China claims just about all of the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea as their sovereign territory. Unfortunately for them, most of the islands are also claimed and controlled by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan. Second Thomas Shoal is one of those small bits of submerged land under…
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin has confirmed on Monday that President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a letter of condolence on the death of the Su-24 pilot to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Anadolu news agency has reported. “Kalin said that Erdogan offered his deep condolences on the downed Russian plane….