Russian President Vladimir Putin has called the destruction of the last chemical munitions in the country a “historic event.” The last kilogram of Russia’s 40,000-tonne stockpile of chemical warfare agents, which was contained in two artillery shells, was destroyed on Wednesday at the Kizner facility in Udmurtia. Attending the event ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi demanded Wednesday that this week’s vote on ‘independence’ for the autonomous Kurdish region be annulled. “The referendum must be annulled and dialogue initiated in the framework of the constitution. We will never hold talks on the results of the referendum,” he told Iraqi lawmakers. “We ...
