So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people. The group said in a statement it was carried out by “a heroic soldier”. At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul’s Reina nightclub when the gunman began firing indiscriminately. … Read more
Cyber criminals have remotely attacked cash machines in more than a dozen countries across Europe this year using malicious software that forces machines to spit out cash, according to Russian cyber security firm Group IB. Diebold Nixdorf and NCR Corp, two of the world’s biggest ATM makers, said they were aware of the attacks and … Read more
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey should not be “fixated” on joining the EU and has reiterated the idea of joining Russia and China in a Eurasian security group, local media reported Sunday. His comments come as Turkey’s decades-long hopes of joining the European Union have reached a nadir, driven by the aftermath of the … Read more
Measles jab saves more than 20 million young lives in 15 years, but hundreds of children still die of the disease every day, United Nations health agencies report has revealed. According to the report, despite a 79 per cent worldwide decrease in measles deaths between 2000 and 2015, nearly 400 children still die from the … Read more
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (L) shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at the 21st China-Russia Prime Ministers’ Regular Meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Nov. 7, 2016. [Xinhua] Twenty-one agreements were signed between China and Russia on Monday to further promote cooperation in various fields, including on high-speed railways, during Premier Li Keqiang’s visit … Read more
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang leaves Latvia and heads for Russia on Nov. 6, 2016. Latvian officials and China’s Ambassador to Latvia sees the premier off at Riga’s airport. [Photo: gov.cn] The ongoing visit by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang to Russia is expected to yield fruitful results in the two countries’ political, economic and cultural cooperation, … Read more
The Social Democratic party of Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev has built a new majority coalition and nominated Sooronbai Jeenbekov for prime minister, a position he held in the previous cabinet, the party said on Thursday. The new coalition includes Kyrgyzstan and Bir Bol parties, said Isa Omurkulov, the leader of Social Democrats’ parliamentary faction. Join … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Syrian rebel groups are exploiting the current ceasefire to regroup. He said the US, which backs some rebel groups, was more focused on retaining their military capacity than separating moderate and militant groups, a stated aim of the truce which began on Monday. Mr Putin also urged Washington to … Read more
A suspected suicide car bomber rammed the gates of the Chinese embassy in the capital of Kyrgyzistan, Bishkek, according to authorities. Local medics said the driver was killed while two embassy staff and a woman were wounded in Tuesday’s blast. “As a result of the explosion, only the suicide bomber terrorist died. Security guards were … Read more
Over the past two decades, Russia’s efforts to regain its Soviet-era influence in Africa have achieved little success because “times have changed significantly, for example, a new economic and political environment, new emerging challenges, new competitive conditions and new bases for cooperation,” according to Nataliya Zaiser, a Public Policy Advisor at Squire Patton Boggs Moscow … Read more