The court in Ankara delivered the verdicts against 475 defendants, 365 of whom had been detained. Several former military officials and civilians individually received up to 79 life sentences for their role in the failed coup. A former brigadier general was sentenced to life in prison for providing fuel for …
Read More »Protesters TORCH Guatemala’s parliament building amid fury over budget cuts (VIDEO)
A mob vandalized and set fire to the government building during demonstrations on Saturday in Guatemala City. Footage from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows flames shooting out of one of the structure’s windows, as black billows of smoke pour out of adjacent windows. Firefighters who rushed into the building were …
Read More »Taiwan to start building new submarines next week as island prepares self-defense amid tensions with China
The project will include eight submarines and will strengthen the island’s defenses, according to presidential office spokesman Xavier Chang. “This represents a new milestone in the national submarine manufacturing plan,” Chang said. President Tsai Ing-wen will attend a ceremony next Tuesday to kick off the work. The program is part …
Read More »Russia’s Red Sea hub: Putin signs off on building naval facility in Sudan
The proposal to set up a naval facility in the North-African country, which Putin approved on Monday, was brought forward by the Russian government last week. Moscow and Khartoum signed a seven-year-long military cooperation deal last year and the project of a naval logistics hub has been already discussed by …
Read More »Car bomb hits government building, killing at least 15 in eastern Afghanistan (VIDEO)
The administrative building located in Ghani Khel district was hit by a vehicle-borne bomb on Saturday. The building was housing some military facilities as well, local authorities said. Footage from the scene indicates that the building was effectively reduced to rubble during the attack. The bomb left a large crater …
Read More »Building collapses in India killing at least 10, more feared trapped as rescue operations are underway
The structure in the town of Bhiwandi fell at approximately 3:40am local time. The chief of the National Disaster Response Force said in a tweet that up to 25 people could still be trapped under the rubble. Fire brigades and police teams have also been dispatched to the scene. According to local media, …
Read More »High-rise residential building catches fire in Krasnodar, southern Russia, evacuation is underway (VIDEO)
Some 140 firefighters and 40 fire engines have been battling the fire, that has spread to the area of some 2,500 square meters., emergencies ministry reported on Sunday night. Footage from the scene shows the fire devouring the uppermost floor of the apartment block, and plumes of thick black smoke …
Read More »Iran building production hall for uranium-enriching centrifuges ‘in the mountains’ near Natanz facility
Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting on national security on Tuesday, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi said construction work is already underway. “It was decided to establish a more modern, wider and more comprehensive hall in all dimensions in the heart …
Read More »“We’re hurting”: the Khabarovsk protesters once again surrounded the government building
Day 23 in a row at the government building in Khabarovsk are going to be protesters in support of arrested ex-Governor Sergey Furgala. As the portal dvnovosti.ru in the city of rain, lightning, but this did not stop the activists who came to Express their civic position. “We desired to …
Read More »Investors in Russia is more profitable eternal building, not upgrading
Began investment collapse exacerbates the distortion, which is observed in the Russian economy in recent years: investors prefer to invest in the construction of buildings with the expectation of a quick return, not valuing the purchase of machinery and equipment. This is from the surveys of the Center for macroeconomic …
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