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The head of the Forza Nuova party, Roberto Fiore (pictured speaking in 2015), denies any fascist element to the march. Photo: AFP Italian politicians have called for the Interior Ministry to ban a march called by a far-right party on the anniversary of dictator Benito Mussolini’s rise to power. The extreme-right Forza Nuova party has called for […]

 Anti-narcotics officers seized homing pigeons trained for delivering drugs carried in small blue plastic bags attached to their legs, the Irna state news agency reported. According to Irna, the use of birds to transport recreational substances is unprecedented. A young population and an abundance of cheap, addictive substances, many coming over the border from Afghanistan, […]

  Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Hwasong-14 is pictured during its second test-fire © KCNA / Reuters Russia is ready to develop ties with N. Korea within UN restrictions, but the missile and nuclear tests impinge on trade and economic relations, the Russian Far East Development Minister said upon meeting the N. Korean delegation.  Our Korean […]

Damages on the French overseas island of Saint-Martin, after high winds from Hurricane Irma hit the island. AFP PHOTO / RINSY XIENG / RCI.FM At least eight people were killed and another 21 wounded as Hurricane Irma swept across the Caribbean island of St Martin, emergency workers on the French-run side of the island said […]

Prime Minister Khaire and his deputy photographed during the extra ordinary cabinet meeting on Wednesday morning. Photo Credit: OPM MOGADISHU, Somalia (Horn Observer) Somali cabinet decided on Wednesday in an emergency meeting that the ONLF rebel leader extradited to Ethiopia was a terrorist and member of a terrorist organization. The meeting which was chaired by […]

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was expected to rescind a program shielding from deportation some immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children, throwing their fate to Congress, which would have six months to find a fix. Sources familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to outline […]

Karakurt project vessel. Source: zdship.ru Russia’s Defence Ministry does not have the budget of the Pentagon, but the Russian defence department is very good at showing ingenuity. This is how the Karakurt appeared – a small and very dangerous ship, an heir to Soviet armoured boats and German underwater “wolves.” According to Wikipedia, the karakurt […]

Two people have been arrested after police found components that can be used to make bombs in an apartment in a Paris suburb. Two men have been arrested after police found components that can be used to make explosives  in an apartment in a Paris suburb which media reports describe as a “bomb factory.”  Security […]