It’s now a month away: Gough Road closure

Edit The Hindu 02 May 2016
The army has announced June 1 closure of Gough Road, making its permanent closure seemingly imminent and that of State’s efforts to keep it open, futile. The army decided to close roads in AOC about two years ago, beginning with night restrictions between 10 p.m ... Five months ago, the army agreed to yet another deferment of Gough Road closure for six months, after Chief Minister K....

Australian man arrested in Lebanon on suspicion of belonging to terrorist group, says report

Edit The Guardian 02 May 2016
Voix du Liban ​named a man on Sunday that ​ it said was arrested after a firefight with army intelligence in Dam wal Farz, a neighbourhood of Tripoli in the north ... Raids by police and the army and clashes between militant groups in the area have ......

Vietnamese rally over mass fish deaths

Edit Arabnews 02 May 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1462133942627841800. Publication Date. . Monday, May 2, 2016 - 02.13. HANOI. Hundreds of people gathered Sunday in the Vietnamese capital to protest against a Taiwanese company suspected of involvement in a toxic leak that has hit the fishing industry along the central coast ... The area is home to a large steel mill run by a Taiwanese conglomerate, Formosa ... Main category. . World ... ....

MacDill likely to keep both four-star generals

Edit Tampa Bay Online 02 May 2016
military efforts in the Middle East and Southwest Asia, the four-star commander is Army Gen ... At Socom, responsible for providing trained and equipped commandos, the four-star is Army Gen ... They are the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, a four star command run by Army Gen ... Joint Special Operations Command, also under Centcom and headquartered at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, is a three-star command run by Army....

Army busts weapon making factory, 2 militants arrested

Edit The Times of India 02 May 2016
Army personnel busted an improvised weapon making factory, recovered war like stores and various fatigues, in a major operation at Phaijang village in the hill district of Senapati ... Meanwhile, an active cadre of Kuki National Front (P) was arrested on the same day by another team of the Indian army, the release said....

Karabakh Conflict Escalates as Regional Soldier Shot by Azeri Forces

Edit Topix 02 May 2016
Karabakh Conflict Escalates as Regional Soldier Shot by Azeri Forces © Sputnik/ Karo Saakian WORLD 11.37 01.05.2016 Karabakh Defense Ministry stated that one of its army servicemen was killed in shelling by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on Sunday. YEREVAN - Defense Ministry of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic said on Sunday that one of its army servicemen was killed in shelling from the Azerbaijani side ... ....

REPORT: ISIS has stepped up its attacks as it's lost territory

Edit Business Insider 02 May 2016
Those attacks killed 2,150 people, a 44 percent rise over the previous three months and the highest quarterly toll in nearly a year ... The U.S ... The northern offensive has been slower, with army and Sunni Arab tribal forces taking only four villages over the past month south of Mosul ... The group is also under pressure from a separate U.S.-led air campaign in the north and northeast, where Kurdish fighters have advanced ... Copyright 2016 ... ....

Libya; British and Italian Marines hit by ISIS suicide bombers - US media yawns

Edit The Examiner 02 May 2016
And while various news services are quickly reporting on the situation, the joint Italian-British military intervention in the ISIS-thick North African nation is widely being ignored by the American press ... For their part, the British Ministry of Defence has released to the public ... The Jordanian SF has already operated in Somalia with the British Army's SAS against the ISIS-allied al-Shabab terrorists ... ....

Car bomb kills 2 Turkish cops, Daesh main suspect

Edit Arabnews 02 May 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1462134673187955400 ... ISTANBUL ... Meanwhile three Turkish soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded in the attack in Kurdish-dominated Mardin province to the east of Gaziantep carried out by Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants, the army said. The attack took place in the Nusaybin district of Mardin, where the army has been conducting a military operation backed by a curfew against the PKK, it said ... ....

Dance review; Rosie Kay Dance Company, Tramway, Glasgow

Edit Scotsman 02 May 2016
WHEN 5 Soldiers was performed in England, prior to its current Scottish tour, an army officer described the experience as "like doing a six-month tour of duty in one hour”. By the end of this powerful, thought-provoking show, you know exactly what he means ... Rating. ***** . Tramway, Glasgow. The result of years of research – both academic and lived – choreographer Rosie Kay has created a work which journeys deep into army life ... ....

British Army team in Somalia on UN peacekeeping duties

Edit BBC News 02 May 2016
A British Army team has arrived in Somalia as part of a United Nations mission to counter Islamist militants. An advance party of about 10 soldiers from Force Troop Command, 1 Div and Field Army training will support African Union peacekeeping efforts against the al-Shabab group. About 70 personnel will eventually be in Somalia carrying out medical, logistical and engineering duties ... Who are Somalia's al-Shabab? ... Somali defector ... ....

Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein president, tweets N-word

Edit The Washington Times 02 May 2016
The longtime leader of Irish Republican Army’s political wing used the most toxic of all racial slurs Sunday night, only to quickly delete it. Gerry Adams, who heads the Sinn Fein political party in Ireland, posted on Twitter that he was watching a Quentin Tarantino movie. "Watching Django Unchained- A ... ....

Families, Not Just Individuals Sleeping Rough

Edit Scoop 02 May 2016
Reports in the media this week around an increasing number of families being found living in their cars has heightened concern from the Salvation Army and other groups such as Gimme Shelter that issues of higher rents and living costs are forcing more ... ....
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