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US pulling Patriot missiles from Saudi oil facilities: Report In this file photo taken on February 20, 2020, a member of the US Air Force looks on near a Patriot missile battery at the Prince Sultan air base in al-Kharj in central Saudi Arabia. (AFP photo)
The United States is pulling its Patriot missile systems from Saudi soil as part of broader curbs on its... |
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US Justice Dept. drops case against Trumps ex-adviser Flynn President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn (file photo)
The US Justice Department has dropped its criminal case against President Donald Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn after mounting pressure from Trump and his political allies on the right.
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Senate fails to override Trump veto of Iran war powers resolution The United States Capitol (file photo)
The US Senate has failed in its bid to override President Donald Trumps veto of a war powers resolution aimed at reining in his authority to use military action against Iran without congressional approval.
On Wednesday, Trump vetoed the resolution, terminating... |
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UN Security Council to address Israels annexation plan later this month: Palestine UN envoy A picture taken from the E1 corridor, a super-sensitive area of the occupied West Bank, shows Israeli settlement of Maale Adumin in the background on February 25, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A high-ranking Palestinian official says the UN Security Council is scheduled to convene later this month to discuss... |
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Israels annexation plan shuts door on peace talks with Palestinians: UN chief United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press briefing at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, the United States, on February 4, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has condemned Israels controversial plan to annex much of the... |
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US in no position to comment on Iran nuclear deal: Foreign Ministry Undated pictures shows the Iranian Foreign Ministrys entrance.
On the anniversary of the US unilateral departure from the 2015 nuclear agreement between Iran and major world powers, the Iranian Foreign Ministry says Washington has through its withdrawal forfeited all rights to address the issues concerning... |
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Birtions to stage International Quds Day rally amid coronavirus pandemic A pro-Palestine rally takes place outside the embassy of Saudi Arabia in central London on June 10, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Pro-Palestinian groups in London and elsewhere across Britain plan to replace street rallies with online events to commemorate the International Quds Day as a deadly coronavirus pandemic... |
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Turkish troops, allied militants cut drinking water supply to northeastern Syria : This file picture shows the Allouk water station near the border town of Ras al-Ayn in Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah. (Photo via Twitter)
Turkish military forces and allied Takfiri militants have cut off drinking water from a pumping station to thousands of people in Syrias northeastern... |
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Trumps Wuhan Lab Conspiracy Theory a baseless disinformation campaign US President Donald Trump speaks as he departs the White House, on May 5, 2020, in Washington, DC en route to Arizona, where he will tour a mask factory and hold a roundtable on Native American issues.
By Dennis Etler
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is a world-class research institute and collaborates... |
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Spanish firefighters build disinfection shower to ease decontamination of PPE users Firefighter Saul Pena stands beside a homemade structure of disinfection by nebulization, created and built by him and his colleague Miguel Angel Pisador (not pictured), and free of charge, to help healthcare personnel disinfect, as a worker of a nursing home tests it after setting it up, amid the coronavirus... |
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Russias Lavrov: US illegal sanctions hamper Irans fight against coronavirus pandemic Iranian firefighters and municipality workers disinfect a street in the capital Tehran against the new coronavirus on March 5, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Russia has voiced "complete solidarity" with Iran in the face of the United States illegal and inhumane sanctions, which have targeted the Islamic Republic... |
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Israels top court allows scandal-tainted Netanyahu to form new administration An Israeli protester sits next to a poster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a protest in front of Israels Supreme Court in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds on May 3, 2020. (Photo by AP)
Israels top court has ruled that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can legally form a new coalition administration... |
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Saudi warships kill four, including child, in Yemens Hajjah A child looks on while sitting on a jerry can at a make-shift camp for displaced Yemenis in the northern province of Hajjah, December 16, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
At least four Yemeni civilians, including a child, have lost their lives after the Saudi-led coalitions warships targeted the impoverished countrys... |
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Oil crisis, coronavirus taking toll on Saudi Crown Prince Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (File photo)
The coronavirus pandemic coupled with a dramatic fall in oil prices is taking its toll on the leadership of Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), a new analysis shows.
The analysis from the US-based think tank The Soufan... |
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Khan says India could launch false flag operation against Pakistan, under infiltration pretext Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says India can use the current tension between the two nuclear-armed countries to launch a purported "false flag operation" against Islamabad under the pretext of infiltration.
