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Iran’s security forces have killed 224 people, including 29 minors, in anti-government protests that erupted last month following the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody, a rights group said on Friday. A police motorcycle burns during a protest over the death of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, Oct.14, that Moscow was conducting its nearly eight-month invasion of Ukraine correctly, despite his forces’ early failure to topple Kyiv and a string of recent embarrassing battlefield defeats. Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures during a press conference after attending a summit with leaders of post-soviet countries of the […]

Officials will provide another update at 8:30 a.m. Friday. “This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh,” said Baldwin, who was visibly shaken, at a press conference Thursday evening.The first press conference was held outside Raleigh City Hall, not far from a memorial for fallen police officers. m Police gather at […]

General Mark Milley, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, suggested that the U.S. and its allies assist Ukraine in developing an integrated air and missile defense system at a NATO meeting in Brussels on Oct. 12, according to CNN, which is exactly what the Ukrainian government is currently requesting. The NSM™ CDS […]

Saudi Arabia rejected as “not based on facts” statements criticizing the Kingdom after an OPEC+ decision last week to cut its oil production target despite US objections, saying it serves the interests of both consumers and producers. A 3D printed oil pump jack is seen in front of displayed stock graph and Opec logo in […]

The Somali National Army (SNA) said Wednesday its forces killed over 50 al-Shabab militants in a foiled terror attack on its base at a village in Hiran region of central Somalia. FILE PIC: al-Shabab militants. /Xinhua Odowaa Yusuf Rage, Chief of Defense Forces said that the deadly dawn attack at the army base located in […]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of two “long-range strategic cruise missiles” on Wednesday to “expand” the capabilities of units in charge of nuclear weapons, according to state media. SKim Jong Un watching Wednesday’s reported cruise missile test | Images: Rodong Sinmun (Oct. 13, 2022) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a […]

Türkiye’s goal is to stop the bloodshed in the Russia-Ukraine war as soon as possible despite hurdles, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Thursday at the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia (CICA) in the Kazakh capital Astana. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks at the summit of the Conference […]

Russia’s newly launched campaign to send masses of guided missiles and kamikaze drones against Ukrainian civilian homes, businesses and power grid infrastructure thus far is less than a resounding success and by its third day, Oct. 12, the attacks had effectively stopped. This video grab taken from an AFPTV footage shows vehicles destroyed in Kyiv […]

Russia has apprehended eight suspects over the deadly explosion of the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia, the FSB security service said in a statement quoted by news agencies on Wednesday. Flame and smoke rise from Crimean Bridge connecting the Russian mainland and the Crimean Peninsula over the Kerch Strait, Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine, Oct. 8, […]