Lion Air Awaits Result of Indonesia Govt Audit of Plans to Buy Boeing 737 MAX 10
November 07, 2018 at 10:20 AM
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Indonesian Lion Air airline is waiting for results of the Transportation Ministry’s audit of its earlier plans to purchase 50 Boeing 737 MAX 10 aircraft, following the recent plane crash, Lion Air Group Managing Director Daniel Putut said. Read More »
Khashoggi's Body Dismembered, Transported in Five Suitcases – Turkish Media
November 06, 2018 at 02:31 PM
The Saudi prosecutor-general acknowledged last week that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was premediated, while the Istanbul prosecutor said that his corpse had been dismembered and destroyed after he was strangled inside the Saudi Consulate General. Read More »
Iconic Palestinian protester shot in Gaza – reports
November 06, 2018 at 02:28 PM
Multiple reports from Gaza say that the 20-year-old protester photographed last month with a slingshot and a Palestinian flag was among those injured by Israeli troops in the most recent protests. Read More »
US-led coalition bombs Syrian town with banned white phosphorus munitions – state media
November 06, 2018 at 02:25 PM
The US-led coalition has reportedly targeted a Syrian town in the province of Deir ez-Zor with white phosphorus bombs. The coalition has been repeatedly accused of deploying banned munitions, yet it denies its involvement. Read More »
New giant dinosaur species unearthed in Argentina
November 06, 2018 at 10:45 AM
Three well-preserved specimens of a new gigantic dinosaur species, named Lavocatisaurus agrioensis, have been discovered by a multinational team of scientists in the Argentine province of Neuquén. Read More »
Erdogan: Saudi King Didn't Order Khashoggi Hit, but 'Highest Levels' of Govt Did
November 06, 2018 at 10:40 AM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday in a Washington Post op-ed that "we know that the order to kill [Jamal] Khashoggi came from the highest levels of the Saudi government." Read More »
After 17 years of war, top US commander in Afghanistan admits Taliban cannot be defeated
November 04, 2018 at 09:45 AM
The Afghanistan war cannot be won militarily and peace will only be achieved through a political resolution with the Taliban, the newly-appointed American general in charge of US and NATO operations has conceded. Read More »
World’s first sex robot resort lets customers pay to take bots' ‘virginity’
November 03, 2018 at 08:25 AM
As sex robots take over the world’s oldest profession, robot brothel madams must set themselves apart. In California, the world’s only ‘consent-focused robot brothel’ will let customers pay to take a sex robot’s “virginity.” Read More »
Enormous 1.1kg emerald found worth an estimated $2.5mn (PHOTOS)
November 02, 2018 at 07:29 PM
A giant and extremely rare emerald worth an estimated £2 million ($2,549,954) has been discovered at a mine in Zambia. The gemstone is a whopping 5,655 carats. Read More »
Over 120 civilians killed by US-led coalition airstrikes in Syria in 1 month – Russian military
November 02, 2018 at 07:18 PM
Scores of civilians have been killed in the past month as a result of indiscriminate US-led coalition strikes in eastern Syria, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. Read More »
