„Afghanistan is to become a starting point for creating a new province of an Islamist quasi-state that is to include along with Afghanistan the territories of Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Iran and China’s northwestern provinces.” Yevgeny Sysoyev, a deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service said. Source: TASS
Israeli aircraft destroyed a boat moored in Gaza city early on Wednesday morning, local residents said. There were no reports of casualties. The Israeli military said aircraft had struck “military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organization’s naval force” and “underground terror infrastructure” belonging to Hamas in the northern Gaza Strip. Source: Reuters
Fewer births and more deaths have resulted in the lowest birth rate in 33 years being registered in Norway for the first three months of 2018. Source: The Local
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has voiced support for the multilateral nuclear deal with Iran, despite the U.S. decision to withdraw from it. Source: Hürriyet Daily News
