News archive of October 2016

Six Turkey-backed Syrian rebels killed in operation in northern Syria

Six Turkey-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) members have been killed in clashes to take control of three towns in al-Rai, while Turkey hit 99 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and four Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) targets, the army said.

RS: Man kills his wife and son, blows himself up

A man, identified as R.G., has murdered his wife and heir teenage son, and then committed suicide.

The incident happend in Gradina, near Banja Luka.

Lebanon's Aoun elected president, ending 29-month vacuum

The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Oct. 31, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri prime minister. 

FBI raids home, café of Turkish-origin man with suspected links to Gülen

FBI inspectors in the Brooklyn borough of New York carried out a raid on the house and café of a Turkish-origin man thought to be linked to the movement of Pennsylvania-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, whose extradition Turkey has demanded.

"Dacic is lying to both Brussels and Moscow" - LDP leader

LDP leader Cedomir Jovanovic has accused Foreign Minister and ruling SPS leader Ivica Dacic of "continuing his politicking showdown with the opposition."

According to Jovanovic, "Dacic's red herring about the LDP working against the interests of Serbia" represents a "shameful act."

Authorities concerned over 2,500 missing Pakistani migrants

Authorities dealing with the immigration problem are concerned as an estimated 2,500 Pakistani migrants have disappeared from reception centers from Aegean islands, apparently fleeing due to fears that they will be deported.

PM Vucic on one-day visit to Germany

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic is on a one-day visit to Germany this Monday, the government has announced.

Serbia will continue its European path and the process of building a rule-of-law state, and strengthen its economy further to attract more investors, Vucic said in Hamburg on Monday.

Bulgaria May Have Railroad between Burgas Center, Airport

A project is being prepared to build a railway between the central area of Burgas, the second-biggest coastal city, and Sarafovo Airport, Bulgarian Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski has said.

His words have come during an inspection of an infrastructure project in the area of the maritime station in Burgas.

300 million children breathe heavily toxic air: UNICEF

Some 300 million children live with outdoor air so polluted it can cause serious physical damage, including harming their developing brains, the United Nations said in a study released on Oct. 31.

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