Section: Indonesia
NATO tests its capabilities _ and wants Russia to take note
US navy helicopters fly over US Navy hovercraft during the NATO Trident Juncture exercise 2015 at Raposa Media beach in Pinheiro da Cruz, south of Lisbon, Oct. 20. (AP/Steven Governo)NATO is putting on its most fearsome display of military might in over a decade, a choreographed large-scale movement of soldiers, ships and planes meant to hone its...
PH under fire for unsolved killing of journalists
Filipino families gather around tombs that are placed on top of each other inside Manila’s North cemetery, Philippines on Sunday. Filipinos flocked to cemeteries and memorial parks to remember their dead as they observe All Saints Day in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. (AP/Aaron Favila)The Philippines is one of four countries...
UN group says Malaysia Anwar’s jailing politically motivated
Anwar Ibrahim (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)Imprisoned Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was prosecuted for political reasons and he should be released, a UN body concluded.Anwar began serving a five-year jail sentence in February after the country’s top court ruled that he sodomized a former male aide in 2008. His case was widely seen as...
Egypt: Official says doomed Russian plane was in good shape
National mourning: The Russian national flag is flown at half-mast on top of the Senate Building in Kremlin on the day of national mourning in Moscow, Russia, Sunday. The Russian Metrojet airliner crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous part of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula 23 minutes after taking off from a popular Red Sea resort, killing all...
Officials search for cause of plane crash over Egypt’s Sinai
Deadly attack: In this image released by the Prime Minister’s office, Sherif Ismail, right, looks at the remains of a crashed passenger jet in Hassana Egypt, Friday. A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a...
IS says it brought down Russian plane
Egyptian emergency workers unload bodies of victims from the crash of a Russian aircraft carrying 217 passengers and 7 crew members over the Sinai Peninsula from a police helicopter to ambulances at Kabrit airport in Suez, some 20 miles north of Suez, Egypt, Saturday. (AP/Amr Nabil)The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for bringing...
Employees of Raided Ukrainian Library in Moscow Say They Were Framed
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Ukraine Calls Deadly Depot Blast a Terrorist Act
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Russia Detains Head of Ukrainian Library for Stocking “Extremist” Books
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Syria mission demonstrates Russia’s new prowess
In this photo taken on Thursday, Russian air force technicians service a Russian fighter jet at Hemeimeem airbase, Syria. (AP/Vladimir Isachenkov)Sleek combat jets loaded with precision bunker-buster bombs roar into the skies as soldiers in mint desert-style uniforms march past rows of neat housing at this Russian military base at one of...
