Kyiv, Ukraine – Igor Kirillov, the 54-year-old general who led Russia’s nuclear security forces, was killed just a day after Ukrainian intelligence accused him of ordering the use of banned chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops. On Tuesday, an explosive hidden in a scooter parked outside a Moscow apartment building blew up Kirillov and his assistant….
Winter used to be a favorite season in Gaza. It was believed to bring “Khair” and “Baraka” – goodness and blessings. Children and adults alike were waiting for the arrival of cold weather to get relief from the heat. When the rain finally came, children would happily run into the streets and sing “Shatti ya…
Authorities say at least eight people died when the driver lost control of the boat while trying to escape. At least eight refugees and migrants drowned off the coast of Greece after coast guards chased the boat they were on in the Aegean Sea. A speedboat capsized while attempting to escape from a Greek patrol…
Boeing 777 flight MH370, carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew, disappeared on March 8, 2014 while en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to resume the search for the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries, the country’s transport minister announced….
102 refugees, including 25 children, were evacuated to Trincomalee, Sri Lanka’s eastern port. More than 100 Rohingya refugees from war-torn Myanmar have been rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy while adrift on a fishing trawler off the Indian Ocean island nation, and brought to safe port. A navy spokesman said on Friday that 102 people,…
Islamabad, Pakistan – When Hassan Ali fell into the icy waters of the Mediterranean Sea, he thought about both of his children – about their smiles, their embrace and his hopes for their future. Then he remembered others from his small village in Pakistan’s Punjab province who had dreamed of going to Europe and wondered…
The situation as of Friday, December 20 is as follows: fighting A Russian missile attack in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region killed three people and injured three others, national police said. It said more than 10 houses were damaged in the attack. The Russian Defense Ministry said Ukraine launched six United States-made long-range ATACMS missiles and…
Mangione faces new federal charges in the US that carry the possibility of the death penalty. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson, has appeared in a New York court to face new federal charges including murder and stalking. Mangione was arraigned on Thursday following his transfer from Pennsylvania to…
The US House of Representatives rejects spending bill as the US moves closer to a partial government shutdown. The United States House of Representatives has rejected a spending bill backed by President-elect Donald Trump, raising the possibility of a partial government shutdown as millions of Americans prepare to travel during the holiday season. The bill…
The Pentagon says additional forces had been in Syria for ‘some time’, before the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, though they were not publicly disclosed. After years of telling the public that the United States had about 900 troops in Syria, the Pentagon has revealed that there are about 2,000 troops there – double the…
