News archive of December 2016

Brazilian newspaper “Jornal National” has released footage of a CCTV camera outside the residence of Greek Ambassador Kyriakos Amairidis, who was murdered on Monday by the Brazilian lover of his 40-year-old wife Françoise Amiridis.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said that Turkey is in "a new war of liberation," as he commented on events that unfolded in Turkey in 2016.

"Turkey has been waging a new war of liberation in the recent years," President Erdoğan said in his New Year's speech on Dec. 31, adding that Turkey is under "a major attack."

SANTIAGO, Chile - Anger has been stoked in Chile after ten people convicted of grave human rights abuses during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship (1973-1990) asked for 'pardon' through an ecumenical act at the prison in which they are being held.

The recent assassination of a Russian ambassador to Turkey and the terror attack on a Christmas market in Germany give a clear indication that Europe cannot avoid fallouts of Islamist terror.

The once undefeated UFC women’s bantamweight champion, Ronda Rousey suffered a devastating defeat by Brazilian reigning champion Amanda Nunes in under a minute into the first round of the championship bout.

A total of 23 militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including planners for the group, were "neutralized" in Syria's north during the ongoing Turkish-led Operation Euphrates Shield, according to the Turkish military

Bulgaria's biggest private gas supplier Overgas has signed a new deliveries contract that gives it gas from the biggest state company.

Bulgargaz will pump BGN 300 million cubic meters of gas to the private company, allowing it to meet the needs of 60 000 households and 3000 public and industrial consumers.

Turkey's foreign minister said Dec. 30 that the recent diplomatic tension between Russia and the United States "will serve nothing but add to the existing problems".

FM Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu told reporters in southern Antalya province that such a tension "between the global actors" will be no good "for both of the countries and for the region."

BELGRADE - A whole basketball arena in Serbia joined to sing a folk song in memory of the members of the legendary Alexandrov Ensemble who were on board the ill-fated Tu-154 jet that crashed off the coast of the Black Sea.

BELGRADE - Russian federal health and epidemic watchdog Rospotrebnadzor is warning of a flare up of bubonic plague in Madagascar, which could put tourists at risk.