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Video shows chaos after explosion in Istanbul square
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...
At least 10 killed, 15 wounded in suicide bombing near tourists on central Istanbul square – media
At least 10 people have been killed and 15 injured on a historic central square in Istanbul, Turkish authorities said. Local media reported that a suicide bomber blew himself up near a group of tourists. Dogan reported that one of three injured foreigners is from Germany and the two others are from Norway. #Sultanahmet meydan...
Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike — report
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country. The clinic which came under fire is in the Swadi district of Yemen’s...
North Korea claims it detonated a hydrogen bomb, but experts question the force of the blast (VIDEO)
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...
Hospital in Yemen hit by Saudi-led airstrike — report
An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a hospital in central Yemen on Monday, a state news agency reported. The alleged incident comes a day after Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said a missile killed four people at one of its clinics in the country. The clinic which came under fire is in the Swadi district of...
4 killed in missile strike on Medicins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen
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...
US releases video it says shows Iranian rockets fired near American aircraft carrier
The US Navy has released footage purportedly showing the Iranian Navy firing unguided rockets in the strategic Strait of Hormuz near the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier and other Western warships and commercial vessels. The 45-second black and white video shot from a Seahawk helicopter reportedly shows “fast inshore...
Sean Penn interview helped catch notorious Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’
An interview the Hollywood actor Sean Penn had with Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman helped authorities re-capture the Mexican drug kingpin, it has emerged. In the talk, published in Rolling Stone on Saturday, Guzman said he had sent tunnel engineers to Germany for training before his truly movie-like escape through a...
N. Korea demonstrates new submarine ballistic missile test (VIDEO)
North Korea has released a video showing what the country claims to be a successful submarine-launched ballistic missile test last month. It comes two days after Pyongyang claimed to have tested its newly developed miniaturized hydrogen bomb. As part of an almost an hour long package into N. Korean military preparedness,...
Foreign tourists stabbed & slashed in attack on Egyptian resort of Hurghada
Two armed attackers have stormed a hotel in the Red Sea city of Hurghada, one of Egypt’s most popular tourist resorts, wounding at least three foreign tourists. The assailants were neutralized by security forces. The Egyptian Health Ministry said that three foreign tourists – two Austrians and one Swede – were...
ISIS knife-wielding man shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ shot dead in Paris on Charlie Hebdo anniversary
Police in Paris have shot a man dead who tried to enter a police station armed with a knife, shouting “Allahu Akbar.” The man was found to be carrying a cellphone and a paper with an Islamic State flag, the Paris prosecutor says. The man was carrying a butcher's knife and wore a fake explosive vest, AP reported....
At least 65 killed in bomb attack on Libya police training center
A truck rigged with explosives crashed into a police training camp in Zliten, Libya, on Thursday, killing dozens and injuring up to 200, according to various sources. At least 65 people were killed, Reuters reported citing hospital sources. Civilians were among the casualties who were transferred to a hospital in nearby...