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FILE IMAGE The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the United States and its “coalition against ISIS” in “sumulating” the war against ISIS in Iraq. The ministry noted a low number of the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on ISIS in September when the terrorist group’s members were crossing into Syria. According to the ministry, the US-led coalitino reduced a number of airstrikes on ISIS in Iraq while terrorists were redeplyoing for a battle against Syrian government forces in the province of Deir Ezzor. “ In the western part of Iraq, from where the terrorist forces are arriving to the eastern bank of the Euphrates River (where the Russian Aerospace Forces are not operating), the [ISIS]IS-controlled territory continues growing, and it is manifold larger than in Syria ,” Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday. He added that the analysis of the statistics provided by the Pentagon on the sorties as part of the campaign to fight ISI...

Helmet and flack jackets of the members of the 1 parachute battalion of the South African contingent of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC), in a photo dated 14 February 2008. (UN Photo/Marie Frechon) The United Nations  said  on October 9 that it has pulled staff out of two districts in southern Malawi where a vampire scare has triggered mob violence in which at least five people have been killed. The United States embassy in Malawi has temporarily  withdrawn  its team of Peace Corps volunteers from the four districts in southern Malawi and advised its citizens not to visit the area. As reported by local police, vigilantes killed six people suspected of drinking blood for ritualistic purposes since mid-September in Malawi.  The police have deployed more than 100 riot officers to the region in response to the killings. According  to police spokesperson James Kadadzera, the most recent attack ca...

Ankara  continues  to support Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the press-conference with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in Kiev on October 9. According to Erdogan, Ankara won’t recognize Crimea’s annexation. He said that Turkey supported the Crimean Tatars loyal to Ukraine, and declared that they intended to cooperate with Ukraine regarding the matter, despite him  dozing  off during the talks. Poroshenko said that Turkey and Ukraine were focused on bilateral relations and economic cooperation. The same day Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu  said  that Ankara could back out of the deal with Russia to purchase S-400 air defense systems, unless Moscow shares the production technology. According to him Russian President Vladimir Putin said that joint production is a possibility. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov  said  in response “I can say that the contacts ...

USS Michigan (SSGN-727) in Guam in 2012. The boat will be the first US submarine with female enlisted sailors by 2016. US Navy Photo The USS Michigan nuclear-powered submarine is dispatched to port at Busan, South Korea to stand ready in case of escalation on the Korean Peninsula. The USS Michigan Ohio-class nuclear-powered submarine is one of the 18 subs active with the US Navy that can be armed with 24 Trident I and Trident II ballistic missiles. Each Trident I can carry up to eight 100 kiloton warheads, while the Trident II carries 14, or eight warheads with a payload of a frightening 475 kilotons. The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier will be also dispatched to South Korea next week,  Sputnik  reported. South Korea is ready to deploy graphite “blackout” bombs that will paralyze North Korea’s electrical power plants in the event of war breaking out on the peninsula, according to the  Telegraph . South Korea has been actively looking to increase its defen...