US State Department “was aware” of Suicide bombing near US consulate in Saudi??!
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the United States consulate in Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea city of Jeddah in the early hours of today, the interior ministry said. For its part, the US State Department also said it was aware of the explosion in Jeddah and it was working with Saudi authorities to collect more information. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. On the 4th of July Security officers...
Putin: Recession in Russia is more or less over
During his address at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF-2016), Russian President Vladimir Putin said that “Structural problems in the global economy have not been overcome,” adding that “it hasn’t been possible to restart growth just yet.” While saying that the “current tense geopolitical situation is mainly related to economic challenges”, Putin also mentioned that he...
Six killed, 15 wounded in suicide bombing north of Baghdad
Six people were killed, including four soldiers, and 15 were wounded on Saturday (4 June) when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest near an army checkpoint in Tarmiya, a town just north of Baghdad, police and medical sources said. The bombing comes as the Iraqi army tries to capture Falluja, a stronghold of Islamic State west of the capital. Several bombings have hit Baghdad since the offensive on Falluja started on May 23....
Signals detected from EgyptAir black box
A French navy vessel equipped with deep-water listening devices has detected signals from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir plane that crashed in the Mediterranean, investigators said on Wednesday (Jun 1). It is expected to be at least another week before an underwater robot can recover the two flight recorders of the Airbus A320 that went down with 66 people aboard en route from Paris to Cairo on May 19. A digital flight data...
Turkey’s Erdogan accuses Russia of arming PKK militants – newspaper
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has accused Russia of providing anti-aircraft weaponry and rockets to militants of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), the pro-government Star newspaper and other local media reported on Monday. Speaking to reporters on board his airplane after a visit to the southeastern province of Diyarbakir over the weekend, Erdogan accused Moscow of transferring weaponry to the PKK via Iraq and Syria, the...
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