A Russian jet specially equipped to fight catastrophic wildfires has crashed into the side of a mountain in Turkey while assisting local teams, with officials in Moscow reporting that all eight people on board died in the wreck. The Beriev Read more…
The death toll from Saturday’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has jumped to at least 227, Haiti’s civil protection service has said. Hundreds more are injured or missing, and several towns across the island nation lie in ruins. A magnitude 7.2 Read more…
Five days after a senior Nigerian diplomat was allegedly forcibly restrained and assaulted in a moving car by immigration officers in Jakarta, Indonesia‘s foreign ministry said they regretted the incident and a probe has been launched. Nigeria recalled its ambassador to the southeast Read more…
Russia’s joint military exercise with China, the first time servicemen from both nations have participated together on operational and strategic drills, was a “complete success” and demonstrated a “high level” of cooperation. That’s according to Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, Read more…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will fly to Moscow next week for a meeting with her Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, as work finishes up on the jointly-backed Nord Stream 2 pipeline and ahead of her departure from office. In a statement Read more…
12 Aug, 2021 15:15 / Updated 5 hours ago FILE PHOTO. US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. © Getty Images / Paula Bronstein Following the whirlwind advance of the Taliban, the US embassy in Kabul has urged all American citizens to leave Read more…
his report is part of Season 2 of the ABC News podcast, “Have You Seen This Man?,” hosted by “The View’s” Sunny Hostin. It follows the U.S. Marshals’ ongoing mission to find John Ruffo, who engineered one of the most outlandish Read more…
The Indonesian military’s chief of staff has confirmed that the country’s armed forces will no longer conduct virginity tests on female recruits after criticism that the practice is cruel, degrading and has no scientific validity. “There’s no more of that,” Army Read more…
A top Ukrainian politician has called on Washington to deploy its military, including army units and air defense systems, to the troubled Eastern European nation, in what would undoubtedly be seen by Moscow as a grave provocation. In a statement Read more…
The Taliban has seized control of its sixth provincial capital in Afghanistan within a matter of days, according to a spokesperson for the group, as the militants continue to secure territory after America’s military withdrawal. The military victory for the Read more…
The punishment for corruption in Russia’s military-industrial complex should be made much tougher, with the possibility of death by firing squad. That’s according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, the country’s space agency. Speaking to the popular YouTube channel Solovyov Read more…
A leader of Nigeria’s Jewish community, jailed for a month without charge after being arrested with three visitors from Israel, has been freed. Authorities suspected the visitors had links with a separatist group which had hailed their arrival in Nigeria. Read more…