A female suicide bomber has blown herself up nor far from a police station checkpoint in Grozny, the Chechen capital, Interior Ministry said on Saturday, November 17. https://twitter.com/SputnikInt/status/1063806437778952193 Following the incident, police officers and civilians hadn’t sustained any injuries, the official added. “On the outskirts of Grozny an unknown young woman exploded herself,” acting head of the Chechen Interior…
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Counter-terrorism unit investigates Crimea explosion
A powerful blast in a college in the Crimean city of Kerch (pictured), claimed lives of at least 10 young people and injured more than 50. Initially accidental gas leakage has been presumed as a cause of explosion, but shorty afterwards the investigators revealed an explosive device was used. https://twitter.com/RT_com/status/1052511122027360256 Crimean emergency services and ambulances…
ALERT: Hostage operation in #Cologne
German police asked to avoid the area of the central railroad station in the city of #Cologne, Germany. At present there is a perimeter in the surrounding streets, and the passengers are evacuated. Witnesses report hearing some shots. Police also call for following their advice transmitted via different media, including Twitter. #Cologne : Une prise…
Iran Embassy in Ankara evacuated
The Iranian Embassy in Ankara (pictured) has been evacuated after Turkish security forces received an information about a possible suicide bombing plot, Turkish daily Sözcü reported. After receiving the warning, Turkish police evacuated the Iranian Ambassador and cordoned off Tahran Street where the Embassy is located. #BREAKING: #Iran Embassy in #Turkey evacuated after receiving tip…
Ambassador concerned with OPCW anti-Russian swing
Endowment of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) with attributive functions is directed against Russia, Permanent Representative to OPCW, Russian Ambassador to the Netherlands Alexander Shulgin. OPCW's attributive mechanism directed against Russia — diplomat https://t.co/EqhTBm7eDE © EPA-EFE/EVERT-JAN DANIELS pic.twitter.com/Ub9wHmgTgW — TASS (@tassagency_en) October 12, 2018 “This will be directed against Russia. Western…
Germany expels Iran “terrorist-diplomat”
A German court announced the extradition to Belgium of an Iranian diplomat accused of involvement in a foiled bomb plot targeting a gathering of Iranian dissidents in a Paris suburb in June this year. #BREAKING Germany approves extradition of Iran diplomat over bomb 'plot': court pic.twitter.com/JJ6NHGjkzn — AFP News Agency (@AFP) October 1, 2018 In a…
Wilders blames Merkel for Amsterdam CS attack
A man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam’s Central station last week named Dutch critics of Islam Geert Wilders during police questioning and added he was motivated by perceived insults to Islam in the Netherlands, according to prosecutors. The attacker, identified by Dutch media as Jawed S., is a 19-year-old Afghan with residency in…
Russia hosts talks on Afghanistan future
The US refusal to take part in the conference on Afghanistan scheduled to be held in Moscow on September 4 reflects the hypocrisy of Washington’s peace rhetoric with respect to Kabul, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary. “We were sorry to learn from a statement by the US Department of State that the…
Galileo four satellites launch
This week four more Galileo satellites were successfully launched from the European spaceport in French Guiana on the European launcher Ariane-5. Now with a constellation of 26 satellites, the EU’s global satellite navigation system will provide a more precise signal across a range of valuable services. Galileo has been a supplier of positioning and timing…
ESA celebrates Asteroid Day
Asteroid Day is a global campaign to increase awareness about asteroids and the threats and opportunities they pose. Celebrated each year on 30 June, Asteroid Day marks the largest asteroid impact event experienced on Earth in recorded history, the 1908 Tunguska event. People, animals and territory of forest were destroyed in seconds by ‘Firebird Agdy’,…
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