The Pakistani leader made the comment on his Twitter... |
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Indian forces kill top pro-independence commander in Kashmir Riyaz Naikoo, the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen - the biggest separatist group in India (photo via social media)
Indias security forces have killed a senior pro-independence leader along with four other fighters in separate gun battles in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Riyaz Naikoo, the commander... |
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UN agency calls for nearly $60mn to protect health, safety of Yemeni women, girls Yemeni women carrying children head toward a hospital in the southeastern port city of Mukalla, the capital of Hadramawt province, August 7, 2018. (File photo by AFP)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has called for nearly $60 million to urgently protect the health and safety of women and girls... |
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Detained US mercenary says he plotted Maduros capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro shows the passports of two US citizens arrested by security forces, during a video conference meeting with international media correspondents, at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, on May 6, 2020. (AFP photo)
One of the US hirelings arrested in Venezuela in... |
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Iraqi MPs approve al-Kadhimis cabinet, ending months of deadlock The speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, Mohamed Al-Halbousi (3rd, R) welcomes Iraqi PM-designate Mustafa al-Kadhimi at the parliament for a vote of confidence in Baghdad, Iraq, May 06, 2020. (Photo by Anadolu Agency)
The Iraqi parliament has approved the government of Prime Minister Mustafa... |
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Rising China-US tensions not conducive to cooperation: EU ambassador The file photo, taken on November 8, 2017, shows US President Donald Trump (L) gesturing next to Chinas President Xi Jinping during a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (By AFP)
The European Union (EU) has warned that rising tensions between China and the United States... |
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Trump says Coronavirus worse attack than Pearl Harbor, 9/11 US President Donald Trump speaks about COVID-19 during a meeting with the Governor of Iowa in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US President Donald Trump is pressing ahead with its blame game against China over the coronavirus outbreak, saying Beijing... |
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NY governor says states making a mistake by reopening amid rising virus cases New York Governor Andrew Cuomo displays the N-95 mask he wears during a Coronavirus Briefing At Northwell Feinstein Institute For Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, on May 06, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
New York Governor has warned against reopening of economies in some US states amid rising cases of... |
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Iraqi territory wont be used as launching ground against others: Al-Kadhimi Iraqs new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi addresses a parliamentary session on May 6, 2020.
Iraqs new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi says his country would never allow outsiders to use the Arab countrys territory for any act of aggression against others.
Kadhimi made the remarks while addressing... |
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Coronavirus crisis threatens eurozones survival: EC A European Union flag flutters in front of a newly hung banner that reads "Coronavirus Global Response" in front of the European Commission building in Brussels, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The European Commission has warned that the coronavirus and the economic crisis that has ensued threaten the... |
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PM Johnson indicates lockdown relaxation by early next week Boris Johnson (R) directly clashed in the House of Commons for the first time with newly-elected Labour leader Keir Starmer (L)
Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has given strong indications that the UK-wide lockdown will be eased from next Monday (May 11).
Sparring with new Labour leader, Keir Starmer,... |
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Pompeo spars with reporters over Wuhan lab claims US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters during a media briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 6, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended claims that there is evidence showing the covid-19 came from a lab in the Chinese province of China.
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Iran scientist jailed in US due back home soon after recovery from COVID-19: MP A file photo of Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari who has contracted COVID-19 while being incarcerated in the US
An Iranian lawmaker says there are no more obstacles in the way of securing the release of Iranian scientist Sirous Asgari from a US jail, and that he will definitely return home as soon as... |
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Iran Intelligence Ministry busts two terrorist groups, confiscates their arms cache Iran Intelligence Ministry busts two terrorist groups, confiscates their arms cache
The Iranian Intelligence Ministry says it has dismantled two terrorist groups in the west and northwest of the country and confiscated a cache of arms from them.
The public relations and information department of the... |
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US ready to recognize Israel sovereignty in West Bank, Friedman says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) talks to US Ambassador David Friedman (L) during a visit to the Israeli settlement of Ariel in the occupied West Bank on February 24, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman says Washington is ready to recognize the Tel Aviv regimes... |
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Former Tory minister drops out of London mayoral race Rory Stewart has long been suspected of establishing the first post-Yugoslavia MI6 station in Montenegro
Prominent former Tory, Rory Stewart, has quit Londons mayoral race supposedly because of the disruption brought about by the coronavirus crisis.
The former cabinet minister said abandoning the... |
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