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Iran warns of consequences if foreign role in Natanz blast proven A handout picture provided by the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran shows a warehouse after it was damaged at the Natanz facility, one of Irans main uranium enrichment plants, south of the capital Tehran, on July 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iran says it is still early to talk about the main cause of the... |
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UK showers Saudis with apologies hastily after criticizing Riyadh regimes rights record: Report Slain US-based dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi (L) and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (Photo via Twitter)
The United Kingdom has reportedly offered Saudi Arabia profuse apologies, only days after London publicly leveled criticism against the ultra-conservative kingdom over its human... |
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Saudi permission for raunchy photo shoot in Medina sparks controversy Muslim worshippers arrive for noon prayer at the Prophet Mohammeds mosque in Saudi Arabias holy city of Medina, Islams second holiest city, on May 31, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Saudi regime, long claiming to be the custodian of Muslims holiest shrines, has sparked widespread controversy over granting... |
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Iran says not surprised by Western concerns about strategic ties with China File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
Iran says it comes as no surprise to see Western countries expressing concern about Tehrans strategic cooperation with Beijing, as they are terrified that Iran would be linked to Chinas global potentialities.
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US sells Patriot upgrade package to Taiwan to deter regional threats In this picture taken on February 20, 2020, a member of the US Airforce looks on near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj, in central Saudi Arabia. (Photo by AFP)
The United States has approved a request from Taiwan to modernize the self-ruled islands Patriot surface-to-air... |
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Top US general slams Confederate leaders as traitors, backs renaming bases Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies before the House Armed Services Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill February 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by AFP)
A top US general has censured American Confederate leaders as traitors and withdrawn his... |
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US State Department okays possible $23 bln sale of F-35s to Japan A Lockheed Martin F-35 aircraft is seen at the ILA Air Show in Berlin, Germany, April 25, 2018. (Reuters photo)
The United States has approved the possible sale of 105 Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets to Japan worth approximately $23 billion.
The approval by the US State Department came on Thursday... |
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US calls for resumption of stalled talks with North Korea: Seoul US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun speaks to the media beside his South Korean counterpart Lee Do-hoon in Seoul, on July 8, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The United States has called for resumption of stalled talks with North Korea two days after Pyongyang ruled out returning to negotiation table... |
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US female soldiers murder sparks online outcry over sexual assault in army Vanessa Guillen, 20, disappeared from US military base in Texas in April.
Sexual assault in the US army has once again come under the spotlight as service members and veterans take to social media to share stories of sexual harassment in the military amid an investigation into the murder of a female... |
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UN report on General Soleimanis assassination draws US ire Muslims hold placards to protest against the US assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in Iraq, during a demonstration in New Delhi on January 12, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A conclusion by the United Nations (UN) that the USs assassination of Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani... |
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George Floyd said US officers would kill him in new recording transcript In this file photo, a portrait of George Floyd is seen during a protest encampment in a park near City Hall in New York City, US, on June 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
George Floyd said he couldn’t breathe more than 20 times, called out for his children and late mother and said officers would "kill"... |
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China says relations with US facing most serious challenge ever Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (photo by AFP)
China says its relations with the United states are facing the most serious challenge since their establishment, urging the two countries to send out more "positive energy."
"Current US policy towards China is based on strategic misjudgments which lack... |
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US general: American forces to stay in Iraq for foreseeable future In this file photo, US army soldiers, part of the Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), stand on duty at the K1 airbase northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq on March 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A top US general says American forces will remain in Iraq for the foreseeable future... |
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Venezuela neutralizes unidentified US-registered aircraft over its airspace This photo released by the Venezuelan shows the remains of the aircraft shot down by Strategic Command Operations of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (CEOFANB),
The Venezuelan Air Force says it has "neutralized" an unidentified US-registered aircraft used for drug trafficking after it violated the... |
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Violent clashes erupt in Belgrade as thousands protest against new COVID-19 lockdown Demonstrators are seen amid tear gas during a protest at the Serbian parliament building against a lockdown planned for the capital this weekend to halt the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Belgrade, Serbia July 8, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Violent clashes have erupted between protesters... |
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Canada handled coronavirus pandemic better than our neighbor A file photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Photo by AP)
Canada managed to handle the covid-19 pandemic better than most of it allies "particularly including our neighbor," says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He made the comments Wednesday as the US was grappling with a surge in the number... |
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Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park This photo provided by WROC-TV shows the remnants of a Frederick Douglass statue ripped from its base at a park in Rochester, N.Y., Sunday, July 5, 2020. (Photo via AP)
A statue of abolitionist Frederick Douglass was ripped from its base in Rochester on the anniversary of one of his most famous speeches,... |
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Armed Israeli settlers raid Palestinian farm in West Bank, injure two Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian protester during clashes following a raid in the Bethlehem area on February 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Armed Israeli settlers have attacked a farmland in the occupied West Bank, leaving two young men wounded in the latest act of violence against Palestinians.
