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Israel says will continue hitting Hezbollah in Syria Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said in brazen remarks that his regime will continue to conduct military attacks against Hezbollah targets inside Syria, a day after Tel Aviv had to admit airstrikes inside Syrian territory.
Israeli warplanes intruded Syrian airspace on Friday, striking... |
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US set to deploy 1,000 more troops to Syria: Pentagon official The United States is set to deploy about 1,000 additional US troops to northern Syria, according to a Pentagon official, following reports that the Trump administration is planning to send thousands of soldiers to the Arab country.
The official told AFP on Wednesday that President Donald... |
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No Famine in Yemen but Over Half on the Brink: U.N.-Backed Report A U.N.-backed report on Yemen has found no full-blown famine in the country but said 60 percent of Yemenis, or 17 million people, are in "crisis" or "emergency" food situations, 20 percent more than in June.
The World Food Programme said in a statement on Wednesday that the governorates of Taiz and... |
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31 killed in Damascus court house bombing A terrorist bomb explosion has rocked a court building in the Syrian capital Damascus, leaving scores of people dead and injured.
Syria's official news agency SANA reported that Takfiri terrorists detonated a bomb on Wednesday in the Palace of Justice, a court house in the capital's al-Hamidiyah... |
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Turkey summons Dutch envoy over treatment of minister, protesters Turkey has summoned the Netherlands' envoy to formally complain about the treatment of Turkish diplomats over the weekend as well as the excessive use of force against demonstrators in an ensuing protest.
The Foreign Ministry said the Dutch Embassy's Charge D'affaires, Daan Feddo Huisinga,... |
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Saudi Airstrikes in Yemen May Mount to War Crimes: HRW Urges West Halt Arms Sale to Regime Saudi Arabia's almost 2-year aggression on neighboring Yemen could be war crimes, Human Rights Watch said, calling on the US, UK and France to stop selling weapons to Riyadh.
The humanitarian situation in Yemen is "increasingly unsustainable" Ahmed Benchemsi, communications and advocacy director... |
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Americans arent filing their taxes this year: IRS Millions of Americans have not filed their income taxes with just one month left in the tax filing season, according to the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), an issue that some experts blame on President Donald Trump’s political rhetoric.
The IRS has received 5.7 million fewer individual... |
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Iran Unveils Its Most Advanced Tank Iran has unveiled a domestically manufactured advanced tank of amphibious mobility and has launched a mass-production line.
Karrar (Striker), as the vehicle has been named, was unveiled on Sunday in a ceremony attended by Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan who also inaugurated the tank's mass production... |
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We wont sell Saudis our land: Maldivian opposition Opposition parties and dissidents in Maldives have protested a planned visit by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz following reports that he plans to buy an entire atoll in the South Asian island country.
“We will make it very clear to the Saudi royals that we are against the... |
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US militarys nude photo scandal spreads to all branches The Pentagon has expanded the scope of its investigations into a nude photo sharing scandal by US military personnel after finding evidence that it goes beyond the Marine Corps and includes servicemen from all forces.
After the last week discovery that shook the Marines, the media reported on... |
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Israel holding 65 female Palestinian prisoners, rights group says The Israeli regime is holding 65 Palestinian women, including 12 minors, "under dire conditions" in its jails, a rights group says.
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said in a statement on Tuesday, the eve of the International Women's Day, that the female prisoners were being held in... |
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Putin pardons woman found guilty of treason in 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned a jailed woman, a year after she was convicted of treason for texting about the country’s military movements near Georgia's breakaway republic of Abkhazia, saying it was issued on humanitarian grounds.
Oxana Sevastidi, now 46, was found ... |
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Taiwan has no diplomatic future: China China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi says Taiwan has no diplomatic future, pointing to the self-ruled island’s diminishing number of formal allies across the globe.
Speaking on Wednesday at his annual news conference on the sidelines of the ongoing meeting of China’s parliament,... |
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UN rights chief slams Israeli infringement of Palestinian rights The United Nations rights chief has censured Israel’s illegal activities in the occupied territories and its blockade on the Gaza Strip, accusing the Tel Aviv regime of depriving the Palestinians of their basic rights.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra’ad al-Hussein... |
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Maldivian opposition warns against atoll sale to Saudi Arabia Members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) have warned of the serious consequences of Saudi Arabia’s plan to gain full control of an entire atoll in the South Asian island country.
