TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Blasts heard at the Mezzeh airbase near Damascus were caused by missile strikes targeting the base and by Syrian air defense systems responding, an official in the regional alliance supporting Damascus said on Sunday. A war monitor, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, had said the explosions resulted from Israeli air […]
A court in Cambodia sentenced Australian filmmaker James Ricketson to six years in prison for espionage Friday, prompting rights groups to slam the verdict as representative of a judicial system widely seen as beholden to Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government. Ricketson, 69, was arrested in June last year after flying a drone over a rally […]
Turkey is taking the necessary measures in response to a slide in the lira (Turkey’s currency) and is beginning to see actual results from these steps Erdogan said in a speech at a military graduation ceremony. There’s no need to be a genius to see those behind the volatility in exchange rates, it is an […]
Dozens of people have been injured after a van crashed into a crowd on a busy street in front of the Taoyuan Road District Hospital just after 11:30 a.m. local time (3:30 GMT) in Nanning, Guangxi province, China. At least one person was killed in the crash with several others severely injured, the death toll […]
At least 36 people were wounded and one person was killed when an improvised bomb exploded during a Tuesday evening fiesta at a town in the troubled southern Philippines, according to a military report from the ground. The injured included two soldiers who were guarding the local festivities in Isulan town, which is located in […]
Authorities in Macau say the city will set up a committee to monitor “threats to national security” in the city, a former Portuguese enclave that reverted to Chinese rule in 1999. The function of the committee is to provide co-ordination for the government in protecting national sovereignty, security and development, the Macau Special Administrative Region […]
According to the US Geological Survey, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 hit the eastern Indonesian province. At the moment there are no reports of damage or casualties from the earthquake. The earthquake hit at a depth of 10 km about 100 km southeast of Kupang, capital of the province of East Nusa Tenggara. […]
Men often go to great lengths to fulfill their loved ones’ wishes, but this story is a bout a guy who went to extremes to ensure that he wouldn’t have to fulfill a promise he had made to his girlfriend, while at the same time making sure that she didn’t blame him for it. Earlier […]
