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India anti citizenship law protests continue as government calls for calm Its been about a month since widespread protests erupted in the Indian subcontinent. Protesters say they are demonstrating for the future of their country which they believe is under threat from the Hindu nationalist government of BJP.
On December 12 India enacted a controversial citizenship law... |
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Angry Pakistani protesters vow to drive US forces from region Thousands of Pakistanis protested in Islamabad against the US on Sunday. At the heart of their anger was the US assassination of top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC Quds Force in Iraq early this month.
Protesters, coming from different parts of Pakistan,... |
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Bolivias ex-president Morales calls on people to form popular defense groups Bolivias exiled former president Evo Morales has called on his compatriots to form popular defense groups against potential acts of violence by the new government, which took power in a US-backed coup détat against his government late last year.
In a recording leaked to the Bolivian radio,... |
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Rouhani receives Pakistani FM, stresses importance of mutual relations Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has met with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and stressed the importance of close relations between the two countries.
"Relations with Pakistan are very important for Iran and we recognize much significance for an expansion of ties between... |
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Pelosi says Trump impeached for life despite McConnells gamesmanship US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that Republican President Donald Trump is "impeached for life" regardless of "any gamesmanship" by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, she defended her decision to temporarily delay the Senates... |
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Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippine capital Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes around Taal, one of the worlds... |
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China slams US, other states for congratulating Tawains Tsai on election win Beijing has slammed the United States and other states for breaching the ‘One China policy by offering congratulations to President Tsai Ing-wen of self-ruled Taiwan on her re-election.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang was reacting on Sunday to the statements issued by US Secretary... |
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Frances transport strike drags on despite government compromise on pensions A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the governments offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension reform plans that sparked the protest.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Saturday he would drop plans to increase the official retirement... |
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Nasrallah says Iran missile strikes showed all US bases in West Asia within range Irans precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq sent the message that all American targets in West Asia are within the range of Iranian missiles, says the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also lauded the Islamic Republic over firing... |
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Saudi TV suspends Palestinian announcer over solidarity with Yemen The Director General of Saudi sports network, KSA Sports, has reportedly suspended Palestinian announcer Razan Malash from appearing on television broadcasts after finding out that she had posted a series of posts on Twitter in solidarity with Yemen and in condemnation of the Riyadh regimes campaign... |
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Soleimani assassination act of international terrorism: Chomsky Renowned American scholar and political activist Noam Chomsky says the United States recent assassination of Irans senior commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani is an act of "international terrorism" if not anything "worse."
"It (Gen. Soleimanis assassination) is at least international terrorism,... |
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Iran summons British ambassador over unconventional behavior, attending illegal rally Iran has summoned the British ambassador to protest his "unconventional behavior and attendance at illegal rallies" in Tehran held days after the shooting down of a Ukrainian passenger plane near the Iranian capital.
The deputy foreign minister and director general for the European affairs of the... |
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Iran sets up hotline to help families of victims of downed Ukrainian plane Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says his ministry has established a round-the-clock hotline to assist families of victims who were killed on board a Ukrainian plane that crashed earlier this week just outside the Iranian capital Tehran.
The Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752,... |
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Corrupt acts by US, allies cause of current situation in region: Ayatollah Khamenei Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says ‘corrupt actions taken by the United States and its allies are the main cause of the current situation in the region, urging regional countries to boost cooperation to undo such actions.
The Leader made the remarks in a meeting... |
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73% of Americans concerned about war with Iran: Poll A majority of Americans disapprove of the way President Donald Trump is handling the situation with Iran and say they feel less safe, with 73 percent expressing concerns about the United States entering a new war, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted by Ipsos in partnership with ABC News,... |
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Regional security cooperation has no value without Iran: Qatari emir Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani says his country attaches importance to cooperation with Iran as an influential player in the region, pointing out that any security coordination among regional countries will be of no avail in the absence of the Islamic Republic.
