3 suicide car bombs attack Iraq-Jordan border crossingApril 25, 2015 - 15:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman said three suicide car bombs attacked security forces at a border crossing with neighboring Jordan, causing casualties, the Associated Press reports. Brig. Gen. Saad Maan could not confirm how many people were killed or wounded at the Trebill border crossing Saturday, April 25. Trebill is the only border crossing between the two neighboring countries and is in a remote desert area and leads to Iraq's Anbar province. Iraqi forces are battling militants from the Islamic State group in Anbar. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |