Monday, 18 January, 2021
Russia begins biggest military drills in its history today
By | Last Updated: 11th September, 2018, 00:00
MOSCOW: Russia today (Tuesday) will launch the biggest military drills in its history involving 300,000 troops as well as Chinese soldiers, in a move NATO denounced as “exercising large-scale conflict”,…
US to close Palestinian mission in Washington
RAMALLAH: The United States has decided to close the Palestinian mission in Washington in the latest…
US-backed force kills 15 IS fighters in Syria
QAMISHLI: US-backed fighters launched a fierce assault Monday against a dwindling pocket of territory…
Iraq PM visits
Basra after week of violence
BASRA: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi arrived Monday in Basra, the oil-rich southern city where…
7 wounded in Paris knife attack
PARIS: A man wielding a knife and an iron bar injured seven people, including three tourists, in Paris,…
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