Washington intends to withdraw its forces from West Africa
- 2019-12-24 21:03:29
New York Times on Tuesday quoted US officials as saying that the United States intends to reduce its military presence in West Africa to a large extent, even until it withdraws all of its forces involved in countering terrorists. The newspaper said that the issue is still under internal discussion .. المزيد
French Railways President: The strike has cost us 400 million euros so far
- 2019-12-24 21:01:56
The head of the French Railways, Jean-Pierre Varando, confirmed that the five-day rail workers´ strike in France has cost the company until now a loss of about 400 million euros, according to a newspaper quoted Le Monde is on its website today, Tuesday. Varando noted that with the .. المزيد
Contradictory international responses to the Saudi court’s ruling in the case of the murder of journalist Khashoggi
- 2019-12-23 23:21:59
International reactions regarding the decision taken by the Saudi judiciary on Monday in the case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi embassy in Turkey, varied. While Turkey described the decision as a "scandal", the United States and the United Arab Emirates .. المزيد
Putin opens the railway with Crimea
- 2019-12-23 23:18:28
Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the railway linking the Crimea to Russia on Monday, in a move that poses a new challenge for Ukraine, after Moscow annexed the peninsula in 2014. "It is a delightful and very important event for the Crimea (...) and for southern Russia and our entire .. المزيد
Ukraine agrees with separatists to exchange prisoners before the end of 2019
- 2019-12-23 23:16:31
The Ukrainian authorities and separatists close to Russia in the east of the country agreed on Monday to exchange prisoners before the end of 2019, which is one of the measures to reduce the escalation that emerged from the Paris Peace Summit. "We have reached an agreement to exchange .. المزيد
6 soldiers were killed after a jihadist attack in Nigeria
- 2019-12-23 23:14:54
Six soldiers were killed in an ambush on Sunday by jihadists belonging to the "Boko Haram" movement in northeastern Nigeria, security sources said on Monday. Militants launched an attack on a military convoy outside the village of Tongushi, 22 kilometers from Medigori, the largest city in .. المزيد
8 people were killed in Spain and Portugal and missing in France due to bad weather
- 2019-12-21 22:16:49
A South Korean was killed by a wreck falling on him in Madrid, and a Dutch skater spent drowning in southwestern Spain, drifting the river of a driver´s car in its south and losing a fourth in the sea off the French coast, which raised Saturday The death toll from the storm Storm Elsa since .. المزيد
India: New demonstrations against the nationality law and 24 dead since protests began
- 2019-12-21 22:15:20
Thousands of demonstrators participated, Saturday, in new protests against a controversial law on nationality in India, while the toll of the unrest has risen to 24 people so far. These demonstrations began in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state (south), and in Patna, Bihar state (east), where .. المزيد
12 civilians were killed in an air strike in Idlib governorate
- 2019-12-21 22:13:27
12 civilians were killed today, Saturday, by Syrian and Russian air strikes in Idlib governorate in northwestern Syria, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in a new military escalation that pushed tens of thousands Population to flee. A week ago, the Syrian regime and Russia .. المزيد
At least 18 people were killed by gunfire in a prison in Honduras
- 2019-12-21 22:11:27
At least 18 prisoners were killed and 16 wounded in shooting inside a prison in Honduras on Friday night, Saturday, according to the Prison Administration in a statement. It was not clear what caused the shooting at Tila Prison, the northwestern coastal city two hundred kilometers from the capital, .. المزيد
