Author: Mideast discourse

According to Konashenkov, some of the shells damaged the pipeline Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said the armed forces of Ukraine shelled the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant twice over the past day, and three shells fell in the area near the special unit containing nuclear fuel and radioactive waste. “Over the past day, shelling by artillery units of the armed forces of Ukraine of the territory of the nuclear power plant was recorded twice. A total of nine shells were fired, three of which fell in the area of special unit No. 2, which stores…

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“More than 100 nationalists were terminated at Ukrainian military reserve training center in the area of Slavyansk of the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of a high-precision strike,” Konashenkov said Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said a high-precision strike by Russian forces killed more than 100 nationalists at Ukrainian military training center in the area of Slavyansk. “More than 100 nationalists were terminated at Ukrainian military reserve training center in the area of Slavyansk of the Donetsk People’s Republic as a result of a high-precision strike,” he said. Source: TASS

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US has sent two warships through the Taiwan Strait, further escalating tensions with China following the controversial visit of the US house speaker to the Chinese Taipei. Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since US-China tensions spiked this month over a visit to the island by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The guided-missile cruisers USS Antietam and USS Chancellorsville were on Sunday making the voyage “through waters where high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply in accordance with international law,” the US 7th Fleet in…

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Six people have died after a truck drove off a dike and plowed into a barbecue party in the southern Dutch town of Nieuw Beijerland, police said on Sunday. The accident occurred on Saturday evening around 6 p.m. local time (1600 GMT) when the truck drove off the Zuidzijdsedijk and crashed into the neighborhood barbecue party going on at the bottom of the dike. Seven victims are currently in the hospital, one of them in critical condition, according to a police statement. The driver, a 46-year-old man from Spain, has been arrested. The man hadn’t been drinking, said the statement,…

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At least one was killed and six others, including three civilians, wounded as a blast struck a vehicle in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Sunday. The provincial police chief, Abdul Haq Haqqani, told media that all the injured persons had been taken to hospital, adding that some persons have been arrested and an investigation has been initiated into the incident, China.org reported. According to the official, the blast took place at 8:30 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) Sunday and targeted a patrol van of security forces in Ghazi Abad district, killing one security personnel and injuring six others, including three civilians. No…

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Turkey on Sunday alleged fellow NATO member Greece has used a Russian-made air defense system to harass Turkish jets on a reconnaissance mission, calling it a “hostile action.” The incident took place on August 23 when Greece’s S-300 missile system deployed on the island of Crete put a lock on Turkish F-16 jets flying at 10,000 feet west of Rhodes, Turkish defense ministry sources said, AFP reported. That was “incompatible with the spirit of (NATO) alliance” and amounted to “hostile acts” under the NATO rules of engagement, the sources added. “Despite this hostile action, (Turkish) jets completed their planned missions…

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A former Labour politician claims the corporation denied him a board position, fearing retribution from Boris Johnson’s government Former Labour government member James Purnell has accused the BBC of blocking him from a top position, supposedly to keep favor with Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Cabinet. Purnell has held a number of high-ranking positions within the BBC over the years and was its director of radio and education between 2016 and 2020. However, when the broadcaster’s new director general, Tim Davie, offered Purnell a position on the board in 2020, other non-executive directors “decided they didn’t want someone with a Labour background,” Purnell…

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Kiev is quickly burning all bridges of reconciliation with Moscow. The Ukrainian government withdrew from an agreement with its Russian counterpart regarding scientific and economic cooperation on atomic energy, according to Verkhovna Rada Taras Melnichuk, a Ukrainian government representative. “The agreement between the governments of Ukraine and Russia on scientific and economic cooperation on atomic energy, signed on January 14, 1993 in Moscow, has been voided,” he said. Most recently on August 23, the Russian Finance Ministry announced that Ukraine withdrew from an agreement with Russia that avoids double taxation of income and property and prevention of tax evasion. Kiev…

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The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has released two videos documenting recent attacks on the Turkish military in Iraq’s northern region. Both attacks took part in the northern parts of the Kurdistan Region, where the Turkish military has been counducting an operation against the PKK since mid-April. The operation codenamed, Claw-Lock, is meant to end the Kurdish guerilla group presence in the areas of Metina, Zap and Avashin Basyan. The first video released by the PKK shows an attack with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) on an armored vehicle of the Turkish military that took place in Zap on August 9.…

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The new death toll comes a day after the Pakistani Prime Minister asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage. Flash floods triggered by destructive monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people, injured, and displaced thousands more since June, officials said. The new death toll came a day after the Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage. More than 33 million people have been displaced. The government has declared an emergency to deal with monsoon flooding, which began in June and continues to wreak havoc in Pakistan. The National…

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