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   Russia Emergencies Ministry/TASS Sixteen people were killed when a plane carrying parachutists crashed in central Russia on Sunday, the emergencies ministry said. The L-410 plane carrying 22 people crashed around 9:23 a.m. local time near the town of Menzelinsk in the republic of Tatarstan, the ministry said on its Telegram channel. “Six people were rescued, 16 […]

The blood-stained ground seen outside a mosque following a bombing in Kunduz province , northern Afghanistan, October 8, 2021. © Abdullah Sahil, AP  A suicide bomb attack on worshippers at a Shiite mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz killed at least 50 people Friday, in the bloodiest assault since US forces left the country. Scores […]

Syrian children are seen attending school in the Operation Peace Spring area, Oct. 8, 2021 (AA Photo)  It has been two years since Turkey launched Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria to secure its border and normalize life for civilians. In an effort to restore normal life in the region, Turkish security forces have cleared […]

A Hazara man walks home near the cliffs pockmarked by caves where people still live as they did centuries ago in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Oct. 3, 2021. (AFP Photo)  The Taliban carried out ‘cold-blooded executions’ of members of the Hazara ethnic group, killing at least 13, including former government forces in a recent wave of horrific […]

People injured in the Balochistan earthquake are being shifted to the hospital via a Pakistan Army helicopter. QUETTA: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake killed at least 20 people and injured over 300 others in Balochistan in the wee hours of Thursday. The earliest tremors were felt at 3:20am after which panicked citizens rushed out of their houses […]

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) — Sweden has stopped the use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax in individuals born after 1990, due to a suspected connection to side effects. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Swedish Public Health Agency referred to a preliminary analysis of data from Sweden and other Nordic countries that indicates the […]

This file photo, taken in 1942, shows citizens of Leningrad as they dig up water from a broken main, during the 900-day siege of the Russian city by German invaders   –   Copyright  AP/1942 AP Germany has agreed to extend compensation to a further 6,500 Holocaust survivors. That’s according to the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a televised address following a cabinet meeting, in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021. (Turkish Presidency via AP, Pool)  President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party) is working to finalize work for a new Constitution before the legislative year ends. “If […]

C: https://www.theguardian.com/ Taiwan has recently reported that 38 Chinese jets of its military flying into its air defence zone on Friday. It is one of the largest incursions of Beijing to date. The defence ministry has said that the plans include nuclear-capable bombers. They have entered the area in two waves. Taiwan has responded with […]

  Goran K. Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (centre)announces the co-winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics (L-R) Syukuro Manabe (US-Japan), Klaus Hasselmann (Germany) and Giorgio Parisi (Italy) at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. Photo: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP US-Japanese scientist Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann of Germany and […]