Deadly flash flood hits Turkish province on Black Sea coast (Photo & Video)
August 24, 2020 at 04:23 AM
Heavy rain has battered the northeastern Turkish province of Giresun and caused a flash flood overnight. The disaster has claimed at least four lives while almost a dozen people remain missing. Read More »
FSO Safer: Stricken Oil Tanker Off Yemen Coast Could Cause Explosion Dwarfing Beirut Blast
August 24, 2020 at 02:02 AM
In the wake of the deadly port explosion in Beirut, Lebanon on August 4, many in Yemen are hoping that the world, and the United States and Saudi-led Coalition, in particular, will have gained a renewed sense of urgency in working to avoid a similar disaster off the coast of Yemen in the heavily traveled Bab al-Mandab Strait, one of the worlds’ busiest international shipping lanes. Read More »
Trump Taps Esteemed Anti-Fauci Stanford Doc for COVID Team – Huge Game Changer
August 19, 2020 at 06:31 AM
The last couple of weeks have been frustrating for the sizable chunk of Trump’s base who think lockdowns, untargeted social distancing, and forcing everyone to wear masks are neither effective nor necessary responses to COVID-19 and, in fact, are a much greater menace than the virus itself. Read More »
Wuhan pool party shows China is over the Covid-19 lockdowns; the rest of the world, not so much
August 19, 2020 at 05:49 AM
The sight of partygoers in Wuhan, China piling into a water park without masks or social distancing seems like a cruel joke to nations where no measures, however disruptive, seem to be helping against the Covid-19 pandemic. Read More »
Mali President Resigns Following His Detention by Mutinying Armed Forces Officers
August 19, 2020 at 04:28 AM
On Tuesday morning, a group of officers from the Malian armed forces staged a mutiny, capturing the country’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga and reportedly taking control of the capital Bamako. Read More »
US Media Reveals American, Israeli Plans to Fight S-400s If They End Up in Iran
August 19, 2020 at 04:20 AM
On Friday, the United Nations Security Council rejected a US draft resolution to indefinitely extend the UN arms embargo against Iran, which is set to expire in October. Read More »
US ‘Deep State’ Sabotaging Taliban Peace Plan With ‘Dubious’ Bounty Leaks to the Press - Analyst
August 19, 2020 at 03:45 AM
Afghanistan has released the first 80 of its 400 remaining Taliban prisoners as part of a peace deal with the US, which is contingent on the US also withdrawing all its troops from the country. Read More »
Russian General Killed, Two Troops Injured in Roadside Blast in Syria
August 19, 2020 at 03:19 AM
The incident was said to have taken place in Deir ez-Zor province, northeastern Syria. A Russian major-general was killed and two troops were injured in Syria Tuesday after vehicles they were traveling in were hit by an improvised explosive device (IED), the Russian Ministry of Defence has announced.
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At Least 8 People Killed in Al-Shabaab Attack on Military Base in Somalia - Reports
August 18, 2020 at 05:26 AM
An attack by the Al-Shabaab radical group on a military base in the Goofgudud Burey town of Somalia's southwestern Bay region has left at least eight people killed, local media reported on Monday, citing officia Read More »
Militants Shell Localities in Syria's Aleppo Province, Russian Military Says
August 18, 2020 at 05:20 AM
The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham* terrorist group has attacked settlements in Syria's Aleppo province, Rear Admiral Alexander Shcherbitsky, the head of the Russian Defence Ministry's Centre for Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, said at a briefing. Read More »
