‘ERDOGAN, HIS FAMIlY IN OIl TRADE WITH ISIS’
Moscow: Russia's Defence Ministry on Wednesday accused Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of involvement in illegal oil trade with ISIS jehadists, as a dispute rages over Ankara's downing of one of Moscow's warplanes. “The main consumer of this oil stolen from its legitimate owners Syria and Iraq is Turkey... President Erdogan and his family, are involved in this criminal business,” Dy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists.
PAK’S DENIAl OF WAR CRIMES ANGERS DHAKA
Dhaka: Civil society members and mainstream media in Bangladesh on Wednesday asked the government to sever ties with Pakistan as anger mounted over Islamabad’s denial of committing war crimes during Bangladesh’s Independence conflict in 1971. The two countries have been engaged in a war of words following the executions in Bangladesh last week of senior opposition leaders convicted of war crimes during the conflict.
HEADMASTER HACKED TO DEATH IN B’DESH
Dhaka: A headmaster of a primary school in Bangladesh was on Wednesday hacked to death in broad daylight by unidentified assailants, police said. Arjun Biswas, 42, head-master of Monas Government Primary School, was attacked with sharp weapons, they said.
UK POlICE ARRESTS 4 TERROR SUSPECTS
london: Four men in their 30s were arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of terrorism offences on the outskirts of British capital amid a heightened alert in the country over fears of a terror attack. Scotland Yard said the arrests in luton, about 56 kilometres north of london, were part of a “pro-active” probe.
‘FOREIGN TROOPS NOT NEEDED TO FIGHT ISIS’
Baghdad: Iraq’s Prime Minister says his country’s forces are capable of defeating the ISIS group without the help of foreign combat forces. Haider al-Abadi’s statement on Tuesday came hours after US Defence Secretary Ash Carter told Congress that a new special operations force will be deployed to Iraq to step up fighting against ISIS.