IS Claims Turkey Nightclub Attack
So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried out by “a heroic soldier”. At least 600...
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Hackers Target European ATMs
Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber...
Erdogan Says Turkey Can Spurn EU and Join Shanghai Pact
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey should not be "fixated" on joining the EU and has reiterated the idea of joining Russia and China in a Eurasian security group, local media reported Sunday....
Measles Jab Saves 20 Million Young Lives
Measles jab saves more than 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day, United Nations health agencies report has revealed. According to the...
High-Speed Rail Deal Among 21 Signed By China and Russia
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at the 21st China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Regular Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 7, 2016. ...
Li’s Russia Visit To Boost All-Round Cooperation
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang leaves Latvia and heads for Russia on Nov. 6, 2016. Latvian officials and China’s Ambassador to Latvia sees the premier off at Riga’s airport. The ongoing visit by...
Kyrgyz Leader’s Party Forges New Parliament Coalition
The Social Democratic party of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has built a new majority coalition and nominated Sooronbai Jeenbekov for prime minister, a position he held in the previous cabinet,...
Syrian Rebels ‘regrouping’ Under Ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Syrian rebel groups are exploiting the current ceasefire to regroup. He said the US, which backs some rebel groups, was more focused on retaining their...
Suicide Attack Targets Chinese Embassy In Kyrgyzstan
A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the capital of Kyrgyzistan, Bishkek, according to authorities. Local medics said the driver was killed while two embassy...
Assessing Russia’s Relationship with Africa
Over the past two decades, Russia's efforts to regain its Soviet-era influence in Africa have achieved little success because "times have changed significantly, for example, a new economic and...