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Russian warship sinks after collision with freighter in Black Sea  

Russian Navy’s reconnaissance ship Liman, of the Black Sea fleet, is pictured in the Bosphorus last year.Russian Navy’s reconnaissance ship Liman, of the Black Sea fleet, is pictured in the Bosphorus last year.Russian Navy’s reconnaissance ship Liman, of the Black Sea fleet, is pictured in the Bosphorus last year.A Russian naval reconnaissance warship has collided with a Togo-flagged boat near Turkey’s Black Sea coast, prompting an evacuation. There were no reports of casualties on either ship, but the Russian boat sank.

A Turkish coastal safety official told Reuters that 78 crew members had been evacuated from the Russian ship. Russia’s defence ministry said its vessel, the Liman, had a hole as a result of the incident. The ministry told the Interfax news agency there were no casualties among the crew.

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Published on 27/04/2017 @ 15h18  |
Isis faces exodus of foreign fighters as its 'caliphate' crumbles  

Image result for Isis faces exodus of foreign fighters as its 'caliphate' crumblesLarge numbers of foreign fighters and sympathisers are abandoning Islamic Stateand trying to enter Turkey, with at least two British nationals and a US citizen joining an exodus that is depleting the ranks of the terror group.

Stefan Aristidou, from Enfield in north London, his British wife and Kary Paul Kleman, from Florida, last week surrendered to Turkish border police after more than two years in areas controlled by Isis, sources have confirmed to the Guardian.

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Published on 27/04/2017 @ 15h05  |
Anti-terrorism laws have ‘chilling effect’ on vital aid deliveries to Somalia  

An internally displaced Somali woman receives food aid at a distribution centre in Baidoa, west of the capital, Mogadishu.Strict British and US counter-terrorism laws are discouraging humanitarian organisations from delivering vital emergency assistance to millions of people facing starvation and fatal diseases in drought-hit Somalia.

Senior humanitarian officials say the laws, which target any individual or organisation found to have materially assisted a terrorist group, exert a “chilling effect” on vital assistance in areas of Somalia controlled by Islamic militants from al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida affiliate.

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Published on 27/04/2017 @ 14h57  |
Anti-terrorism laws have ‘chilling effect’ on vital aid deliveries to Somalia  

An internally displaced Somali woman receives food aid at a distribution centre in Baidoa, west of the capital, Mogadishu.Strict British and US counter-terrorism laws are discouraging humanitarian organisations from delivering vital emergency assistance to millions of people facing starvation and fatal diseases in drought-hit Somalia.

Senior humanitarian officials say the laws, which target any individual or organisation found to have materially assisted a terrorist group, exert a “chilling effect” on vital assistance in areas of Somalia controlled by Islamic militants from al-Shabaab, an al-Qaida affiliate.

>>>Read more HERE

Published on 26/04/2017 @ 13h10  |
Assad forces carried out sarin attack, says French intelligence  

Image result for Assad forces carried out sarin attack, says French intelligenceFrench intelligence has concluded that forces loyal to the Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad, carried out a sarin nerve gas attack on 4 April in northern Syria and that Assad or members of his inner circle ordered the strike, a declassified report shows.

The chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhun killed scores of people, according to a war monitor, Syrian opposition groups and western countries. It prompted the US to launch a cruise missile strike on a Syrian airbase. Read more HERE

Published on 26/04/2017 @ 13h03  |
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