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Egypt’s President Sisi defends sweeping security laws
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has defended Egypt's sweeping security laws, insisting he is still taking the country on a path to democracy, according to the BBC. Ahead of a visit to the UK, Sisi told the BBC that Egypt was threatened by extremist groups and feared the collapses suffered by its neighbors. He underlined that...
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Milley: I see Russia as aggressive
U.S. Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley says that the situation with Russia is becoming more serious and sees Russia as aggressive. "The situation with Russia is, in my mind, serious and growing more serious. I see Russia as aggressive, not just assertive. They attacked Georgia, they illegally seized the Crimea, they...
New photo shows the expansive dunes of Saturn’s strange, hazy moon Titan
Saturn's largest moon Titan is a hazy, cold and complicated world complete with lakes of liquid methane and ethane, a nitrogen-rich atmosphere and even hydrocarbon dunes. Titan's fields of dunes cover an area about the size of the United States, according to NASA. An image taken in July 2015 by the Cassini spacecraft...
Russian proxies attack gov’t roadblock, three Ukrainian troops wounded
At 15:00 Kyiv time the militants shelled a government-controlled roadblock outside Triokhizbenka from an automatic grenade launcher, wounding three soldiers from the 92nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, according to the press service of the Luhansk regional military-civilian administration. Two of the wounded troops received...
Syrian oppo starts cooperating with Russia
Russia’s Defense Ministry and the leaders of the Syrian opposition set up coordinating group for joint cooperation against the Islamic State terrorists in Syria, Col.-Gen. Andrey Kartapolov, chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff, said on Tuesday, according to RIA Novosti. "We have set up...
This Bearded Bride Will Change the Way You Perceive Beauty (PHOTO)
Harnaam Kaur is changing what it means to be beautiful, and it's not because she has #eyebrownsonfleek and creative nail art. It's because of her empowering words (and her beard) that the 24-year-old is making waves across social media. Born with polycystic ovary syndrome, a hormonal disorder that causes a woman to have...
Russian proxies fire small arms on ATO forces near Pisky overnight
The situation was tense in the Donbas conflict zone in the last day as the combined Russian-separatist forces opened fire thrice on the Ukrainian army positions, the press center of the Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) wrote on Facebook on Tuesday. "From 23:15 to 23:50 local time on Monday, the militants were firing small...
U.S. satellite shows heat flash when Russian Metrojet plane crashed, but no missile
An American infrared satellite detected a heat flash at the same time and in the same vicinity over the Sinai where the Russian passenger plane crashed, a senior defense official told NBC News late Monday. According to the official, U.S. intelligence analysts believe it could have been some kind of explosion on the aircraft...
Ukraine, Italy sign memo on SMB cooperation
Ukrainian Deputy Economic Development and Trade Minister and Ukraine's Trade Representative Nataliya Mykolska announces that Ukraine and Italy have signed a memorandum on cooperation of small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). "A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Economic Development and...
«There is no need to mourn for us .» «Dead» family in Sinai plane crash is alive (Photo)
The couple Julia and Eugene Kostyanitsa, whose photo is replicated in the news media about a plane crash in Egypt, are alive. The fact that journalists made a mistake about "buried" people Yulia said on your page in the social network. "We can't say anything … We did not fly...
Dark tourism: The gruesome histories that attract tourists from around the world
White sand beaches and the happiest place on Earth aren't the only popular destinations with tourists. Each year, millions of people travel to places where — years and decades before — prior generations were only too eager to leave. French photographer Ambroise Tézenas has been fascinated by dark tourism...
Russian soldiers refuse Donbas deployment, face prosecution – Ukraine Intelligence
Numerous cases recorded of the Russian troops disobeying orders in defiance of deployment in Ukrainian Donbas, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry. "The Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation opened 80 criminal cases under Art. 337 of the Criminal Code of Russia...