Afghanistan has fuelled a drug explosion across Europe
August 06, 2020 at 08:48 AM
I recently spent 12 months in Kabul as an adviser on policing. After seventeen years of NATO’s mission to bring peace and security, it’s sad to say that the country’s probably in a worse state than ever. Read More »
