China has replaced four departments of the Central Military Commission (CMC) with 15 new agencies, in a move intended to make the top command of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) more flexible and efficient. The CMC is a dual organ of military control in China and is comprised of top party and military officials. It...
Mumbai police have identified 16 areas they call dangerous spots to take selfies after people were killed while trying to take the perfect picture of themselves. The locations include such major tourist attractions as Girgaum Chowpatty Beach and the Marine Dive promenade, where an 18-year-old woman slipped and drowned in the...
Footage shows the aftermath of an explosion in Sultanahmet square in central Istanbul, Turkey An explosion at Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet district, which is popular with tourists, has injured several people on Tuesday, Turkish media reports said.The cause of the explosion was not immediately known. Private NTV...
Police in the German city of Leipzig made 211 arrests after far-right supporters vandalised buildings and burned vehicles on the fringes of an "anti-Islamisation" rally. The unrest came as thousands of activists protested peacefully. They blame Germany's record influx of refugees for sexual violence against women...
American action hero Steven Seagal has been granted Serbian citizenship, the country’s official state newspaper reported on Monday. A decree granting Seagal Serbian citizenship was signed by the country’s Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on January 8. The decision came after the famous actor and producer made...
Demonstrations attended by hundreds of people celebrating the one-year anniversary of right-wing PEGIDA’s local Leipzig branch were marred by violence, as dozens of hooligans thrashed foreign-owned shops, while massive counter-protests were staged nearby. Dozens of “neo-nationalist” rioters were arrested by...
North Korea claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb, but experts question the force of the blast North Korea's announcement that it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb this week has provoked outrage virtually everywhere else in the world, but there's also considerable doubt as to whether the claims are legitimate. The...
Assi Ali Mohammed Nasser al-Obeidi, the second deputy of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed during an Iraqi air force strike in the city of Barwana, just east of Haditha, the Iraqi military said Saturday, CNN reported. Assi Ali Mohammed Nasser al-Obeidi was a top ISIS military commander in western Iraq and eastern...
Obama has been stagnant when it comes to the fight against ISIS. That’s why the military is now largely being led by its leadership who are gung-ho about beating back the ISIS scourge and hitting them wherever they live. Not only that, but as ISIS grows stronger because of social media, they also grow larger because of...
In his first book as Pope, Francis has described the Church as a “field hospital” offering people “first aid.” The pontiff also spoke of his “special relations” with people in prison and the need for the Church to show compassion to homosexuals. “I like to use the image of a field...
In a massive protest against controversial airport construction outside the western French city of Nantes, up to 20,000 demonstrators blocked roads, demanding the reversal of the city’s plan to expand the air hub by forcefully evicting locals. Halting traffic on the Nantes ring road using dozens of tractors and blocking...
At least four people have been killed in a missile strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres medical facility in Yemen, a spokesman has confirmed. The organization “strongly condemns this,” while adding that 10 people have been injured in the attack. The facility, which was hit by a rocket on Sunday, is in Razeh in the...