The Islamic State (IS) terrorists shot down a Syrian helicopter airdropping food to the besieged city of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria on Sunday, a media report said. The helicopter was targeted and set ablaze while airdropping food aid over the IS-seiged city, Xinhua news agency reported. It remained unknown if there was any casualties […]
China said on Sunday that the US missile destroyer trespassing China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands was “serious political and military provocation.” Citing Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang as saying, Xinhua reported that China dispatched military vessels and fighter planes in response to warn off the US vessel. Earlier on Sunday, the missile destroyer […]
Six people aboard a small airplane were killed in a crash in Midwest US state of Wisconsin on Saturday, local media reported. Citing ABC 7, Xinhua reported that the local authorities said the accident took place at 3:21 a.m. local time near northern Wisconsin city of Phillips. The plane was found near State Highway 111 […]
International carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Etihad Airways said on Sunday the US Department of Homeland Security has lifted a ban on carrying electronic devices, including laptops, onboard flights between the UAE capital Abu Dhabi and the US. The lifting of the ban followed “an in-depth review of security procedures implemented at the […]
Fijian Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama on Monday said although the US had abandoned its leadership on climate change the doors remained open for President Donald Trump to join in the endeavour, a media report said. Bainimarama, who is also President of the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the UN Framework […]
Eight people were wounded in a shooting in front of a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon on Sunday night, local media reported. Citing La Provence newspaper on Monday, Xinhua reported that authorities are not considering the incident as a terrorist attack. Police suspected the shooting was due to a dispute between young […]
The UN Human Rights said that the demand by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain for Qatar to close its Al-Jazeera television channel as a condition for normalizing relations is an unacceptable attack on freedom of expression and opinion. “Whether or not you watch it, like it, or agree with its editorial […]
A doctor opened fire inside a New York City hospital where he used to work, killing one and wounding six others before turning the gun on himself, law enforcement officials said. Police officers found the gunman, identified as Henry Bello, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on the 17th floor of Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, New York […]
China’s President Xi Jinping warned that efforts “to challenge the power of the central government” in Hong Kong are “absolutely impermissible”, as the former British colony marked 20 years of Chinese rule Saturday. “Any attempt to endanger China’s sovereignty and security or use Hong Kong to carry out infiltration and sabotage activities against the mainland […]
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry criticized several German politicians who opposed the Turkish president’s plan to hold a speech in Germany for ethnic Turks in another diplomatic spat between the two nations. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday requested permission to address a gathering of his compatriots on the sidelines of a G20 meeting set to be […]