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Venezuelas Maduro censures criminal US sanctions during military parade In this photo released by the Venezuelan presidential palace, President Nicolas Maduro (C) oversees the Independence Day parade in Caracas, Venezuela July 5, 2020. (Via Reuters)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has denounced the United States for keeping up its "criminal sanctions" against the Latin... |
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Brexit talks move to London after tough week in Brussels European Unions Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier attends to a meeting with Britains Brexit negotiator and the Britains ambassador to the European Union for post-Brexit negotiations at the EU headquarters in Brussels on June 29, 2020. (AP photo)
Britains separation talks with the European Union resume... |
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Spain re-imposes lockdown on Galicia amid second wave of COVID-19 This file photo shows a Police officer checking the documents of people traveling on vehicles at the entrance of Lleida after Catalonias government imposed new restrictions to control a new coronavirus disease in Lleida, Spain, July 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Spain has re-imposed a lockdown on about... |
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Pandemic stretches Saudi healthcare, Americans denied treatment: Report Many US diplomats and citizens are reportedly leaving Saudi Arabia amid surge in the countrys coronavirus cases.
According to a Wall Street Journal report on Friday, a group of diplomats were supposed to leave on Saturday with others to follow.
"The diplomats will take a repatriation flight Saturday... |
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Katyusha rocket fired at US base in Baghdad airport: Report Aerial view of the Baghdad International Airport
Reports say a Katyusha rocket has been fired at a "US base" inside the Baghdad International Airport.
The projectile fell in the vicinity of the airport on Sunday without either exploding or leaving any human losses, Iraqs al-Sumaria television network... |
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Trump coronavirus claims undercut by FDA official US President Donald Trump (L) and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn (File photo)
President Donald Trumps claim that almost all coronavirus cases in the United States are "totally harmless" has been undermined by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn.
Speaking... |
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Massive protests staged across Australia in support of Black Lives Matter Australian police cordon off the area around Town Hall during a Black Lives Matter protest rally, in Sydney, Australia, on June 12, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Mass protest rallies have been staged in cities across Australia in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in the United States.
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Iraqis rally to decry Saudi papers offensive cartoon of Ayatollah Sistani Iraqi protesters converge outside the gates of Baghdads heavily-fortified Green Zone on July 5, 2020 to denounce Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat over an offensive cartoon depicting the countrys top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani. (Photo by al-Ahad television network)
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166 killed in Ethiopia protests over killing of musician Demonstrators march down University Avenue during a protest after the death of musician and activist Hachalu Hundessa, in St. Paul, Minnesota, the US, on July 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Police in Ethiopia say 166 people have lost their lives in violent protests that have rocked the Horn of Africa country... |
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FM Zarif: Irans ditching of US dollar to ease sanctions pressure paying off Irans Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif gestures during an open session of parliament in Tehran on July 5, 2020.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has underlined Irans achievements in ditching the US dollar, citing the countrys use of barter system to ease up pressure caused by the illegal... |
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Daesh kills 2, including 5-year-old, in Nigeria This photograph, taken on February 10, 2020, shows trucks burnt out by suspected members of the so-called West Africa Province (ISWAP) branch of Daesh during an attack in the village of Auno, in Nigerias Borno State, on February 9, 2020. (By AFP)
Takfiri Daesh terrorists have killed two civilians,... |
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Iran lodges complaint against US at ICC over sanctions amid rise in COVID-19 infections An Iranian nurse attends to an elderly COVID-19 patient at a hospital in the northern city of Gonbad-e Kavus, Gorgan Province, on July 4, 2020. (Photo by IRNA)
Iran has filed a complaint at the International Court of Justice (ICC) against the United States regarding the impact of Washingtons sanctions... |
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