With the death of Qassem Soleimani (62), the Iranian regime loses one of its most prominent figures. The General was not only influential in Iran, but his hand also reached deep into Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. In recent years, Soleimani has enjoyed immense fame among the Iranian people and was sometimes mentioned as future president. … Read more
The United States killed an Iranian general in the night of Thursday to Friday with an air raid on an airport in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Both the US Department of Defense and Iraqi state television report this. General Qassem Soleimani led the Quds Corps, a special unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG). The … Read more
In a plane crash in the Darfur region, in western Sudan, eighteen people died on Thursday. A military transport aircraft crashed after taking off shortly before from an airport in Geneina, the capital of the Darfur region. All eighteen passengers were killed instantly, a spokesperson for the Sudanese army reported. Among others, the entire seven-man … Read more
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has adjusted travel advice for Australia due to the severe forest fires in the country. For the southeastern state of New South Wales the advice is to make only necessary journeys. In New South Wales, a state of emergency applies from Friday due to the continuing and expanding forest fires. … Read more
Approximately four hundred people were arrested on New Year’s Day during protests in Hong Kong. The protests started as a march with tens of thousands of participants, but soon the atmosphere became grim and the police decided to use tear gas. Since the protests began in June, more than seven thousand people have been arrested. … Read more
The death toll after the floods at the Indonesian capital Jakarta has risen to 21, local authorities said Thursday. Thirty thousand people have been evacuated. Train connections are blocked in different areas and people are without power. On New Year’s Day and the early hours of New Year’s Day, heavy showers of rain passed over … Read more
Nine people died on Wednesday due to major flooding in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Thousands of people have been evacuated, reports news agency AP. During the New Year celebration, heavy showers of rain passed over the capital. Because of these monsoon rains, many rivers have burst their banks and nearly ninety neighborhoods in Jakarta … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that he would ask parliament to grant him immunity from prosecution. Netanyahu is the culprit in three fraud cases. Netanyahu announced that step during a television speech. With this politically risky move, he may be able to delay legal proceedings against him by months. The trial against … Read more
Former Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo was named the winner of the presidential election on Wednesday, taking on his rival and former Prime Minister Domingos Simoes Pereira in the second round of voting. According to the national election committee, Embalo received 54 percent of the votes and Pereira 46 percent. Pereira, however, believes that election … Read more
Approximately four thousand people are hiding in Southeast Australia on beaches against the wildfires, reports The Guardian Tuesday. The fire department of the Australian state of New South Wales fears the lives of three people. The wildfires will be aggravated on Tuesday by intense heat and wind. Images show how the sky above the beaches … Read more