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Viewers Corner News correspondent in Ankara reported that Turkish military will start testing Russian-made S-400 air defense systems despite the United States threats of sanctions. Russia delivered two S-400 defense systems this year and they were deployed at an airbase in the outskirts of Ankara. The United States said that Russian-made S-400 air defense systems
Iranian government has rejected the United States court order to pay $180 million in damages to Jason Rezaian (Washington Post reporter) who Iran jailed on espionage charges. On Friday, 22 November 2019, the U.S district court judge ordered Iran to pay $180 million to the reporter (Jason Rezaian) and his family as compensation for economic
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Pope Francis appealed to world leaders during his visit to Japan to renounce nuclear weapons. Pope made the appeal on Monday, 25 November 2019, a day after he visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki (the two cities hit by atomic bombs during the World War II). He also comforted the victims of 2011 Fukushima nuclear weapon disaster.
Turkey has offer four million lira ($700,000) for information leading to the arrest of Mohammed Dahlan. The Turkish government accused Mohammed Dahlan of being a mercenary for the United Arab Emirate and also involved in the 2016 failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The 58-year-old Mohammed Dahlan is a former official in the Palestinian
It was reported that investigation into the 2010 rape case allegedly committed by the founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange has been dropped by the Swedish prosecutors. According to the report our correspondent gathered, the investigation was dropped due to the amount of time that has passed since the alleged crime was committed. Julian Assange took
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Viewers Corner News correspondent in Ankara reported that Turkey issued 133 warrants for the arrest of military officers accused of having links with the U.S. based Muslim cleric (Fethullah Gulen). According to the report, 45 provinces were raided recently and 101 of the suspects were arrested. They were accused of having links to Fethullah Gulen’s
It was reported that a German woman identified only as Nasim A. who allegedly joined the Islamic State group in Syria and also married a member of the jihad group has been arrested on arrival in Germany. According to our correspondent in Berlin, the woman was detained and held at the al-Hawl camp in northeastern
Viewers Corner News correspondent in Colombo (Sri Lanka) reported that the country’s former defence chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won Sri Lanka presidential election held on Saturday, 16 November 2019. Gotabaya Rajapaksa who promised during the campaign to provide strong leadership and improve national security defeated Sajith Premadasa, the ruling party candidate. Sri Lanka’s Election Commission
It was reported that German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s political party is pressurizing her to ban the Chinese equipment supplier (Huawei Technologies Co.) from the country’s 5G network. Christian Democrats is calling for alternative network solutions from European providers and 500 members of her party have signed the motion which will be presented at the party
Our (Viewers Corner News) London correspondent learned that President Donald Trump will visit United Kingdom at the beginning of December. During his (Donald Trump) three-day visit from December 2 to December 4, he is expected to meet Queen at Buckingham Palace. It was also revealed that President Trump will join other NATO Heads of State