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  • Putin signs law on tightening punishment for 'telephone terrorism'

    Putin signs law on tightening punishment for 'telephone terrorism'

    Date: 2017-12-31 16:47:27 GMT - Russia - International - SN:15 - ID:7168194

    Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law that toughens the punishment for "telephone terrorism" to 10 years of imprisonment, according to a document published on the Russian official Internet portal of legal information on ....

  • Nigeria north state says 5,247 Muslims dead from Boko Haram

    Nigeria north state says 5,247 Muslims dead from Boko Haram

    Date: 2017-12-31 16:47:08 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:14 - ID:7168175

    The Adamawa State chapter of Nigeria's Muslim Council says at least 5,247 Muslims have been killed in the past four years in the northern state because of Boko Haram, ABC news reported. A report presented Sunday adds that more than 5,100 Muslims ....

  • 18 Turkish soldiers killed, injured in attack on Turkish military base near Kurdistan

    18 Turkish soldiers killed, injured in attack on Turkish military base near Kurdistan

    Date: 2017-12-31 16:45:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:7168130

    Iraqi sources said on Sunday that, 11 Turkish soldiers were killed and, seven others wounded in an armed attack that targeted a Turkish military base in the northern Duhok province in Kurdistan. The assault also resulted in damaging a Turkish ....

  • Army, police intensify security measures around places of worship

    Army, police intensify security measures around places of worship

    Date: 2017-12-31 16:33:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:12 - ID:7168248

    -The Armed Forces and police intensified security measures to secure facilities and places of worship on the occasion of the Christmas celebration. This comes in accordance with directives given by President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to encounter ....

  • Russia’s Foreign Ministry advises compatriots to avoid mass gatherings in Iran

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry advises compatriots to avoid mass gatherings in Iran

    Date: 2017-12-31 16:12:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:11 - ID:7168061

    Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued recommendations for compatriots advising them to avoid mass gatherings in Iran in the wake of ongoing protests, the ministry wrote on its Facebook page. "Demonstrations sparked by social discontent are being ....

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