German Chancellor Angela Merkel has visited the site of the terror attack that struck a Christmas market here, killing 12 persons. The head of government, during her visit to the attack site on Tuesday, was accompanied by Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière, Foreign Minister Franz-Walter Steinmeier and the governing mayor Michael Müller, Efe news reported. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the reinforcement of security measures after the assassination of Russian ambassador in Ankara and terror attack in Berlin. Putin called on the intelligence services to take additional steps to ensure security within Russia and abroad, and to strengthen the security of diplomatic delegations overseas as well as their employees, […]
The White House said US President Barack Obama spoke to German Chancellor Angela Merkel to offer condolences over Monday’s fatal attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. “The President reiterated the US offer of assistance and underscored that no attack could sway our determination — and that of our German allies — to defeat terrorism […]
At least 29 people were killed when several explosions ripped through a fireworks market in Mexico, authorities said. Seventy people were injured in the incident that took place on Tuesday in Tultepec, about 40 km north of Mexico City, said Eruviel Avila, governor of the State of Mexico. Avila said at a press conference that […]
The Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for Monday night truck assault at a Berlin Christmas market that killed 12 people. The IS-affiliated Amaq news agency released a statement late Tuesday saying the attack in which 49 others were also injured, was carried out by “a soldier of the Islamic State” in response […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has strongly condemned the assassination of Russian ambassador to Ankara, describing it as a “provocation” aimed at ruining Turkey-Russia ties. “Turkey-Russia relations were vital for the region and those who aim to harm ties are not going to achieve their goals,” Erdogan said in a televised message on Monday, Xinhua […]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Turkish capital of Ankara, calling it as a “senseless” act of terror. Earlier on Monday, Karlov, who served as Russian ambassador to Turkey since 2013, was shot dead by a gunman when he spoke at the opening of an […]
The US has condemned “in the strongest terms” an attack on a Christmas market in the German capital of Berlin which killed at least nine persons. “We have been in touch with German officials, and we stand ready to provide assistance as they recover from and investigate this horrific incident,” said US National Security Council […]
US President-elect Donald Trump has surpassed the necessary 270 votes in the Electoral College, the next step in the official process to become President. Trump received 304 electoral votes to Hillary Clinton’s 224. Six “faithless” electors voted for other candidates, costing Trump two votes and Clinton four, CNN reported on Monday. Hawaii’s electors are still […]
Self-proclaimed white supremacist Dylann Roof was convicted on Thursday of killing nine African Americans inside a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015. In the next phase of the trial, scheduled to begin in January, jurors will weigh whether Roof, 22, should be sentenced to death or spend the rest of his life […]