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Emad for it: Iran unveils underground ballistic rocket launch site
06 января, 2016
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Emad for it: Iran unveils underground ballistic rocket launch site

The Islamic Republic has publicly presented a second launch site of its first-ever guided ballistic missile, Emad. The UN Security Council last month concluded that Emad could carry a nuclear payload, and violates a 2010 resolution. Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani was seen touring the new facility, operated by the elite...

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Google Translate turns Russia into ‘Mordor’
06 января, 2016
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Google Translate turns Russia into ‘Mordor’

A glitch in the Google Translate service saw Russia turning into the grim and rotten land of ‘Mordor’ from J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” when translated from Ukrainian to Russian, proving that a “fully automated” algorithm can’t always be trusted. Numerous screenshots of...

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North Korea claims fully successful ‘miniaturized hydrogen bomb’ test
06 января, 2016
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North Korea claims fully successful ‘miniaturized hydrogen bomb’ test

In a “special and important” announcement at noon, North Korean TV claimed that the country has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test at 10:00am local time. “Through the test conducted with indigenous wisdom, technology and efforts the DPRK fully proved that the technological specifications of the newly...

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Militants fire 20 times at Ukrainian positions overnight
05 января, 2016
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Militants fire 20 times at Ukrainian positions overnight

Pro-Russian illegal armed groups opened fire 20 times in the direction of Ukrainian forces, twice the amount of attacks recorded the previous day, as reported by the press center of the ATO. From 18:00 yesterday until midnight, the militants were most active in the area of the Donetsk airport. "They opened chaotic fire...

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Reuters: Hezbollah targets Israeli army with bomb, Israel shells south Lebanon
05 января, 2016
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Reuters: Hezbollah targets Israeli army with bomb, Israel shells south Lebanon

Hezbollah set off a bomb targeting Israeli forces at the Lebanese border on Monday in an apparent response to the killing in Syria last month of a prominent commander, triggering Israeli shelling of southern Lebanon, according to Reuters. Israel has struck its Iran-backed Shi'ite enemy Hezbollah in Syria several times,...

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Intensity of Russian proxies’ attacks on Ukraine goes down to 10 per day
05 января, 2016
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Intensity of Russian proxies’ attacks on Ukraine goes down to 10 per day

The combined Russian-separatist forces attacked positions of the Ukrainian army participating in the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in eastern Ukraine 10 times in the past day, according to the ATO press center. "Since the beginning of Monday, militants tried 10 times to provoke ATO forces into violating the full...

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Al Jazeera: Denmark and Sweden tighten border control
04 января, 2016
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Al Jazeera: Denmark and Sweden tighten border control

Denmark has introduced temporary controls along its border with Germany, just hours after Sweden took similar measures to check the flow of refugees, according to Al Jazeera. Sweden began checking documents of travelers from Denmark on Monday for the first time in half a century, causing delays of trains and frustration among...

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Ukraine intel spots militant MBTs, self-propelled guns near Makyivka, Mospine
04 января, 2016
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Ukraine intel spots militant MBTs, self-propelled guns near Makyivka, Mospine

The overall situation in the zone of the Anti-Terrorist Operation remains difficult, according to the Main Intelligence Division of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. "The enemy attacked 11 times using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, of which five attacks were on Troitske, Luhanske, Novhorodske (Slaviansk...

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Holiday «ceasefire» breached again as militants fire rocket-propelled grenades, small arms
04 января, 2016
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Holiday «ceasefire» breached again as militants fire rocket-propelled grenades, small arms

The Russian-backed militants attacked the Ukrainian positions eleven times in the past day, according to the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO). In the late hours of Sunday, the militants led aimed fire from small arms and rocket-propelled grenades on Ukrainian positions in the area of Shyrokyne, located not far...

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Spain to patrol Baltic States’ airspace in 2016
03 января, 2016
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Spain to patrol Baltic States’ airspace in 2016

Four Spanish Eurofighter Typhoon jets will begin patrolling the Baltic states' skies in 2016 as part of the rotating NATO mission, according to Delfi, the major online news media in the Baltic States. A Spanish contingent with four Eurofighter Typhoons will be stationed in Lithuania, marking the third time for the Spanish...

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Occupied Donbas arms Middle East
03 января, 2016
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Occupied Donbas arms Middle East

The occupied areas of Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine have ceased to be just a subject of Kremlin pressure on the official Kyiv. There are indications showing that this de facto no man's land, held by the Russian proxies, has turned into an industrial park and logistics center for the illegal production and smuggling...

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7 killed in gun battle after terrorists storm Indian airbase near Pakistani border
02 января, 2016
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7 killed in gun battle after terrorists storm Indian airbase near Pakistani border

An hours-long gun battle raged at India’s Pathankot Air Base in the northern Punjab state after armed men stormed the facility. Three Indian troops were confirmed dead, and four terrorists were killed in the shootout with Indian security forces. The operation to secure the base has now ended with all the terrorists dead,...

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