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The US is keeping jihadist group al-Nusra for a “Plan B”, potentially to overthrow Syrian President Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the BBC.
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- Germany tells Philippine envoy Duterte Hitler remarks ‘unacceptable’
- Israel pays Turkey $20mn compensation over Mavi Marmara
- France wants investigation into alleged Sudan chemical weapons use
- First UN special envoy for Somali refugees amid ‘asylum fatigue’
- New ‘heavy’ rocket & $5mn launch price tag: Russia’s S7 plans for Sea Launch revealed
Russian space producer RSC Energia announced it will create a state of the art rocket for the Sea Launch program taken over by the Russian S7-group, with a launch price tag of $5mn. - German mayor knocked unconscious in brutal attack, likely over plans to accommodate refugees
Joachim Kebschull, 61-year-old mayor of the German town of Oersdorf, home to about 900 people, was beaten unconscious by unknown assailants. Investigators say the attack may have been linked to the mayor’s plans to accommodate refugees, local media report. - Burqa ban: Bulgaria outlaws face-covering clothes in public places
Bulgaria’s parliament has passed legislation that effectively bans burqas – veils which fully cover the face, worn by Muslim women in public – in a bid to step up security in the country following a series of terrorist attacks in Europe. - Police didn't stop truck in Nice horror, attacker drove on for 4 mins – French media
Police in Nice did not stop the truck in the attack in July that killed 86 people, as the vehicle appears to have stalled, according to a French TV program, which also claims the killer actually drove on for four minutes – not 45 seconds, as the authorities had stated.
- ‘I stopped Netanyahu from catastrophic attack on Iran’ – Peres’ statement concealed ‘til death
In a statement that was not to be made public until his death, the former Israeli President told Jerusalem Post he stopped PM Benjamin Netanyahu from a “catastrophic” military strike against Iran, at the time the world leaders were engaged in nuclear deal talks. - China says THAAD anti-missiles ‘severely undermine’ security as Seoul picks deployment site
Beijing has once again voiced strong objections to the deployment of a US anti-missile system in South Korea, vowing to take the “necessary” steps to maintain a strategic power balance in the region. - ‘Elevated unrest’ at Katla volcano triggers aviation alert increase in Iceland
Unusual seismic unrest around Eyjafjallajokull’s neighbor Katla has forced Iceland’s Met Office to raise the aviation alert level to yellow, while the country’s Civil Defence activated a contingency plan for a possible eruption of the long “overdue” volcano. - EU-Russia ExoMars mission all set to enter planetary orbit in October – Roscosmos head
A joint EU-Russia project designed to search for signs of past and present life on Mars is on the verge of beginning a new stage of its mission. It will entering Mars’ orbit to map the sources of methane on the red planet, the head of Russia’s space agency said. - ‘US had never had ‘Plan A’ for Syria, West a root cause of crisis’ – Syrian UN envoy to RT
Washington never had a so-called ‘Plan A’ to resolve the Syrian crisis, Syrian envoy to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari told RT, adding that the West is one of the root causes of the Syrian war. - Baffling and appalling: Jewish groups lash out at Philippine leader Duterte over Hitler remark
Comments made by Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte comparing himself to Adolf Hitler have drawn widespread condemnation, with Jewish groups slamming the remarks as baffling and revolting. - 3 Japanese governors don ‘pregnancy’ vests urging men to help at home (VIDEO)
In a bid to learn about the “hardships” of being a woman, three Japanese governors put on special “pregnancy” vests and shot a video of themselves taking up daily activities. The move is part of a campaign which urges men to take up more chores at home. - Gunmen steal ambulance with suspected criminal inside from army convoy in Mexico
Gunmen have ambushed an army convoy in Culiacan, north-west Mexico, killing five soldiers and making off with an ambulance which was transporting an alleged organized crime figure. - US ‘spare Nusra for plan B’ to change regime in Syria – LavrovThe US is keeping jihadist group al-Nusra for a “Plan B”, potentially to overthrow Syrian President Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the BBC.
- New ‘heavy’ rocket & $5mn launch price tag: Russia’s S7 plans for Sea Launch revealedRussian space producer RSC Energia announced it will create a state of the art rocket for the Sea Launch program taken over by the Russian S7-group, with a launch price tag of $5mn.
- Massive ‘coronal hole’ on the sun blasts Earth with solar storms (PHOTOS)
A massive coronal hole on the sun is currently facing Earth, directing a solar storm at our planet which can potentially wreak havoc on communication and electrical systems. - 50 asylum-seekers stage riot, attack guards at refugee center in Berlin
Some 50 refugees staged a riot at an accommodation facility in the northern district of Reinickendorf in Berlin, knocking down doors, damaging furniture, stealing personal belongings, and physically attacking security guards, local media reports.
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