Live NEWS/EUROPE How Russia spawned more ISIL fighters than most nations by Mansur Mirovalev 6 hours ago whatsapp Up to 4,000 Russian nationals could have joined ISIL, Russian President Putin has said [File: Reuters] Up to 4,000 Russian nationals could have joined ISIL, Russian President Putin has said [File: Reuters] Moscow, Russia - Abdulmajid Abakarov, a 12-year-old boy from Russia's troubled province of Dagestan, had not seen his mother in three years. Zagidat Abakarova, 34, and her two younger children were "forcibly held" in Syria by her husband, who had joined ISIL, Russian officials said. On October 21, the boy waited for her at the airport in Grozny, the capital of neighbouring Chechnya, in an agitated crowd of civilians, security officers and journalists. Days earlier, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced the arrival of seven "rescued" wives and 14 children of Russian ISIL fighters who had been killed, sentenced to death or jailed in Syria...
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Toggle navigation Live NEWS / MYANMAR Rohingya crisis: Inter-faith events push for peace by Florence Looi 8 hours ago People hold Aung San Suu Kyi photos during an inter-faith ceremony in Yangon in early October [Soe Zeya Tun/Reuters] Yangon, Myanmar - As the sun set and shops and offices closed for the day, Maha Bandoola park started to fill with people. Some were here on Tuesday to enjoy the green grounds, a small refuge from the noise and chaos of downtown Yangon. But many more arrived for an inter-faith prayer event organised by the ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), held outside the City Hall building across the road. The event was called "Peace in Myanmar - Ceremony for Inter-Faith Prayers." Advertisement It was the last in a series of events in the country, the fir...
Things you didn't know about the liberty status in USA
Independence. The Statue was named “Liberty Enlightening the World” and was a joint effort between America and France. It was agreed that the American people were to build the pedestal, and the French people were responsible for the Statue and its assembly here in the United States. However, lack of funds was a problem on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. In France, public fees, various forms of entertainment, and a lottery were among the methods used to raise funds. In the United States, benefit theatrical events, art exhibitions, auctions and prizefights assisted in providing needed funds. Poet Emma Lazarus wrote her famous sonnet “The New Colossus” in 1883 for the art and literary auction to raise funds for the Statue's pedestal. PLAN YOUR VISIT TODAY AND EXPERIENCE HISTORY Meanwhile in France, Bartholdi required the assistance of an engineer to address structural issues associated with designing such a colossal copper sculpture. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of ...
Live NEWS / IRAN Iran: No need to extend 2,000km ballistic missile range an hour ago Iran's missile programme is not covered by the 2015 nuclear deal [File: Vahid SalemiAP] Iran has no need to extend the current 2,000km range of its ballistic missiles as they can already strike enemy targets in case of aggression, the head of the Revolutionary Guard has said. Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari told reporters in the capital, Tehran, on Tuesday that the missile range can cover "most of American interest and forces" within the region, even as he underlined the programme's defensive purpose. Jafari said the ballistic missile range is based on the limits set by the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. IAEA chief: Iran is living up to the nuclear deal But he warned Iran's enemies of ...
History of today
What is the Balfour Declaration? The Balfour Declaration ("Balfour's promise" in Arabic) was a public pledge by Britain in 1917 declaring its aim to establish "a national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. The statement came in the form of a letter from Britain's then-foreign secretary, Arthur Balfour, addressed to Lionel Walter Rothschild, a figurehead of the British Jewish community. It was made during World War I (1914-1918) and was included in the terms of the British Mandate for Palestine after the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. READ MORE The Nakba did not start or end in 1948 The so-called mandate system, set up by the Allied powers, was a thinly veiled form of colonialism and occupation. The system transferred rule from the territories that were previously controlled by the powers defeated in the war - Germany , Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria - to the victors. The declared aim of the mandate system was ...