Head of the Information Resistance Group and MP Dmytro Tymchuk reports that the combined Russian-separatist forces are actively strengthening their tactical groups "Trucks with ammunition – 10-15 vehicles per day – arrive in Horlivka. Armored vehicles (four BMP-1, BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicles and two...
ISIS in Afghanistan, Trailer The viciousness with which the self-proclaimed Islamic State has treated journalists is, sadly, well ingrained. In August 2014, the terrorist group that has claimed responsibility for last Friday’s horrific attack on Paris posted a video online showing the beheading of kidnapped...
From a history of gems to an account of the raid on Entebbe, the memoir of a sketch artist to a linguistic history of Europe, make shelf space for these, writes Jane Ciabattari. James Lee Burke, House of the Rising Sun Burke, named a ‘grand master’ by the Mystery Writers of America and winner of two Edgar awards, is...
In a speech during a visit to Baku, Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu again defended Turkey's action, declaring that his country cannot be "brought to its knees" by Russian economic sanctions imposed in response to Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane, according to the Associated Press. "Those...
Moscow's top intelligence agency has warned that 10 Syrians linked to the Islamic State group have entered Thailand to target Russians, the kingdom's police said Friday, according to AFP. A leaked letter, marked "top secret" and "urgent" and signed by the deputy head of Thailand's special branch,...
Germany's parliament has voted overwhelmingly to join the 60-nation combat mission against the "Islamic State" (IS) militia in regions of Syria and Iraq, according to Deutsche Welle. Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition used its majority in the Bundestag on Friday to approve the deployment of up to 1,200...
A friend and personal cosmetologist of Zhanna Friske Oksana Stepanova helps to educate the son of the late singer Platon. But the father of Friske Vladimir Kopylov claims that Stepanova and Dmitry Shepelev are secret lovers. Dmitry Shepelev brought into the house a new woman. It's Oksana Stepanova, who used...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi says Baghdad has not requested a deployment of foreign soldiers and the sending of combat forces into its territory would be considered a "hostile act," according to Radio Liberty. Abadi's comments on December 3 come one day after the United States announced it will deploy at...
They are buildings in which to teach and learn – but they can be magnificent too. Jonathan Glancey discusses some of the most stunning seats of learning. Nancie Atwell, American winner of the inaugural Global Teacher Prize, was in London in early November where she put across her simple, resonant message: children are...
Secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Oleksandr Turchynov said that Ukraine is studying the use of Russian combat aircraft in Syria in order to be prepared to defend the state from Russian airstrikes. Turchynov noted in his interview with the Ukrainian TV Channel 5 that Ukraine is highly concerned...
Soccer bosses from across South and Central America were among 16 people charged on Thursday with multimillion-dollar bribery schemes for marketing and broadcast rights, in a dismantling of a Latin American soccer network by U.S. prosecutors, Reuters has reported. Court documents showed that the heads of the CONMEBOL and...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday vowed that the Turkish leadership would be made to regret the downing of one of Moscow's warplanes, as Ankara presented its condolences for the death of a Russian pilot in the incident, according to AFP. Moscow announced a halt to talks on a major gas pipeline with NATO member...