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At least 20 dead in Pakistan clothes market blast
At least 20 people were killed and dozens others wounded on Sunday in a blast at a used clothes market in Kurram Agency's Parachinar area, Pakistan, according to Pakistan's English-language newspaper Dawn. Hospital sources told DawnNews that 55 people were injured as a result of the blast out of which more than 15...
Two Syrians arrested in Geneva on suspicion of terror links — BBC
Two people of Syrian origin have been arrested in Geneva on suspicion of making, concealing and transporting explosives, the Swiss attorney general says, according to BBC News. The two are also suspected of violating a law prohibiting groups such as al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State (IS), according to the statment, BBC...
Saudi bombs unlawfully targeting Yemen schools – Amnesty
Saudi Arabian airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen have deliberately targeted schools, killing students and making education impossible for many children, a new report from Amnesty International suggests. Published on Friday, the report claims 34 percent of Yemeni children have not been to school since the conflict began...
Interpol puts Russian IS militant on wanted list
A 28-year-old Russian citizen Anatoly Zemlyanka, who is considered to be an IS militant and appears in the video of execution of another Russian citizen, has been put in the international wanted list, according to the official website of Interpol. According to the report, Zemlyanka has been declared wanted at the request of the...
Ukrainian media reveals identity of sabotage group’s leader killed in Kyiv raid
A suspected leader of a sabotage group killed in an anti-terror raid in Kyiv on Wednesday was a 50-year-old resident of Donetsk, known under an alias Oleh Muzhchyl or Serhiy Amirov, according to news portal news.liga.net. He was reported to have been infiltrated into the Right Sector organization, but expelled some time later....
Export control official detained for extorting $250,000 bribe, — Presidential Spokesman Tseholko
The detention of a senior official was reported to president Poroshenko by SBU Head Vasyl Hrytsak. Presidential press secretary Sviatoslav Tseholko wrote in Facebook. "SBU Head Vasyl Hrytsak has informed the president about the detention of one of the leaders of the State Export Control Service for extorting a bribe of...
No one brought to justice for killing of Maidan protestors – UN report
Although the involvement of senior officials in the killing of protestors has been confirmed, no one has been brought to justice so far, as well as for the death of 48 people during the violence of May 2, 2014 in Odesa, according to a UN Human Rights report released on December 9. "Accountability has yet to be achieved for...
DW: Migrant boat sinks in Turkish waters, six children dead
Six children died and eight other people were rescued on Tuesday when a small boat carrying them across the sea from Turkey to Greece capsized in strong winds and high waves, according to Deutsche Welle. The Turkish coastguard responded to a distress signal sent at midnight on Monday and found the bodies of six children,...
Coalition denies air strike on Syrian army camp: media
Coalition spokesman Colonel Steve Warren denied it was responsible for the incident following the Syrian Foreign Ministry's condemnation of "aggression" which "blatantly violates the objectives of the UN Charter," accoding to BBC News. "We've seen those Syrian reports but we did not conduct any...
California shooters likely planned multiple attacks — U.S. official
U.S. investigators are increasingly convinced the California shooters planned multiple attacks, given their stockpile of weapons, and are looking at whether the Pakistani woman involved radicalized her American husband, officials said on Sunday, according to an exclusive report by Reuters. Investigators believe the weapons...
32 workers die after fire on Azeri oil platform
Thirty-two workers have died after an offshore oil platform operated by Azerbaijan's state energy company SOCAR caught fire in the Caspian Sea, the head of an independent committee said on Saturday, according to Reuters. SOCAR declined repeated requests for comment from Reuters. "According to our information, 32...
How women, who have had relations with Nazis, were punished (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
After the liberation of German-occupied territories of European countries, thousands of women who are in relationships with German soldiers and officers were subject to humiliating and brutal executions of their fellow citizens. Especially popular such breaches were the French. After years of occupation, many vented their anger...