Putin says it’s the US that has deployed so-called ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons in other countries and Russia’s own arsenal is purely a deterrent. Source link
Read More »‘Unlikely’ missile that killed 2 in Poland was fired from Russia, Biden says
It wasn’t immediately clear if Biden was suggesting that the missile hadn’t been fired by Russia at all. Ukraine also has stocks of Russian-made weaponry. Source link
Read More »South Korea’s Yoon declares mourning period after Halloween crush kills at least 151
President Yoon Suk-yeol promises ‘thorough investigation’ into cause of incident; three Chinese nationals among those dead, Chinese embassy in South Korea confirms. Source link
Read More »Air France, Airbus face angry families in 2009 crash trial
Relatives shouted ‘shame’ and ‘too little, too late’ as both companies pleaded not guilty to ‘involuntary manslaughter’ after flight AF447 plunged into the darkness during a storm en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris on June 1, 2009. Source link
Read More »Iran crackdown on protesters – arrests ex-president’s daughter
Faezeh Hashemi, a former MP and daughter of the late Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, co-founder of the Islamic Republic, is one of many high-profile Iranians supporting the protests in which dozens of people have been killed. Source link
Read More »French court awards damages for 2009 Yemenia plane crash
152 people were killed when the ageing Airbus A310 crashed while attempting to land. The company denied responsibility but was ordered to pay US$237,000 damages to families and the sole survivor, who was 12 at the time. Source link
Read More »راولپنڈی: 12 سالہ طالبہ کے قاتل عادل زیب کو سزائے موت
راولپنڈی کی مقامی عدالت نے 12سالہ طالبہ کے قتل کے مجرم عادل زیب کو سزائے موت سنادی۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق مجرم عادل زیب نے زیادتی میں ناکامی پر 12 سالہ بچی کو قتل کردیا تھا۔ رپورٹ کے مطابق راولپنڈی کی مقامی عدالت نے سماعت کے دوران عادل زیب کو قتل …
Read More »Russia accuses Ukraine of killing Putin ally’s daughter
Darya Dugina, whose father Alexander Dugin is a prominent ideologue, was killed on Saturday evening when a bomb blew up the car she was driving near Moscow. He said his daughter ‘sacrificed her young life on the altar of victory’. Source link
Read More »9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed, families long to return home
A top commander says nearly 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since Russia invaded his country six months ago, and that children are suffering as a result – many refugees realise they will not be going home soon. Source link
Read More »India-Pakistan nuclear war would kill 2 billion. US-China, 5 billion: study
Tens of millions of immediate fatalities in the war zone would be followed by hundreds of millions of starvation deaths around the globe in the months and years that followed, an international study led by Rutgers University scientists found. Source link
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