Russia and Belarus launched joint military drills Thursday that have heightened tensions with the West, as NATO leaders pursued an intensive diplomatic push to prevent a feared invasion of Ukraine. The war games, set to run until Feb ... news Kremlin Says RussianTroops Will Return after Belarus Drills. Read more ... 'Diplomatic solution' ... Read more about.
The first QueenElizabeth transformed her country into a world power. The second, through no fault of her own, has overseen the reverse. There’s no doubt that Queen Elizabeth II is a wonderful monarch, perhaps one of the greatest Britain has ever seen ... Read more Chinese manufacturer’s blunder spoils Elizabeth IIPlatinum Jubilee memorabilia ... .
Cameroonian asylum-seekers deported by the Trump administration suffered imprisonment, torture and rape on their return, and many were forced in to hiding or fleeing the country once more, according to a new report ... .
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GENEVA -. A UN commission set up to obtain reparations from Iraq over the country's 1990 invasion of Kuwait submitted its final report in Geneva on Wednesday after paying out $52.4 billion to the small Gulf state... .
MOSUL, Iraq-. The storied library of Iraq's Mosul University boasted a million titles before Islamic State (ISIS) group extremists rampaged through it, toppling book shelves and burning ancient texts ... "When we came back, we saw ... the books pulled from the shelves, thrown on the ground and burned," he said ... Refurbished building ... Appetite for reading ... .
AYODHYA, India (AP) — Under grey skies, construction cranes towered over laborers building a mega three-story temple demanded by millions of Hindus for over 100 years. The shrine is dedicated to their most revered god, Ram, and is being built on a plot of land where a 16th-century mosque stood, before a Hindu mob tore it down in 1992 ... ___ ... Source .
A holidaymaker who lost his false teeth while vomiting into a bin on a boozy night out in Benidorm was stunned when they turned up in the post 11 years on. Paul Bishop, 63, said he "fell ill" after drinking cider during a night out in the Spanish party resort in 2011... 'Absolutely stunned' ... .
The warning by the US that Russia could invade Ukraine sounds like a repeat of the warmongering rhetoric used previously by George W Bush’s administration to oust Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi from power over unsubstantiated allegations that they were in possession of weapons of mass destruction ...Boris’ woes ... ....
Only a transplant can save the body politic, and the only other system on offer is competitive democracy” Garside, a former diplomat, told Epoch TV’s “ChinaInsider” program on Jan. 31.
MANILA – As the election campaign to determine Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte kicks off in earnest, the outgoing populist leader is busy awarding his business cronies eleventh-hour concessions and privileges, building a class of so-called “Dutertegarchs” that will outlast his rule ... It was awarded Channel 43 by the national telecom authority.
A Palestinian journalist, who was fired from Germany’s international broadcaster for alleged antisemitic views, has strongly criticized the management for unfair treatment and censoring freedom of speech. “I’m not antisemitic ... “In my case, my post was about freedom of speech in Europe ... .
The Port of Bar, a notorious hub for tobacco and drugs smuggling, is again in the news after it was confirmed that more than 10 million euros' worth of tobacco has been stolen from hangars since December 28. Head of Montenegro’s CustomsOffice, Milena Petricevic, at the press conference. Photo. Montenegro’s Customs Office ... .
"We agreed on the purchase of 42 Rafale. The contract signed today is for the first six, which will be followed by 36 others," said Defence MinisterPrabowo Subianto... ....