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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...
Another militant leader assassinated in «LPR»
After the killings of militant brigade commanders Mozgovoy and "Batman," another high-profile commander of the Cossack unit, Pavel Dryomov, was assassinated in the self-proclaimed “Luhansk People’s Republic,” according to one of separatist online media. A commander of the "sixth separate...
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...
EGYPTIAN BLUE HIDES IN THESE MUMMY PORTRAITS
Dusting off 15 Roman-era Egyptian mummy portraits—mostly untouched for 100 years—has revealed a 2,000-year-old surprise. Researchers discovered that the ancient artists used the pigment Egyptian blue as material for underdrawings and for modulating color—a finding never documented before. Because blue has to...
Putin says Russia supplies weapons and ammunition to Syrian rebels
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia has been supporting military actions of the Free Syrian Army against the Islamic State, providing them with arms and ammunition. The Russian president announced this during his speech at an enlarged meeting of the Defense Ministry Board, according to a posting on the president's...
U.S. General: If U.S. provides Ukraine with Javelins, Russia to beef up military presence in Donbas
If the U.S. policy changed to provide Javelins, that would probably lead to increased lethality on the battlefield for the Ukrainians, General Ben Hodges, the commanding general of U.S. Army Europe said in an interview with the Voice of America. "Obviously, we've made very clear: we want Ukraine to be able to defend...
PUGACHEVA spat in the face of PUTIN (VIDEO)
Russian singer Alla Pugacheva at the competition "New Wave", which is being held in Sochi (Russia), sang the song "Holy lie." This song is still 1984, written for the poet Diomede Kostyurin Pugacheva. But the diva decided to sing it right now. In the song, we are talking about the evil that shall lie, even...
Russia: Sergey Lazarev for Eurovision 2016?
Has Philipp Kirkorov just dropped a huge hint as to who will be singing for Russia at Eurovision 2016? During a recent news report, the outlandish, extravagant Russian singer and producer announced that Russia’s Eurovision 2016 singer was in the room. Looking at Kirkorov’s Instagram page, it seems that there’s...
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...
Russian university expels Turkish students
Several Turkish citizens cannot continue their study at the Russian Nuclear Research University (MEPI), Russian Dozhd TV Channel has reported, with reference to the representative of the Association of Turkish students in Russia Okan Yildiz. According to Yildiz, searches have been previously conducted on campus of the branch of...
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....
Golden Globes 2016: And the nominees are…
On Thursday morning, Angela Bassett, Chloe Grace Moretz, Dennis Quaid, and America Ferrera announced the nominees for the 2016 Golden Globe Awards live from Los Angeles. See below for the full list of nods. The Golden Globes, hosted by Ricky Gervais, air on NBC Jan. 10. Film Motion Picture, Drama Carol Mad Max: Fury Road The...