Asked about the progress in building the S-500 surface-to-air missile system, Lt. Gen. Victor Gumenny, the commander of the Russian Air Force, said the military will start receiving the weapon “closer to 2020.” The S-500 is an advanced air defense system developed by Almaz-Antey, and is expected to be the world’s most powerful weapon of its kind. Source RT
This Sunday around 1:30 in the morning, police were caught by around forty individuals in the city of laurels in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille. The attackers surrounded the police officers and beat them up. The police asked for reinforcements and were forced to shoot in the air with their service weapon, to escape. Source Actu 17
Clashes in southern Tripoli have killed 96 and injured more than 300 since it began on August 26, said the Wounded Affairs Department of the Libyan Ministry of Health on Friday, Xinhua reported. Source Trend News
Cyprus was trying to secure the release of five fishermen who were taken into custody by a Turkish warship Friday as they were fishing off the northern coast of the ethnically divided Mediterranean island nation. Source Ekathimerini
