This photo released on March 7, 2018 by the Syrian official news agency SANA, shows Syrian government soldiers advancing during a battle against militants in Eastern Ghouta. Syrian armed forces have entered a strategic town in Eastern Ghouta as they press ahead with their push to liberate the suburban area ...
Read More »France to take legal action against Google, Apple for ‘abusive practices’
France will take legal action against Google and Apple for “abusive business practices,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said Wednesday as transatlantic ties threaten to be riven by a trade war. “I believe in an economy based on justice and I will take Google and Apple before the Paris Commercial Court ...
Read More »Turkey begins debating changes to electoral laws
The Turkish parliament has begun debating a series of changes in the country’s electoral laws, something that opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan say would further consolidate his powers while affecting the integrity of votes. The debate started on Monday and lawmakers are expected to vote on the amendments sometime ...
Read More »Iraqi security forces start offensive to purge areas near Kirkuk of Daesh terrorists
Iraqi security forces, supported by pro-government fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have started an operation to clear remnants of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group from villages near the country’s oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk. The Iraq’s Joint Operations Command, in a statement released on Sunday, announced that the counter-terrorism offensive ...
Read More »Britons receive letters calling for attacks on Muslims
Police in the UK have launched a hate crime investigation after people received letters asking them to carry out attacks on Muslims. West Yorkshire Police said that it had received around six reports of letters advertising “Punish a Muslim Day”, while Londoners and Birmingham citizens said they had received identical posts. ...
Read More »Hashd al-Sha’abi formally inducted into Iraq security system
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Arab country’s security forces. According to the decree announced on Thursday, the volunteer forces, better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, will be granted many ...
Read More »Labour Party accuses UK of killing children in Yemen
The UK government is responsible for the many children who have been killed and injured as a result of Saudi Arabia’s deadly war on Yemen, the Labour Party has said. In a fiery critique of the Conservative government, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn grilled Prime Minister Theresa May during the latest ...
Read More »France’s far-right leader Le Pen charged over Daesh tweets
French prosecutors have filed charges against far-right leader Marine le Pen over a series of tweets showing gruesome executions by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group. A judicial source said Thursday that Le Pen was being investigated over suspicions of disseminating violent images. The embarrassing tweets were posted in December 2015 ...
Read More »Any bid to destroy Russia spells catastrophe for mankind: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any bid to “destroy” Russia will trigger a response from Moscow that spells “catastrophe for mankind.” Speaking with the Russian state television in an interview on Wednesday, Putin said his country would retaliate attacks against its sovereignty in kind. “If someone makes a ...
Read More »US military using Google technology for drone program
American technology giant Google has allowed the US Defense Department to utilize its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in military drone projects, stirring concern among experts who think such cooperation is not ethical. The US military and CIA have long been using drones to carry out targeted killings and surveillance around ...
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