Новости за 12.11.2019

Germany Detains Three Islamic State Suspects Over Attack Plot RFE/RL German authorities have detained three alleged supporters of the Islamic State (IS) extremist group suspected of preparing a bomb attack against non-Muslims.Prosecutors in Frankfurt said on November 12 that police searched three apartments in the nearby city of Offenbach and detained the men.The main suspect, …

Coup: Evo Morales Heads to Asylum in Mexico, as US Applauds His Resignation as Bolivian President  By Steve Herman VOA WHITE HOUSE – Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is on a flight to Mexico, where he has been granted asylum.   Foreign Minister Marcelo Erbrad posted a picture of Morales onboard a Mexican air force plane, …

The Battle of the Bulge In late 1944, during the wake of the Allied forces’ successful D-Day invasion of Normandy, France, it seemed as if the Second World War was all but over. On Dec. 16, with the onset of winter, the German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied …

Story by Airman 1st Class Alexis SchultzAs one of the few surviving American Indian combat veterans who participated in the liberation of France, I speak here not only for myself but also on behalf of my comrades from Turtle Island,” said Master Sgt. (Ret.) Charles Norman Shay. Shay, a Penobscot Indian from Maine, was only 19 …

Al-Qaida Gaining Strength as World’s Focus Remains on IS By Rikar Hussein,  Mehdi Jedinia, VOA VOA Al-Qaida fighters celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces on a main street in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, March 20, 2014. Despite major setbacks in recent years, the al-Qaida terror group seems to remain resilient and is slowly rebuilding …