Zakharova: US needs alleged attack on Russian ministry website to hype up cyberwar topic
The United States needs the alleged hack of the Russian foreign ministry’s website to keep afloat the topic of the so-called Russian-US cyber war, an invention from beginning to end, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Monday. On her Facebook account, she drew attention to the fact that Sophia Shin of CNN said the television channel had learnt about the cyberattack on the Russian foreign ministry’s former...
Explosion hits southern Turkey’s Antalya
An explosion outside a chamber of commerce building in Turkey’s southern resort city of Antalya wounded several people today but the mayor said there were no life-threatening injuries and the blast may have been an accident. Turkey is on high alert after repeated bombings blamed on Islamic State and Kurdish militants this year. Authorities in the capital Ankara banned public meetings this month for fear of further attacks, and...
Twelve killed in attack in northeast Kenya
Twelve people were killed in an attack in Mandera in northeast Kenya today by suspected Islamist militants from the Somalia’s al Shabaab group, Kenyan media quoted police as saying, the latest strike in an area by the militants. Privately-owned television stations Citizen and NTV said 12 people were killed in the attack on a guest house. The privately-owned Daily Nation newspaper also gave the same death toll, quoting the head...
Attack in Iraq’s Kirkuk over, 74 IS jihadists dead
Iraqi security forces today ended an attack by the Islamic State group in Kirkuk city, killing at least 74 jihadists in three days of clashes, the provincial governor said. “The attack is over and life has returned to normal,” Najmeddin Karim, the governor of Kirkuk province, told AFP. “The security forces have killed more than 74 Daesh (IS) terrorists and detained several others, including their leader.” Karim...
Militants attack Iraq city of Kirkuk
Iraqi media said suicide bombers had attacked police stations and a power station, but that security forces repelled fighters. The so-called Islamic State group said it was behind the attack, with its fighters breaking into the town hall and taking control of a hotel. It comes as Iraqi government-led forces attempt to retake the IS stronghold of Mosul. A curfew has been imposed in Kirkuk “until further notice”, Iraqi media...
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