LERWICK, United Kingdom, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – In the fishing ports of the remote Shetland Islands off northern Scotland, hopes are high that Brexit could boost a once-thriving industry. George Anderson, 59, skipper of the 70-metre (230 foot) trawler Adenia, told AFP that Brexit was a “no brainer” for Shetland fishermen. “We only had one choice, which […]
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Shetlands fishermen look forward to post-Brexit future
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Venezuela Supreme Court upholds sentence for opposition leader: lawyer
CARACAS, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Venezuela’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez’s nearly 14-year prison sentence, a day after US President Donald Trump called for his release. The founder of Popular Will, one of the most hardline of the parties opposing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Lopez was sentenced on charges of inciting unrest at […]
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Third Baghdad car bomb in three days kills 16: official
BAGHDAD, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – A car bomb exploded in Baghdad for the third day running Thursday, killing at least 16 people in a southern neighbourhood, an interior ministry official said. The blast rocked the same Bayaa neighbourhood where a car bomb had already killed four people on Tuesday, the official told AFP, speaking on condition of […]
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Fresh suspect held in Russian envoy assassination probe
ANKARA , (MILLAT/APP) – Police in Turkey detained Wednesday a fresh suspect in an ongoing investigation over the killing of Russian ambassador in Ankara, according to a security source. The suspect, identified only by his initials as E.B., was accused of having phone calls with Andrey Karlov’s assassin, police officer Mevlut Mert Altintas, the source […]
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Turkey warns US defense secretary over PKK/PYD in Syria
BRUSSELS, (MILLAT/AA/APP): Turkish Defense Minister Fikri Isik discussed the PKK/PYD terror group with the US Defense Secretary James Mattis late Wednesday, a Turkish Defense Ministry official said. The first meeting between the pair took place at a NATO summit in Brussels, where Isik warned Mattis about the US support for the PKK/PYD in northern Syria, […]
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Iran gets set for Internet of Things launch
TEHRAN, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – Intelligent transportation and gas meters you can read from your phone: the Internet of Things is heading for Iran thanks to a deal announced Thursday. Internet of Things (IoT) applications allow users to monitor and control everything from fridges to city-wide metro systems by connecting remote sensors with computers, mobile phones and […]