Section: Iran
Ukrainian woman detained with 2.1kg of cocaine at Penang International Airport
GEORGE TOWN: A Ukrainian woman has been detained with 2.1kg of cocaine worth RM500,000 at the domestic arrival terminal of Penang International Airport here, Thursday. Penang Narcotics CID chief Supt Guan Beng Kang said the 22-year-old woman, a first-time visitor to Malaysia, was arrested at 11am upon arrival after she was seen behaving...
The First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: Is Erdogan After New Crimean War?
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Crimean War was one of the most absurd conflicts in modern history, according to geopolitical expert F. William Engdahl; however, the escalating conflict being incited by Turkey’s would-be new Sultan, Recep Erdogan, by provoking Russia again and again, is more of a farce, he said, recalling Karl Marx’s remark on how...
Russia filing lawsuit against Ukraine over debt default
The Russian Finance Ministry is filing a lawsuit against Ukraine for Kiev’s failure to pay off its USD 3-billion debt to Moscow by the end of December 2015. According to the reports, the Russian ministry said on its website late on Thursday that it is suing Kiev as it is “in a state of default” regarding its obligations toward...
Russia filing lawsuit against Ukraine over debt default
The Russian Finance Ministry is filing a lawsuit against Ukraine for Kiev’s failure to pay off its USD 3-billion debt to Moscow by the end of December 2015. …read more Source: Iran...
Putin declares NATO ‘threat’ to Russian security
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new defense strategy document that declares the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) a threat to Russia’s national security. The document, which was signed by Putin this week, considers NATO’s military buildup in various countries as a major foreign threat against Russian national...
European Parliament Uses “Double Standards” in Matters of Arms Exports
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the European Parliament applies “double standards” by justifying any military exports to Kiev and at the same time condemning illicit arms trade by EU member states. …read more Source: Fars News...
DPR says two residents, serviceman killed in Ukrainian army shelling
Pro-Russia forces in east Ukraine say shelling by Ukrainian military forces in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) killed two civilians and a serviceman last week. “The armed forces have committed 14 violations in the DPR over the past day. Kominternove, Zhabunki, Nova Laspa, Zaitseve and the Donetsk airport have been...
Three Moroccans taken off Kiev-Paris flight for jokes about ties with terrorists
Three Moroccans were removed from a Kiev-Paris flight at Kiev’s Borispol International Airport and taken to police after lame jokes about their ties with terrorists, a spokesman for Ukraine’s state border service said. “The jokes by three Moroccan citizens entailed the delay of a flight from the Borispol airport to Paris. While...
Three Moroccans Taken off Kiev-Paris Flight for Jokes about Ties with Terrorists
TEHRAN (FNA)- Three Moroccans were removed from a Kiev-Paris flight at Kiev’s Borispol international airport and taken to police after lame jokes about their ties with terrorists, a spokesman for Ukraine’s state border service said on Saturday. …read more Source: Fars News...
Russian President orders counter-terrorism units on coasts
Russia is set to establish several counter-terrorism operational headquarters in different coastal areas across the country, as Moscow is engaged in fighting with terror groups in Syria. The units which are to be set up under an order by President Vladimir Putin will be located in Kaspiysk on the Caspian Sea, Murmansk in Russia’s north-west...