Speaking at a meeting... |
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Libyas government, rebels agree to ceasefire brokered by Turkey, Russia Libyas internationally-recognized government and militia groups under the command of renegade General Khalifa Haftar have agreed to a ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey.
Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj in a Saturday statement announced a ceasefire from midnight (2200 GMT), but he also... |
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Over dozen Saudi servicemen to be expelled from US: Report Over a dozen of Saudi servicemen accused of extremist links and child pornography will be expelled from US military bases, according to media reports.
This comes after the FBI conducted an investigation into a shooting rampage by a Saudi officer at a Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida last month... |
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Australias PM admits partial guilt in bushfire response Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison has admitted partial responsibility in inadequately responding to the bushfires scorching land and killing people and wildlife across the country for months.
In an interview with ABC on Sunday, Morrison rejected criticism that his government had not done enough... |
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Thousands protest against government in Thai capital Thousands of people have protested in the Thai capital, Bangkok, against the military-backed government and called for greater political freedoms.
The demonstrators gathered for a run at a park in Bangkok early in the morning on Sunday in a public display of dissent at the policies of the government... |
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Trump tweets message of support to Iranian protests US President Donald Trump has, in a tweeted message, supported protesters in Iran who were angry at the governments handling of the aftermath of a plane crash last week.
Protesters, mostly students, gathered outside the Amir Kabir and Sharif universities in Tehran late Saturday after Iranian armed... |
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UK ambassador arrested while organizing protests in Tehran: Report Reports in the Iranian media say security forces have arrested the British ambassador to the country as he was trying to foment unrest in the streets of the capital Tehran.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said late on Saturday that Robert Macaire had been briefly detained during a protest in... |
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Russia, Germany say committed to saving JCPOA despite US pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor have stressed support for the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, urging all remaining parties to preserve the landmark accord despite calls from US President Donald Trump to abandon it.
"Russia and Germany resolutely stand for the continued implementation... |
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Pakistanis protest US assassination of top Iranian General Soleimani Pakistanis have taken to the streets in the northwestern city of Peshawar to protest the US assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani.
The protesters held portraits of Gen. Soleimani as they rallied, chanting slogans against the United States and Israel. An effigy of US President Donald... |
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Hundreds of people protest French military presence in Mali Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in the capital of Mali to protest against the presence of French troops in the Sahel region.
Demonstrators gathered in a square in the center of the capital Bamako, where they burned the French flag and carried banners reading slogans such as "Down with... |
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Trump: US troops wont leave Iraq unless it pays for money we put in US President Donald Trump says American troops should not leave Iraq unless Baghdad pays for "the money we put in" the country over the past several years, defying calls by Iraqi officials for US troops to withdraw.
"If we leave ... you have to pay us for the money we put in," Trump said Friday in... |
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We accept full responsibility for Ukrainian plane crash: IRGC Aerospace chief Head of the Aerospace Division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has accepted full responsibility for the downing of a Ukraine aircraft which crashed near the capital Tehran earlier this week.
Speaking on Saturday, General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said he had "wished he could die" after being... |
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US rebuffs Iraqs call to withdraw troops from Arab country The United States has rejected Iraqs call to pull American forces out of the Arab country, claiming that their presence was "appropriate."
In a telephone conversation late on Thursday, Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi asked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to "send delegates to put... |
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North Korea rules out return to talks with US despite good personal relations with Trump North Korea says it will not return to the negotiation table with the United States solely based on the "good relations" between the countrys leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.
Adviser to the North Korean foreign ministry, Kim Kye Gwan, said in a statement on Saturday that Pyongyang... |
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EU ministers hold emergency talks on Iran De-escalation, diplomacy, easing tensions, maximum restraint; the usual platitudes were repeated by EU foreign affairs ministers as they came together in Brussels to discuss deteriorating Washington-Tehran relations. In defiance of Donald Trump, they again repeated they want to save the 2015 Joint Comprehensive... |
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