An estimated 6.1 million are internally displaced, a 17 per cent increase from October, according to its Displacement Tracking Matrix. IOM said civilians have been killed or forced to flee their homes due to a surge in violence and attacks by armed groups. Deadly attack, intolerable dangers At least 46 people were killed in the…
Russia says that the US is using illegal armed groups in Afghanistan to destabilize the region. In the future, the terrorist activities of these groups may spread to neighboring countries. Speaking at an event in Belarus, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigov said that Afghanistan is still a center of instability. He said that after the…
Five Iranian border guards were killed in an encounter with an armed group in Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. Condemning the incident, Iran has demanded Pakistan to improve the security of the Iran-Pak common border areas. According to Iranian media, Iranian guards clashed with the armed group in Sarawan border area adjacent to Pakistan, the armed terrorist…
6 Iranian security border officials killed in armed attack; Photo: File Tehran: Six personnel were killed in a clash between the Border Force and an armed separatist group on the border of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchistan province. According to Iranian media, 6 Border Security Force personnel were killed in Saravan near Iran’s border with Pakistan. The clash…
Courtesy: International Media In Vatican City, a speeding car driver broke through the security fence and tried to enter the residence of the spiritual leader of Catholic Christians. According to foreign media, the suspect also opened fire on the security police car and entered the palace courtyard. According to foreign media, the police have arrested…
Bike-riding attackers set fire to villages in Burkina Faso; Photo: File Ouagadougou: In the African country of Burkina Faso, 33 civilians were killed and many injured in an attack by motorcycle-riding armed men. According to the World News Agency, gunmen stormed a village in Burkina Faso, set fire to several houses and properties, and shot…
The country has 6.2 million internally displaced people, while more than 1.3 million have become refugees. UNHCR said that Goma, the capital of eastern DRC’s North Kivu province, hosts over 560,000 displaced people in and around the city. Many live in spontaneous sites on the side of the road, in dire conditions, despite the efforts of…
USS Florida The US Navy has sent a submarine equipped with nuclear missiles to Middle Eastern waters to support its fifth fleet based in Bahrain. Commander Timothy Hawkins says the USS Florida entered the region Thursday and also rounded the Suez Strait. The submarine is equipped with 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles and is deployed in…
File photo In Thailand, 4 people were killed by an armed man, according to the police, the accused escaped. The police say that the shooting happened in Surat Thani province. The police did not give further details of the incident. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000);…
Citing humanitarian sources, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said more than 50,000 people displaced from the town of Rutshuru found safety in Kibirizi. Some 55,000 people from Masisisi territory fled to nearby villages, as well as to the regional capital, Goma, and towards Minova in neigbouring South Kivu province. Children on the run Peacekeepers from the…
