“The actions of the Russian air force, in response to the request of the Syrian leadership – have really helped to turn around the situation in the country, helped towards reducing the territory controlled by terrorists”, Lavrov said at his main annual press...
China on Tuesday criticised what it said were “irresponsible” remarks made by a US official this week calling for Beijing to do more to curb North Korea’s banned nuclear program.
“The US sanctions against Iran’s ballistic missile programme… have no legal or moral legitimacy”, foreign ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said in a televised news conference.
Twenty-one people were killed last Wednesday in an attack at a university campus in Pakistan’s tribal northwest which was claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, barely a year after the massacre at a school in Peshawar that killed more than 150 people.
The Canadians will play in a last-chance qualifying tournament in Manila, July 4-10, where they’ll also face Turkey (No. 8), New Zealand (21), host Philippines (28), and Senegal (31).
Iran said on Monday new U.S. sanctions imposed on the Islamic Republic’s ballistic missile programme were illegitimate because of Washington’s arms sales in the Middle East.
The Star reported that a memo had been sent out to Thai Smile Airways staff, which explained the dolls can be treated as children, as they undergo a “spiritualisation” process, which is believed to breathe life into them.
The resolution welcomes the progress in negotiations between Colombia’s government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia and notes their joint request last week for a United Nations monitoring mission.
At least 36 people died as a result of the storm: nine in NY, six in North Carolina, six in Virginia, four in SC, three in Pennsylvania, three in New Jersey and one each in Kentucky, Maryland, Ohio, Delaware and Washington.
The office of the United Nations special envoy for Syria says it has sent out invitations for peace talks later this week in Geneva – though it won’t specify to whom.
The Danish parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial bill allowing authorities to confiscate valuables of refugees while they process their asylum.