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud will pay a rare visit this month... |
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Mass rally held in Sanaa against Saudi onslaught on Yemen Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Yemeni capital city of Sana’a to express outrage over Saudi Arabia’s deadly military campaign against the impoverished Arab country.
The protesters converged in the Old City of Sana'a following Friday prayers,... |
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No evidence Trumps banned Muslim states pose threat to US: DHS A probe by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has failed to return enough evidence that Iran and six other Muslim countries included in President Donald Trump’s entry ban pose a terror threat to America.
Conducted by the intelligence arm of the DHS, the draft report concluded... |
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Yemeni forces target Jordanian F-16 fighter jet over Saudi Arabia: Report Yemeni air defense forces, backed by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have reportedly intercepted and shot down a single-engine, supersonic and multirole F-16 fighter jet of the Royal Jordanian Air Force.
An unnamed Yemeni military source told Arabic-language al-Masirah television network... |
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Amnesty accuses Israel of multiple human rights violations Amnesty International has accused Israel of the unlawful killing of Palestinians, arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and other human rights violations.
In its annual "State of the World’s Human Rights" report released on Wednesday, the human rights group accused the Tel Aviv... |
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Merkel calls for joint efforts with Moscow to battle terrorism German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for joint cooperation with Russia in the fight against terrorism.
"The joint fight against terrorism is one area where we have the same interests and we can work together," Merkel told the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.
Rejecting ... |
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US man pepper-sprayed by police while strapped in restraining chair An Ohio man has filed suit after video showed him being pepper-sprayed by officers while already strapped into a restraint chair and handcuffed.
Charles Wade was arrested for allegedly drunken driving in Montgomery County in October, and says that officers used excessive force as he was taken in... |
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Pakistan army summons Afghan diplomats, demand actions against 80 terrorists The Pakistani military has reportedly summoned some of the Afghan diplomats following a series of deadly attacks across Pakistan, claiming that 80 terrorists are involved in the attacks using the Afghan soil.
“Afg Embassy officials called in GHQ. Given list of 80 Ts hiding in Afg. Asked to... |
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Trump growing frustrated with running White House: Aides US President Donald Trump has been growing increasingly frustrated with the challenges of running the White House, according to his aides and allies.
The new president’s mood has switched from surprise to anger as he has faced the predictable realities that the US government cannot be... |
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Putin may send Snowden to US as gift, US intelligence claims Russian President Vladimir Putin might turn over famous American whistleblower Edward Snowden to the US as a “gift” to President Donald Trump, US intelligence agencies have claimed.
Returning the NSA whistleblower is one of the many plans that Putin’s government is considering... |
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Iran says Daesh elements arrested in vicinity of capital Iran says it has identified and arrested in the vicinity of the country's capital a number of Daesh elements planning to carry out acts of sabotage in Tehran.
“These individuals sought to [carry out their] plots during Bahman 22 rituals,” Iran’s Attorney General... |
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Bullies will regret threatening Iranian nation: President Rouhani President Hassan Rouhani has hailed Iranians for turning out in millions on Friday to celebrate the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, saying the rallies are a response to recent threats by new US rulers against Iran.
"This turnout is a response to false remarks of the new White House... |
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Iranians stage nationwide rallies to mark anniversary of 1979 Islamic Revolution In their millions, Iranians have filled the streets countrywide to relive the day 38 years ago when the nation’s hard-fought Islamic Revolution against the former US-backed regime became victorious.
People from all walks of life rallied in different cities and towns across Iran on Friday... |
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Trump adviser raises ethics concerns for touting Ivankas products A senior adviser to US President Donald Trump, Kellyanne Conway, may have violated federal ethics rules by using her position to promote product lines of Trump's daughter, Ivanka, according to legal experts and congressional lawmakers.
The White House on Thursday “counseled” Conway,... |
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Myanmar crackdown has allegedly killed 1,000 Rohingya: UN officials More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims have allegedly been killed in Myanmar amid the army's intensified crackdown on members of the minority group, two senior United Nations officials have disclosed the horrifying fact.
The officials, dealing with Rohingya refugees fleeing violence in Myanmar, said... |
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Pope issues stinging warning about Myanmar's treatment of Rohingya Pope Francis has issued a stinging criticism of the persecution of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar.
In his remarks on Wednesday, the leader of the world's Catholics said the members of the ethnic minority group had been killed "simply because they want to live their culture and their Muslim faith."
Pope... |
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