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The parade was linked to the graduation of 250 freshly trained soldiers, defense ministry spokesman Enayatullah Khwarazmi said. The exercise involved dozens of US-made M117 armored security vehicles driving slowly up and down a major Kabul road with MI-17 helicopters patrolling overhead. Many soldiers carried American-made M4 assault rifles.
Source: cnn.com
Venezuela on Saturday attempted to break the Guinness record for the world's largest orchestra, as 12,000 musicians played a classical piece together for more than five minutes. The attempt, by the country's National System of Youth and Children's Orchestras, known as "The System", would beat a Russian record set two years ago and will be judged by Guinness in the next 10 days.
Source: reuters.com
Indian experts say US sanctions on India are unlikely as delivery of the advanced missile defence system begins, Russian media report.
Source: aljazeera.com
Police in India's western state of Maharashtra have killed at least 26 Maoist militants, including a top leader, in an ambush operation in dense forest, a top government official said on Sunday. The Maoists, also known as Naxals, have waged an armed struggle against government forces for decades. Militants of the extreme left-wing insurgent movement say they are fighting for the poor who have been left behind in India's economic boom.
Source: cnn.com
The menu, which has 678 dishes from 12 global regions, was released on Saturday by the China Central Television (CCTV) in a program together with the Beijing Organizing Committee.
Source: globaltimes.cn
US journalist Danny Fenster has been released from prison in Myanmar after he was sentenced to 11 years in jail by a military court three days ago. His employer, English-language news site Frontier Myanmar, said he was on a flight out of Myanmar.
Source: bbc.com
The Iraqi government said it was organising a repatriation flight this Thursday for its citizens stuck on the Poland-Belarus border on a "voluntary" basis.
Soruce: france24.com
Chinese authorities said 32 new domestically transmitted infections with confirmed symptoms have been reported for Nov. 14, most of which were in northeastern Dalian city. That brings the tally of local cases since Oct. 17 to 1,308, Reuters calculations based on official data showed, surpassing the 1,280 local cases from a summer Delta outbreak.
Source: reuters.com
Prosecutors said at least 68 prisoners were killed and another 25 wounded during Saturday's clashes at the Litoral Penitentiary, one of Ecuador's largest prisons in the coastal city of Guayaquil.
Source: cnn.com
A volcano that destroyed an entire town in Colombia with the death of some 25,000 people spewed ash and gas this weekend on the 36th anniversary of that devastating eruption. The Nevado del Ruiz volcano showed "noticeable" activity starting Saturday, the Colombian Geological Service said.
Source: france24.com
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Muammar Gaddafi, has registered as a presidential candidate for the December 24 poll, the electoral commission says.
Source: aljazeera.com
International best-selling author Wilbur Smith has died at his home in Cape Town at the age of 88, his publisher has announced. He passed away on Saturday afternoon with his wife, Niso, by his side, a statement published on the Wilbur Smith Books website said. Smith's 49 published books have sold more than 140 million copies worldwide. He gained widespread recognition following the publication of his debut novel When the Lion Feeds in 1964.
Source: bbc.com
The outgoing head of the UK’s armed forces has said the military will have to be ready for war with Russia after recent tensions in eastern Europe, but he does not believe Vladimir Putin really wants “hot war” with the west. Nick Carter says Russia has become bigger threat in eastern Europe, but he doesn’t think it wants ‘hot war’.
Source: theguardian.com
A man was killed in a car explosion outside Liverpool Women's Hospital. Counter-terrorism police said the men - aged 29, 26 and 21 - had been held in connection with the incident which happened just before 11:00 GMT. The passenger of the car - said to be a taxi - was declared dead at the scene and is yet to be formally identified. The male driver was injured and is in hospital in a stable condition.
Source: bbc.com
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday denied claims Moscow is helping to orchestrate a crisis that has left hundreds of migrants from the Middle East trapped on the Belarus-Poland border.
Source: france24.com
A record number of migrants have crossed the English Channel in a single day, say UK authorities. At least 1,185 people reached the UK aboard 33 small boats on Thursday, the Home Office confirmed, surpassing the previous daily high of 853 people. French authorities said they had also prevented 99 other people from reaching the English coast.
Source: euronews.com
An Israeli married couple were arrested for espionage late Friday after taking photographs of the Turkish president’s residence in Istanbul, Turkey’s official news agency said. Anadolu Agency said a Turkish national was also arrested. Police detained them after a tip off from an employee working in the Camlica radio and television tower on the Asian side of Istanbul. The employee claimed they were taking photographs of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s nearby home from the tower’s restaurant earlier this week.
Source: apnews.com
The 39-year-old pop star is now free to make her own medical, financial and personal decisions for the first time in nearly 14 years.
Source: aljazeera.com
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