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Trump wants legislation to jail protesters who burn American flag US President Donald Trump has said he wants Congress to pass legislation mandating a jail sentence of at least one year for protesters who burn the American flag.
"We ought to come up with legislation that if you burn the American flag you go to jail for one year," Trump said Saturday at a sparsely-crowded... |
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Irans enemies dont even think about war with Islamic Republic: IRGC commander Irans enemies do not even think about war with the Islamic Republic since they have realized the countrys rising defense power, says the chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).
"Our enemies now steer clear of the idea of waging war against us," Major General Hossein Salami said... |
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Reading stabbing attack declared terrorist incident Yesterday evenings stabbing attacks in Reading are being treated as a terrorist incident, Thames Valley Police have confirmed.
Three people are confirmed to have died and three others are currently being treated in hospital with what is being described as "serious injuries".
A witness has been quoted... |
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Rioting, looting breaks out in Germanys Stuttgart People stand in front of a shop that was plundered during riots in Stuttgart, southern Germany, on early June 21, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Riots and looting have broken out in the southwestern German city of Stuttgart, with several police officers sustaining serious injuries.
The violence erupted in the... |
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Iran parliament: IAEA resolution proof of structural discrimination within UN nuclear watchdog The majority of lawmakers at the Iranian parliament have denounced an anti-Iran resolution recently passed by the International Atomic Energy Agencys Board of Governors, saying the document is another indication of "structural discrimination" within the UN atomic watchdog.
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UAE-backed separatists stage coup in Yemens Socotra: Former official In this August 9, 2019 frame grab from video, Southern Transitional Council separatist forces line up to storm the presidential palace in the southern port city of Aden, Yemen. (Photo by AP)
Yemens former Saudi-backed government says the militants funded by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have staged... |
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Bomb blasts kill 7 in Somalia A boy walks past the site of a car bomb attack near a security checkpoint in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, not far from the presidential palace, on March 7, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Two bombing attacks have killed seven people in the southern and central parts of Somalia.
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US judge turns down Trumps request to block Boltons book A copy of "The Room Where It Happened," by former national security adviser John Bolton, is photographed at the White House, Washington, June 18, 2020. (AP Photo)
A US judge has rejected the Trump administrations request for an injunction to block publication of a book by his former national security... |
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Trump campaign raised $74 million in May, short of Bidens haul Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (L) and President Donald Trump
US President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee raised $74 million in May, Trumps re-election campaign said on Saturday, short of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Bidens haul for the month.
The total,... |
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Plan for general strike in Hong Kong falls through A volunteer (L) holds up a ballot paper during vote counting in Hong Kong, China, on June 20, 2020, following a vote organized by anti-government unions to ask members if they would participate in a city-wide strike. (Photo by AFP)
A general strike in opposition to a new national security law in Hong... |
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Germany, France criticize Israel over West Bank annexation plans A Palestinian woman who was prevented by Israeli forces to reach his shack built in "area C" , gazes at the Jewish settlement of Susya, south of the West Bank town of Hebron (al-Khalil), on June 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Germany and France have called on Israel to halt its plans to annex large swathes... |
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Trump says he asked health officials to slow down COVID-19 testing President Donald Trump has in what appears to be a shocking admission said he encouraged US health officials to slow down coronavirus testing to prevent the number of cases being discovered from rising.
"Here is the bad part: When you do testing to that extent, you are going to find more people, you... |
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US president, VP cancel planned outdoor addressed at Tulsa campaign event Supporters cheer before the start of a campaign rally for US President Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma on June 20, 2020. (Photo by AP)
US President Donald Trump has cancelled a planned address to supporters outside the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma in face of reports that attendance would not meet the... |
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Iran raps Europes defeaning silence on US suppression of peaceful rallies US state patrol officers stand by a sheriff armored vehicle during a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 31, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Iran has lashed out at European countries for turning a blind eye to the ongoing US crackdown on peaceful anti-racism demonstrations,... |
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For African-Americans in Tulsa, Trumps visit evokes painful legacy of 1921 massacre Reverend Robert Turner of Vernon A.M.E Church poses for a portrait holding the soil jar for a victim of the 1921 Black Wall Street massacre, who was also a member of the church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, June 18, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Thirteen jars filled with ash and dirt and bone rest in the basement... |
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Palestinian refugees see no end in sight to their suffering on World Refugee Day As the world marks World Refugee Day some six million Palestinian refugees including most Gazans are still displaced inside and outside Palestine.
