Section: The Epoch Times (USA)
The Face of Evil: Surveying the ISIS Killing Fields in Northern Iraq
SINJAR, Iraq—Evil doesn’t always reveal itself through goose-stepping armies or skyscrapers collapsing on a clear autumn day. Sometimes, it’s only a sun-bleached bone in a field. This was the place the old peshmerga colonel wanted to show me. It wasn’t anything special by the look of it. Certainly, this plot of brown grass on a...
NATO Urged to Show Stronger Resolve on Russia, Boost Defense
TIRANA, Albania—NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly urged alliance members Monday to stand up to Russia’s military assertiveness and to do a better job sharing the burden of collective defense. The assembly president, American lawmaker Michael R. Turner, declared that “Russia’s aggressiveness comes with a price” as he appealed to...
Russian Performance Artist Convicted In Pro-Ukraine Protest
MOSCOW— A Russian performance artist known for his radical politically charged performances was convicted Thursday of vandalism for a pro-Ukraine protest and sentenced to 16 months in prison. A court in Moscow found Pyotr Pavlensky guilty, though he won’t have to serve prison time because the statute of limitations had expired. But he...
Russian Performance Artist Convicted In Pro-Ukraine Protest
MOSCOW— A Russian performance artist known for his radical politically charged performances was convicted Thursday of vandalism for a pro-Ukraine protest and sentenced to 16 months in prison. A court in Moscow found Pyotr Pavlensky guilty, though he won’t have to serve prison time because the statute of limitations had expired. But he...
‘The Sound of God’: In Iraq, US Airpower Bolsters the Peshmerga’s Fight Against ISIS
MOSUL FRONT, Iraq—The old peshmerga general smiled at the sound of the U.S. fighter jets. “That’s the sound of God,” he said. Gen. Omar Hama Ali Farag held a pair of binoculars to his eyes, scanning Islamic State positions about a mile away, across the Great Zab River in the direction of Mosul. “There’s two Daesh fighters hiding...
Ukraine Wins 2016 Eurovision Song Contest
STOCKHOLM—Ukraine’s Jamala was declared the winner of the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest early Sunday for a melancholic tune that recalled the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars by Soviet authorities. Susana Jamaladinova, who uses the stage name Jamala, received the highest score for her song “1944,” after votes from juries and TV viewers...
Australian Couple Gives Birth to Baby Girl After Losing Three Children on Malaysia Flight 17
An Australian couple whose three children died when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine two years ago has welcomed a new daughter. Violet May Maslin shortly after her birth in Perth, Australia. (AP) Anthony Maslin and Marite Norris of Perth lost their children two years ago. However, the arrival of their daughter, Violet May...
Ukrainian Hackers Publish Info on Thousands of Journalists
MOSCOW— A group of Ukrainian hackers has published the names and contact information of thousands of journalists who have reported from rebel-controlled eastern Ukraine, raising concerns about the safety of the journalists, including many from international media organizations. The hackers said they had gained access to computers used by the...
Panama Files Show Russian Crackdown on Offshoring Is Failing
MOSCOW—The thousands of Russian names on a list of offshore companies suggests President Vladimir Putin’s effort to crack down on such entities is ineffective, experts say, and highlights how keeping wealth abroad remains one of the few ways to keep it safe from corrupt local officials. A database published by investigative journalists on...
With the Peshmerga on the Front Lines Against ISIS
GWER, Iraq—First you notice the sound of jet engines. The sky is overcast, so you can’t see the coalition warplanes. But you can hear them. And you know what the snarl of jet noise and the occasional thud of an airstrike symbolizes for the Islamic State fighters about a mile away. With a Kalashnikov slung over his shoulder and a curved...
