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Iranian cargo vessel carrying construction materials sinks off Iraqi coast A senior official with Irans Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) says an Iranian cargo ship carrying construction materials and ceramic tiles has sunk off the Iraqi coast.
Nader Pasandeh, Director General of Maritime Safety and Protection of Ports in the PMO, said on Friday that the Behbahan, which... |
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Libyan government forces retake Haftars last stronghold in west Libyas UN-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) forces make progress towards the town of Tarhuna near Tripoli in Libya on April 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Libyas government forces have regained control of the strategic town of Tarhuna in the southeast of the capital Tripoli, the last major... |
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Washington mayor wants Trumps out-of-state troops gone from US capital Members of the DC National Guard patrol a street near the White House on June 2, 2020. (AFP photo)
Thousands of National Guard troops and federal officers in riot gear and masks ringed the White House and monuments in the US capital this week, evoking comparisons to an occupying force.
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MI5 dismisses Wuhan lab claims as fake news A passenger walks in a enclosed bridge to board his flight at Tianhe Airport in Wuhan, in Chinas central Hubei Province on May 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The British Security Service (MI5) has dismissed as "fake news" claims that the new coronavirus, which first erupted in the Chinese city of Wuhan before... |
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Handling of US street protests creates crisis for Pentagon boss US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper speaks at a press conference at the Pentagon on March 5, 2020. (AFP photo)
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is facing the most politically charged crisis of his tenure, criticized for calling protester-filled streets a military "battle space" and accused of failing... |
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Guaido seeking refuge at French embassy in Caracas: Venezuela FM In this file photo, Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido addresses a demonstration in Las Mercedes, east Caracas, on March 10, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Venezuelas US-backed opposition figure Juan Guaido is said to have sought refuge at the French embassy in the Latin American countrys capital, Caracas.
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Austrians hold massive anti-racism march Protesters attend a Black Lives Matter march in Vienna, Austria, on June 4, 2020, in solidarity with protests raging across the US over the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who died during an arrest on May 25. (Photo by AFP)
This is a massive demonstration in Vienna to denounce racism and... |
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Pompeo urges global stock exchanges to tighten rules for Chinese companies In this file photo taken on November 9, 2018 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference with Chinese politburo member Yang Jiechi and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe during the US-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington,... |
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Black Lives Matter protests in London condemn British racism as well as racism in the US A protester shouts at Police officers standing on duty outside the entrance to Downing Street on Whitehall during an anti-racism demonstration in London, on June 3, 2020.
Thousands of mostly young protesters have marched through central London in a mass Black Lives Matter demonstration. The protest... |
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Black lawmaker slams Trump for threatening protestors US Congressman John Lewis prepares to pay his respects to Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD) who lies in state on Capitol Hill on October 24, 2019. (AFP photo)
African American lawmaker and civil rights icon John Lewis has condemned President Donald Trump for his threat to use of military force to... |
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Kashmir has witnessed 3000 days of lockdown While the entire world seems tired of living under months-long coronavirus-related lockdowns, people in Indian-controlled Kashmir have witnessed almost 3000 days of lockdown over the past 20 year.
Kashmirs business owners say survival has become next to impossible.