They became refugees in 1948 upon the violent establishment of the Israeli regime. The Gaza Strip is home to the second largest Palestinian refugee population... |
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Egypt warns Turkey, orders army to be ready for intervention in Libya Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi is seen during his inspection tour of Egypts Western Military Zones personnel on June 20, 2020 (Photo by Ahram Online)
Egypts President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has warned of direct military intervention in Libya if Turkish-backed forces continue their advance.
Sisi... |
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White House to make sure Bolton gets no profits from his telltale book In AFP this file photo taken on April 09, 2018, US President Donald Trump shakes hands with National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House in Washington, DC.
The administration of US President Donald Trump wants to make sure that former national... |
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Iran asks Romania to allow fact-finding team to probe judges death Forensic investigators work at the scene where fugitive Iranian judge Gholamreza Mansouri died in Bucharest, on June 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Irans international police have requested to send a fact-finding mission to Romania to investigate the death of a fugitive Iranian judge in Bucharest.
Brigadier... |
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Belgiums 1st black mayor demands apology for nations colonial past Pierre Kompany, the mayor of the Brussels municipality of Ganshoren (File photo)
Belgium is due a reckoning with its colonial past, and things left unsaid must now be discussed, argues the Congolese-born 72-year-old who became the countrys first black mayor.
Pierre Kompanys family has made a name... |
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US Attorney who was investigating Trumps lawyer fire by Justice Department US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Geoffrey Berman speaks during a press conference in New York City on October 10, 2019.
The head of the US Justice Department said Friday it was replacing the chief federal prosecutor in New York City whose office has been investigating Rudolph Giuliani,... |
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US threatens UAE with sanctions over Syria rapprochement The US has threatened to slap sanctions on the United Arab Emirate as Abu Dhabi presses ahead with efforts to normalize ties with the Syrian government.
US Special Representative for Syria Engagement James Jeffrey issued the warning during a press conference on Washingtons recently enacted anti-Syria... |
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Egypt approaches UNSC to mediate in landlocked water dispute with Ethiopia (FILES) In this file photo taken on June 9, 2020, fishermen sail across the Nile river in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. Sudan has proposed upgrading negotiations with Egypt and Ethiopia on a Nile mega-dam to prime ministerial level after the latest round of talks failed to break the deadlock. / AFP... |
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Another Iranian ship approaching Venezuela in defiance of US bans Another Iranian ship has sailed into Venezuelas territorial waters and is expected to dock in the Latin American countrys ports over the next couple of days, the American media say.
According to a report by the Associated Press on Saturday, the Iranian-flagged freighter Golsan left Shahid Rajaee Port... |
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US protestors mark end of slavery, say civil rights goals unmet People participate in a march in Brooklyn for both Black Lives Matter and to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth on June 19, 2020 in New York City. (Reuters photo)
Thousands marched through US cities on Friday in Juneteenth observances marking the abolition of slavery more than a century... |
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China denounces as improper UN rights chiefs remarks on Hong Hongs new security law China has lambasted as "improper" the remarks made by the United Nations Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet regarding Beijings national security law proposed for Hong Kong, saying such comments are "gross" interference in Chinas internal affairs.
On Friday, Bachelet issued a statement claiming that... |
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Trump warns protesters, anarchists, agitators, lowlifes Supporters of US President Donald Trump camp near the BOK Center on June 19, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has warned of a crackdown on "any protesters, anarchists, agitators, looters or lowlifes" who show up at his Tulsa, Oklahoma, rally on Saturday, suggesting any... |
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North Korea vows to send retaliatory leaflets against South as tensions rise North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks during the 13th Political Bureau meeting of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers Party of Korea in this file image. (Photo by Reuters)
North Korea is reportedly preparing to send its own propaganda material against the South and North Korean defectors based... |
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Inter-Korean tensions keep soaring after liaison office demolition South Korean marines patrol on the South Korea-controlled island of Yeonpyeong near the northern limit line sea boundary with North Korea on June 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Tensions have escalated on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang blew up its liaison office with the South and prompted the resignation... |
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Venezuela to take US sanctions case to International Criminal Court The Venezuelan government has vowed to take the United States to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to new unilateral sanctions imposed by Washington on the Latin American country.
The administration in Washington introduced sanctions on Thursday that targeted Mexican companies and individuals... |
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