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Hard News
Syria: 73 killed as rebels capture village near Aleppo: An alliance of Islamist militants, Jaish al-Fatah, launched the attack to seize Khan Touman village, located 15 km north of the city.
http://scroll.in/latest/
Russia says truce extended for 72 hours in Aleppo, Latakia: -
http://ca.reuters.com/article/Russia's defense ministry said a "regime of calm" truce in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo and parts of Latakia province had been extended "for 72 hours beginning at 1 a.m. on Saturday" (1700 ET on Friday), Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
20 alledged ISIS members killed in coalition air strike south of Mosul: "The international coalition aviation conducted an aerial strike on a gathering for ISIS elements in the the village of al-Ju'wana in the district of Makhmour (80 km south of Mosul), resulting in the death of 20 ISIS elements,"
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-
Turkish warplanes destroy sites for PKK militants north of Iraq-: "Earlier today, Turkish warplanes attacked and destroyed targets for the PKK [militants] north of Iraq," adding that, "The air raids destructed shelters and defensive positions belonging to the PKK militants."
http://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-
Turkey's Erdogan takes tough EU line after PM quits: Turkey's president has told the EU it will not change its anti-terror laws in return for visa-free travel. "We'll go our way, you go yours," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-
Bomb attack kills seven in Yemeni city Marib: police; It was not clear who planted the device which went off around midday in the heart of a crowded market where the narcotic leaf qat is sold, they said.
http://www.reuters.com/
U.S. Troops Return to Yemen in Battle Against Al Qaeda, Pentagon Says: The Pentagon said Friday that it sent a small number of U.S. special operations forces back to Yemen to provide training and assistance to an Arab coalition to fight al Qaeda militants in the fractured country.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-
Former U.S. Diplomats Decry the U.S.-Backed Saudi War in Yemen: The United States has forcefully backed the Saudi-led war. In addition to sharing intelligence, the U.S. has sold tens of billions of dollars in munitions to the Saudis since the war began.
https://theintercept.com/2016/
Islamic Jihad: 'If Israel harms the residents of Gaza, we'll respond in kind.': Islamic Jihad has commented on the woman who was killed from a shelling in Khan Yunis: "The harm of innocent residents is a serious escalation that Israel is responsible for. We warn Israel not to damage the residents, or this will cause us to respond in kind."
http://www.ynetnews.com/
Israel enlists US Homeland Security to gag its own citizens online: Op-Ed: In this modern world, we are all accustomed to a certain amount of our data being used by official agencies to know more about us. But for bloggers and activists in Israel, it gets a bit more dangerous than that.
http://www.redressonline.com/
Libya: Five killed in attacks: ISLAMIC State militants staged attacks on Thursday between their Libyan stronghold of Sirte and the city of Misrata, killing five people, officials said.
http://www.fijitimes.com/
Shelling kills four at rally in Libya's Benghazi: source: At least four people were killed and more than 20 wounded in the Libyan city of Benghazi Friday when shells were fired at a rally in support of forces allied with the country's eastern government, a medical source said.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
ISIL advances in Libya's Misrata: Key crossroads and villages seized by ISIL along southern coast, prompting deployment of militiamen to counter assaults.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/
Most UK forces in Libya 'would be there for protection': British military staff drawing up plans for deployment in Libya are working on the basis that only a third of the UK troops would be engaged in training and the rest would be needed for force protection, according to a defence source.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-
Islamic State expanding its activities into Libya, Afghanistan, Europe - Russian UN envoy:
http://tass.ru/en/politics/According to the Russian diplomat, increased activities of Islamic State militants give grounds to doubt the efficiency of the U.S.-led anti-Islamic State coalition.
2 militants killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province: At least militants were killed and three others wounded after Special Operation Forces of the Afghan National Army (ANA) conducted a raid in southern Helmand province targeting a prison run by the Taliban insurgents.
http://www.business-standard.
Singapore, Australia expand military cooperation in $1.7 billion deal: Singapore will have enhanced and expanded military training access in Australia over a period of 25 years. The two will strengthen intelligence and information sharing, such as in counter-terrorism, the city-state's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday.
http://www.reuters.com/
NATO Ratchets Up Missile Defense Despite Russian Criticism: NATO's European missile defense system will go live on Thursday when a base in Romania becomes operational. The next day, Poland is scheduled to break ground on its NATO missile-defense base.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/
U.S. Ships Tanks To Georgia For Military Drills:
http://www.eurasianet.org/Ahead of the tanks' arrival, a delegation of U.S. officers including the top army officer in Europe General Ben Hodges, visited Batumi to prepare. "We are here to look at port in Batumi to understand what is required to move equipment, how fast we can move equipment.
Russia strengthens permanent naval presence in Mediterranean Sea: A patrol ship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet set off for a journey to the Mediterranean Sea to enlarge the group of the Russian Navy in the region, representative of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation, Vyacheslav Trukhachev said.
http://www.pravdareport.com/
World's 1st para-drop air defense complex to protect Russian forces: An air-droppable missile defense complex is being developed for Russia's airborne forces to ensure that after landing, troops have the means to secure the skies and prevent inbound airstrikes. The system will be the first operating version of its kind in the world.
https://www.rt.com/news/
Cameron DELAYED Iraq probe to avoid embarrassing pro-EU Tony Blair, Tory MP claims:
http://www.express.co.uk/news/Former minister of State for Europe David Davis accused David Cameron of delaying the publication of Sir John Chilcot's Iraq inquiry to save Blair's reputation before the vote on June 23.
EU official Tusk: Idea of one European nation is 'illusion': "Today we have to admit that this dream of one European state with one common interest, with one vision...one European nation, this was an illusion," Tusk said. The former Polish prime minister said the EU is facing a "really risky and tricky" moment.
http://www.businessinsider.
Greece hit by 3-day strike over pension, tax increase: Workers kick off the 48-hour strike to protest new austerity measures in Athens and as a result, garbage collection to public transport services were closed on Friday.
https://www.thestar.com/news/
London has its first Muslim mayor: Sadiq Khan was declared the first Muslim Mayor of London tonight after comfortably defeating Tory rival Zac Goldsmith. In a glimmer of light for Jeremy Corbyn from an otherwise dire set of election results, emerging results at City Hall made it clear there was no route to victory for Mr Goldsmith.
http://tinyurl.com/jbwsjgw
Labour suspends Jewish activist over "African holocaust" post: A picture emerges of a leading pro-Israeli government organization trawling through the social media posts of Labour Party activists to brand ideas anti-Semitic when they are clearly not,"
https://electronicintifada.
Guatemala's Imprisoned Ex-President Allegedly Received Millions in Bribes: The new corruption case relates to a $255 million contract awarded to a Barcelona-based company for the construction and operation of a container terminal at the country's biggest port - Puerto Quetzal - on the Pacific coast.
https://news.vice.com/article/
Venezuela state opposition leader killed: German Mavares, the state head of the New Time party (UNT), is the latest in a string of state and local politicians killed in Venezuela - though it is often difficult to establish whether the killings are politically motivated or simply random violence
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/
Many Americans Renounce Citizenship, Even Before President Trump: It seems crazy to call it the 'New Normal', but once again, record numbers of Americans are renouncing citizenship. Every three months, the Treasury Department publicly names individuals who renounced.
http://tinyurl.com/gtte8l8
Two New Anti-Trump Attack Ads Launched by Hillary Clinton : Video - On May 4, 2016, the Hillary for America campaign launches two "briefing" videos showing -- why Donald J. Trump, the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican Party, is unfit to be President of the United States.
https://www.youtube.com/watch? |