New Delhi announced a special package... |
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Turkish parliament strips status of two pro-Kurdish lawmakers, one MP from main opposition party Members of Turkish Parliament wearing face masks as a precaution against the novel coronavirus arrive to attend the general assembly meeting of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara, Turkey, on April 7, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The Turkish parliament has stripped two pro-Kurdish lawmakers... |
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Aid workers warn more Yemeni women will die as UN cuts maternity funding A Yemeni mother holds her malnourished child as they wait for treatments in a medical center in the village of Al Mutaynah, in Tuhayta province, western Yemen, on November 29, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Yemeni women are already losing their lives in childbirth and thousands more will be put at serious risk... |
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Russia delivers new batch of advanced MiG-29 fighter jets to Syria In this file picture, a Russian MiG-29 SMT fighter jet takes off from Hmeimim airbase in Syria, on September 12, 2017. (Photo by RT television news network)
The Russian Embassy in Damascus says Syria has received a new batch of advanced Mikoyan MiG-29 twin-engine fighter jets, which are currently being... |
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PCS Union may call a ballot after MPs failed to keep distance from staff MPs queue outside Parliament in order to vote, but disregard social distancing. 4 June 2020. Jonathan Brady | Credit: AP
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), which represents clerks, security guards and kitchen staff in parliament, is threatening to recommend its membership take industrial... |
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US decision to strip Hong Kong of special trading status violates WTO rules: China China says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to strip Hong Kong of its special trading status violates rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Chinese Ministry of Commerce spokesman Gao Feng said at a regular press briefing in Beijing on Thursday that the special... |
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Libyas UN-recognized govt. takes full control of Tripoli, suburbs from Haftars forces Fighters loyal to the UN-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) cheer after retaking Tripoli International Airport from rival forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar, on June 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Libyas UN-backed government says its forces have managed to fully regain control of... |
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Rouhani: Trump uses Bible to justify violence against Americans A priest holds a bible and a sign reading ‘God Is Not A Photo Opportunity as President Donald Trumps motorcade passes on the way to the nearby Saint John Paul II National Shrine while protests continue against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, US, June 2,... |
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Alok Sharma self-isolates after sweating through parliamentary speech A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliaments Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britains Business Secretary Alok Sharma wiping his brow as he makes a statement in the House of Commons in London on June 3, 2020, as lockdown measures ease during the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic.... |
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India, Australia sign accord to boost military cooperation A file photo of Indian Navy ship INS Jalashwa (by AFP)
India and Australia have reached an agreement to grant access to each others military bases for purported military cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.
The accord, aimed at boosting logistical support for joint military exchanges and drills,... |
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Libyas prime minister to meet with Turkish president in Ankara A handout file photograph taken and released on February 20, 2020 by the Turkish presidential press service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) welcoming Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj during a meeting at Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul. (Via AFP)
Libyas Prime Minister Fayez Sarraj... |
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Arrests at widespread US protests hit 10,000 NYPD officers arrest protesters during a demonstration against the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police on Memorial Day in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York, on May 30, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
More than 10,000 people have been arrested in protests decrying racism and police brutality in the... |
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Ex-Pentagon chief blasts Trump for dividing Americans amid anti-racism protests In this file photo taken on January 27, 2017, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis speaks after his ceremonial swearing-in, watched by US President Donald Trump at the Pentagon in Washington, DC.(Photo by AFP)
Former Pentagon Chief Jim Mattis has denounced Donald Trumps handling of nationwide anti-racism... |
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Obama says US protests offer chance to change America as he voices support This screen grab from a video released courtesy of The Obama Foundation shows MBK (My Brothers Keeper) Alliance Virtual Town Hall with President Obama, on June 3, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Former US President Barack Obama has voiced his support for the "profound" protests by Americans demanding racial justice,... |
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China to allow banned foreign airlines to resume limited flights This file photo, taken on July 25, 2018, shows an American Airlines Boeing 787 (front) and a Delta Airlines Airbus A350 (behind) waiting to take off at Beijings airport, in Beijing, China, on June 4, 2020. (By AFP)
China has announced that the foreign airlines previously blocked from operating in the... |
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North Korea warns South of ending military pact over propaganda leaflets South Korean soldiers are seen at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas. (File photo)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-uns sister has warned South Korea of the possible scrapping of a recent inter-Korean military agreement if Seoul fails to stop North Korean defectors from sending propaganda... |
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US State Department inspector general fired while probing Saudi arms sales The then-US State Department Inspector General Steve Linick departs after briefing House and Senate Intelligence committees at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, the US, on October 2, 2019. (File photo by Reuters)
An inspector general at the US State Department who was fired last month has confirmed... |
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Joe Biden wins 7 US states in Democratic presidential primaries Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks at an event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US June 2, 2020. (Reuters photo)
Former Vice President Joe Biden has won Democratic presidential primaries in seven US states, gathering further momentum for the Democratic National Convention in August.
His... |
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Saudi-led coalition keeps pounding Yemen A man drives his motorcycle past a popular public square, which was destroyed late 2017 in an airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition, in the capital Sanaa on April 9, 2020. (Via AFP)
Fighting has once again erupted in Yemens port city of Hudaydah as the Ansarullah movement blames the Saudi-led coalition... |
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20,000 protest police brutality in Paris, echo anti-racism calls in US Protesters demonstrate in front of the Paris courthouse against police violence, in Paris, France, on June 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Nearly 20,000 protesters have defied a ban on public gatherings in the French capital of Paris to demonstrate against police brutality in France over the 2016 death of a... |
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