An unnamed Turkish official has confirmed the nationalities of the three men who carried out Tuesday’s deadly attack on Istanbul’s airport as Russian, Uzbek and Kyrgyz nationals, Turkish media and officials told various media outlets.Turkey believes Islamic State militants were behind the suicide gun and bomb attack killing 43 and wounding more than 230 people – many of them airport workers, BBCNews reported Thursday....
The return of budget caps and the potential for automatic across-the-board spending cuts through 2021 pose the No. 1 defense fiscal challenge for the the next president and defense secretary, according to Pentagon Comptroller Mike McCord. “There is no deal on the books, so you are starting with a clean sheet of paper” that “overshadows their whole first term,” McCord said in an interview ... 1 ... “What does the new team think?” ... LEARN MORE. ....
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Jupiter takes center stage with the arrival next week of a NASA spacecraft built to peek through its thick, swirling clouds and map the planet from the inside out. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft is on the final leg of a five-year, 1.8 billion-mile voyage to the biggest planet in the solar system.... ....
(CNN)With just 38 days to go before the Rio Olympics kicks off, the situation in the host city just went from bad to worse. A beach goer Wednesday discovered mutilated human body parts that had washed up on the shore, right in front of the OlympicBeach VolleyballArena on Rio's famed Copacabana beach. A dismembered foot and another body part still unidentified was found, according to Andre Luiz, an officer of the Military Police... ....
Former London MayorBoris Johnson shocked the United Kingdom Thursday when he unexpectedly ruled himself out as a candidate to be Britain’s next prime minister after justice secretary Michael Gove, chair of Johnson’s leadership campaign, decided to run for the Conservative leadership chair himself, The Guardian reported ... The result will be announced on Sept. 9.– WN.com, Jack Durschlag....
During the event, the Foreign Minister also took the opportunity to present Hari Raya gift packets to children from the Madrasah Tahfiz Raudhatul Baiduri and Madrasatul Quran Al-Ridzuan as well as members of the Wisma Putra staff....
It is no coincidence that most of the UAE's population live along the coast. The sea has always sustained life in this region. In the past, fish provided sustenance, pearls generated wealth and boats came and went, laden with items to trade ...It's an issue touched on this week at a Ramadan majlis hosted by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces ... ....
Srinagar. Condemning the government’s intent of cracking a whip on the religious activities of Ulemas and Imams of Masjids, Hurriyat (M) Chairman and Jammu Kashmir Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) chief, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday said if any such decision is taken it would be direct interference in religious duties ... (KNS) ....
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 regime soldiers and 39 rebel fighters had been killed in battles around Al-Maleh, north of Aleppo, since Wednesday afternoon. Jihadists fighting for the Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, were also killed, said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman, who did not provide a precise number....
He then met with Sheikh SabahAl-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, and expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude for Kuwait's strong backing of the efforts of his Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on the ongoing Yemen peace talks in Kuwait ... The Secretary-General also paid a courtesy call on former Prime Minister Sheikh NasserMohammedAhmadAl-Jaber....
He then met with Sheikh SabahAl-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, and expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude for Kuwait's strong backing of the efforts of his Special Envoy, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, on the ongoing Yemen peace talks in Kuwait ... The Secretary-General also paid a courtesy call on former Prime Minister Sheikh NasserMohammedAhmadAl-Jaber....
Public Authority for Electricity and Water announced that water networks in NorthAlHail and Al Khoud of the wilayat of AlSeeb will be disrupted. Public Authority for Electricity and Water announced that water networks in North Al Hail and Al Khoud of the wilayat of Al Seeb will be disrupted ... ....
The resolution named the following as members of the board of directors. Reem bint IbrahimAl Hashimi, Ahmed JumaAl Zaabi, Saeed Eid Saeed Al Ghafli, Fares Mohamed AL Mazrouei, Mohammed NajmMohammed Abdul Rahim Al Qubaisi and Alyazia Ali SalehAl Kuwaiti. newsdesk@thenational.ae ... ....
40 civilians, including a woman, sustained bullet and shrapnel wounds while 19 others sustained bruises in al-Aqsa Mosque...Al-Aqsa Mosque was raided to protect dozens of settlers who entered to perform Talmudic prayers ... In Jerusalem, 40 civilians were wounded in al-Aqsa Mosque while 19 others sustained bruises, including 2 journalists, in al-Aqsa Mosque as well ... They raided and searched houses and arrested Basam Na'eem al-Balboul (45)....