5 dead including Russians in Istanbul helicopter crash
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489142165047662600 ISTANBUL: Five people were killed after a privately-owned helicopter carrying seven including four Russian passengers hit a television tower and crashed in Istanbul on Friday, state media reported. Istanbul governor Vasip Sahin told state-run news agency Anadolu that five people were killed, as Turkish media speculated that foggy weather could be the cause. […]
UN documents serious human rights violations in southeast Turkey
Author: ReutersFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489140435927532200GENEVA: About 2,000 people were killed and entire neighborhoods razed in southeastern Turkey in 18 months of government security operations characterised by massive destruction and serious human rights violations, the United Nations said on Friday.The UN human rights office said in a report on the period July 2015-December 2016 that up to 500,000 people, […]
Turkish military says 71 Kurdish militants killed in Syria in last week
Author: ReutersFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489136570887328900ANKARA: The Turkish military said on Friday 71 Kurdish militants from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the allied PKK had been killed in operations in Syria over the past week.Turkey launched an operation to drive Islamic State away from its border with Syria in August, and has said that it would strike the […]
Turkey warns US relations at risk if Kurds help retake Raqqa
Author: JOSH LEDERMAN | APThu, 2017-03-09ID: 1489131625477090800 ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim says the United States risks major damage to its relationship with NATO ally Turkey if Kurdish forces are included in the fight to retake Raqqa, the Daesh group’s de facto capital. Turkey and the US are locked in a heated dispute about US plans […]
New report ranks UAE among top 25 countries in the world
Author: Arab NewsFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489118324286266800 DUBAI: A new report has ranked the UAE among the world’s top 25 countries based on a series of benchmarks, including quality of life, business-friendliness and heritage. The US News and World Report survey evaluated 80 countries in a report written in collaboration with Y&R’s BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of […]
Raqqa a ‘few weeks’ away as US ups military muscle
Author: Tony Gamal-Gabriel | AFPFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489098835391542500 BEIRUT/MOSUL: US-backed Syrian forces said on Thursday they were closing in on Daesh-held Raqqa and expected to reach the city outskirts in a few weeks, as a US Marines artillery unit deployed to help the campaign. On the other front in Iraq, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, the terrorist group’s leader, is […]
Yemen govt: Roadmap only way to peace
Author: RASHID HASSANFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489098835241541900 RIYADH: Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, Yemen’s president and Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, UN special envoy for Yemen, arrived here Thursday to discuss key elements of an agreement for a peace roadmap to ensure an orderly transition to normalcy in the war-torn country. Ahmed, Abdullatif Al-Zayani, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) secretary-general and Adel […]
Hawaii first state to challenge new Trump travel ban
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489097441371424000WASHINGTON: Hawaii has become the first US state to file suit against President Donald Trump’s amended travel order banning entry of people from six mainly Muslim countries and suspending refugee resettlement.“Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin announced today that the state of Hawaii has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order in its federal […]
Morocco jails Frenchman for ‘terrorist’ links
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489097441321423700RABAT: A Moroccan appeals court has sentenced a Frenchman to four years in prison after he was convicted of financially supporting a “terrorist” cell, a case that has alarmed rights groups.Thomas Gallay, a 36-year-old engineer, was detained in February 2016 in the resort of Essaouira on Morocco’s Atlantic Coast.He was initially given six years […]
Post Oscar win, Brie Larson stars with … King Kong
Author: AFPFri, 2017-03-10ID: 1489089732540372400LOS ANGELES: Eight decades since furry wrecking machine King Kong first stomped into theaters, the giant ape with a predilection for bottle-blonde damsels in distress makes his cinematic comeback this weekend.“Kong: Skull Island” is expected to be a huge worldwide hit, leveraging a global fan base built up through a series of sequels, reboots […]
