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Eyewitnesses have told RT there was intensive gunfire around the time of a bomb explosion at Kerch college, with the gunman running around the building and killing students. “There was a blast, all the glass shattered. And then armed people started running around, opening doors and shooting at everyone,” a college teacher told the investigators, according […]

President Moon Jae-in and first lady Kim Jung-sook are welcomed by Stefano Zaniniafter, vice chief of diplomatic protocol at Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, after arriving at Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Tuesday. Moon will have a summit with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and visit the Vatican for a meeting with Pope Francis. […]

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain a document certifying he divorced his ex-wife so he could remarry. He has not been seen since. Turkish sources have told media outlets they believe the Saudi writer and critic was killed inside the consulate in what they describe as “premeditated murder”. Saudi officials […]

It was the first time Iran had officially announced it was using combat drones outside of its borders, the conservative Tasnim news agency said. (File photo: AFP) Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have carried out 700 drone strikes against forces of ISIS in Syria, its aerospace chief told conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday. “Our bomber drones […]

The House of People’s Representatives (HPR) unanimously approved a draft law that restructured the power and duties of executive organs. The House also approved a new cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD). 50 percent of cabinet members are women. Minister of Peace, Muferiat Kamil Minister of National Defense, Aisha Mohammed (Eng.) Minister of […]

Understanding between two sides was going to expire today. PHOTO: FILE ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has extended the validity period of a $2-billion deal for the North-South gas pipeline which will be laid by Russia under a government-to-government arrangement. Earlier, the two governments signed an understanding in October 2015 for building the North-South pipeline that would transmit imported […]

Turkish police are believed to have a voice recording of Khashoggi’s murder [Virginia Mayo/AP] Istanbul, Turkey – Turkish authorities have an audio recording which indicates that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, a Turkish official has told Al Jazeera. The official, who spoke to Al Jazeera on the condition of anonymity, […]

A Turkish forensic expert is seen from a window as he works inside Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, Turkey Oct. 15, 2018. (Reuters Photo) The Saudi and Turkish investigator teams, as well as the Turkish prosecutor, investigating the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi were seen leaving the Saudi consulate in Istanbul early Tuesday morning. A […]

“We are going to leave nothing uncovered,” President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday about the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. | Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images   President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that “rogue killers” may be responsible for the disappearance of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, while also dispatching Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]

Firefighters walk in a flooded street during a rescue operation following heavy rains that saw rivers bursting banks on October 15, 2018 in Trebes, near Carcassone. Photo: AFP At least 13 people died as violent rainstorms turned rivers into raging torrents in southwestern France on Monday in the latest episode of wild weather in Europe, […]