A pregnant woman has lost her life and at least 22 people, including young children, are missing after the sinking of their boat in the central Mediterranean, Doctors Without Borders announced today. The group rescued 71 migrants, including a four-month-old baby, by sending the Geo Barents ambulance ship off the Libyan coast, where the boat […]
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Slovakia will buy 152 Swedish tanks
Slovakia, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, will buy 152 Swedish armored vehicles worth a total of 1.6 billion euros, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nant announced today. “The government has approved a historic plan for the armed forces,” the minister said on his official Facebook page. “We will increase Slovakia’s defense capabilities and fulfill our commitments to […]
UN: More than 306,000 civilians killed since the start of the war in Syria in 2011
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced today that 306,887 civilians have been killed in Syria during the war that erupted in March 2011, the highest death toll ever recorded by the UN agency. The war in Syria erupted after the suppression of peaceful protests against the government of President Bashar al-Assad in […]
Biden, Sanchez agree to increase US destroyers in Spanish ports
LAST UPDATE: 20:27 US President Joe Biden today agreed to step up his country’s co-operation with Spain on defense and immigration issues, five days after the tragedy in Melilla, the Spanish enclave in Morocco, where hundreds of African migrants tried to enter. Biden, in a meeting with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez ahead of the […]
Russia: Pentagon Coordinates, and Western Defense Staff Released
The Russian space agency (Roskosmos) has released the coordinates of Western defense staffs, including the US Pentagon and the NATO summit site, saying that Western satellite operators are working on behalf of Russia’s enemy. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roskosmos, told RIA Novosti: “The whole consortium of private and state-owned satellites is now working exclusively for […]
Egypt: 10 Helwan Brigades jihadists sentenced to death
An Egyptian court has sentenced 10 jihadists to death for “terrorism”, according to a judicial source. According to Amnesty International, in 2021 Egypt was the third country in the number of executions. The ten convicts were members of a jihadist group known as the “Helwan Brigades” and were found guilty of “terrorist acts” committed in […]
Ukraine: More than 6 million internally displaced due to the war
More than six million Ukrainians have been displaced since the start of the Russian invasion, according to a new United Nations count. To these must be added the 5.2 million Ukrainians who have fled the country and been registered as refugees in other European countries since 24 February. As of June 23, the internally displaced […]
Exclusion in Mytilene, Samos and Kastelorizo ​​is proposed by the ‘father’ of the Blue Homeland
The theorist of the “Blue Homeland” doctrine, retired Admiral Jihad Yaici, spoke to the pro-government channel Haberturk and, among other things, suggested that Turkey proceed with a naval blockade of Mytilene, Samos, and Megisti. “We can bring Greece to its knees without a fight,” said Yaitzi, adding: “Without a fight. I just used it as […]
Kremlin: The only way to stop the attack is the capitulation of Ukraine
The Kremlin said today that its attack on Ukraine would end when the Ukrainian authorities and the Ukrainian army capitulate. “The Ukrainian side can end the conflict on the same day. It must order the nationalist units to lay down their arms, it must order the Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and it […]
Russia: Gazprom threatens to change terms in gas contracts if West imposes price cap
The Kremlin announced today that Gazprom is likely to seek a change in the terms of gas supply contracts to Western countries that will impose a ceiling on Russian gas prices. G7 leaders have agreed to consider a possible cap on Russian oil and gas prices, with the aim of limiting Moscow’s ability to finance […]