In spite of recently released footage showing Iraqi aircraft bombing militants’ control points in the occupied city of Mosul, ISIL extremists do not seem to be affected by government interventions as they continue to gain more territory and control more cities. The Sunni terrorist group seized a border crossing to ... read entire article »
The Ukrainian president’s efforts to move a step closer to peace in his country had been seriously shaken by renewed hostilities and lack of support from Moscow. The seven-day ceasefire that began on Friday, in Ukraine, has fallen due to cross-border shelling ... read entire article »
Felipe VI of Spain has been formally proclaimed the new king after his father, Juan Carlos, officially abdicated earlier today. The new king, surrounded by his family, swore an oath, claiming his respect for the Parliament and the people of Spain, and expressed ... read entire article »
NATO reported ‘new Russian military buildup’ in the proximity of the Ukrainian border, including heavy weaponry such as tanks. It remains unclear whether Moscow is raising an army to seal the borders and stop separatists’ movements or whether it i ... read entire article »
An overloaded wooden boat, carrying 97 illegal immigrants from Indonesia, sank off the western Malaysian coast, some three kilometers away from the city of Banting. Out of the 97 on board people, 66 went missing, including women and children, but the Malaysian ... read entire article »
Ukrainian troops near Donetsk, together with pro-Russian separatists, have agreed on ceasefire for a few hours so that the bodies of 49 government soldiers who lost their lives in an airplane attack last week might be recovered. A rebel confirmed that the bodie ... read entire article »
Iraq’s government is faced with a hard reality after last days’ events. As the Iraqis are counting their dead, the extremists Sunni are counting their victories. Although the government refuses to admit defeat in the oil town of Baiji, but, after ... read entire article »
20 Nigerian people, including young children, have lost their lives and another 30 were seriously injured after a suicide bomber blasted through the crowd that was viewing the World Cup match between Brazil and Mexico. The tragedy struck in the northeastern part ... read entire article »
The ISIL extremists, that have been violently taking control over vast regions in northern Iraq, have now captured the country’s largest oil refinery, located in Baji. An official inside the complex reported that the militants were in control of over 75% of the ... read entire article »
A pipeline carrying gas from Russia to Ukraine and then Europe has exploded in Ukraine. The government put the blame on a terrorist act as the explosion was in the Luhansk region where separatists are most powerful. The explosion follows yesterday’s ga ... read entire article »
Two Russian journalists have lost their lives while covering the ongoing battle near the Luhansk region. Igor Kornelyuk, reporter, and Anton Voloshin, sound engineer, were caught in a fire exchange between the Ukrainian army and pro-Russian separatists. The two ... read entire article »
Three people have been sentenced to death in China after being trialed for ramming a car through a crowd of people in the doomed Tiananmen square, last October. The outcome of the incident was that two people died and another 40 were wounded. Five other people ... read entire article »
The US seems to be preparing for a military intervention in Iraq as it moved military machinery and personnel into the region and awaits for President Obama to release orders. The United States might interfere in Iraq to help state troops fight off the ISIL ... read entire article »
The Sunni extremists who had been spreading terror in Iraq since last week, have released some very disturbing images which portray dozens of captured Iraqi soldiers being executed. This mass slaughter, if proved to be genuine, would become the bloodiest atrocity ... read entire article »
30 people had lost their lives following an explosive barrel attack in northern Syria. Two helicopters flew over the city of Aleppo and dropped two barrels filled with explosives and metal scraps that become deadly schrapnel upon explosion. The death toll i ... read entire article »
This weekend's presidential poll in Afghanistan was 'relatively peaceful,' says a BBC report. However, peaceful may not be the right term to pin down the situation as at least 50 people were murdered and another dozen mutilated by Talibans, all because they dared ... read entire article »
49 government troops were killed after their airplane was shot down by separatists in what is called the bloodiest event since the current period of turmoil began in Ukraine. The Ilyushin-76 military airplane was approaching the Luhansk airport, in eastern ... read entire article »
NORAD alert! That must have been the words earlier this week in western USA. The North American Aerospace Defense Command picked up two foreign planes entering the international airspace, about 300 kilometers off the coast of Alaska. Despite the fact that the two ... read entire article »
Nine Ukrainian coal miners are trapped underground after a methane gas explosion in an illegal mine pit in the Donetsk region. The men are believed to be trapped somewhere 300 meters below ground. Although a rescue mission is already undergoing, nothing i ... read entire article »
US army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, the last American prisoner of the Iraq war and the longest detained prisoner since the Vietnam war, has finally reached his homeland earlier this morning. His welcoming is shadowed, though, by controversies regarding the prisoner ... read entire article »
