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Fierce gun battles leave 9 dead in India-controlled Kashmir Soldiers evacuate an injured comrade after a grenade blast at a market in Kashmirs Srinagar on November 4, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Five security personnel and four suspected militants have been killed during two separate fierce gun battles over the past 24 hours in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Venezuela says foils marine incursion by terrorists, kills 8 assailants This file photo shows Venezuelas President Nicolas Maduro speaking during a press conference in which he announced a 30-day ban on flights from Europe and Colombia over the coronavirus pandemic in Caracas, on March 12, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Venezuela says its security forces have foiled a marine incursion... |
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Russian forces block US convoy in northeast Syria as tensions rise This picture taken on March 9, 2020 in the city of Qamishli in Syrias northeastern Hasakah province, shows Russian military vehicles driving in a convoy from the town of Tal Tamr to Qamishli airport. (Photo by AFP)
Russian military police units in Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah have reportedly... |
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Michael Gove continues anti-EU offensive in Northern Ireland Michael Gove is trying to play a central role in the British governments drive to sabotage the Irish Unity movement
Only days after he categorically vetoed a European Union (EU) request for a "mini embassy" in Belfast, Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove, has tried to press home his advantage by... |
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Brazils Supreme Court blocks President Bolsonaros move to expel Venezuelan diplomats Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro gestures during an official event at Planalto Palace in Brasilia, on April 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A Supreme Court judge in Brazil has suspended an order issued by the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to expel Venezuelan diplomats over the deterioration... |
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Mossad behind German blacklisting of Hezbollah: Israeli TV This file photo shows members of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah marching in a ceremony.
Israels Mossad spy agency has reportedly been behind Germanys recent decision to blacklist Lebanons resistance movement Hezbollah.
Berlin on Thursday designated Hezbollah as a "terrorist organization,"... |
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Saudi Arabia mulling tight measures to curb coronavirus impact on economy Saudi women, wearing protective face masks, walk into the Tiba gold market in the capital Riyadh on April 30, 2020, after the partial lifting of the curfew. (Photo by AFP)
Saudi Arabia is planning to adopt what it calls strict measures in an effort to prevent the coronavirus pandemic from further... |
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Thousands protest Netanyahu-Gantz alliance deal ahead of trial Israelis mainly dressed in black and keeping a safe distance amid the coronavirus pandemic take part in a demonstration in Tel Avivs Rabin Square on May 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Thousands in Tel Aviv have protested a coalition deal between prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his rival Benny Gantz,... |
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Inter-Korean tensions: Cross-border fire exchanged a day after Kims reemergence A South Korean soldier stands guard near the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, August 10, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
North and South Korea have exchanged gunfire on the border in a new wave of tensions that broke out shortly after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un showed... |
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US, Saudi Arabia trying to revive Daesh in Iraq: Badr organization In this January 25, 2018 photo, US troops coordinate launching airstrikes and artillery from a small complex in the town of Qaim, Iraq. (Photo by AP)
Iraqs Badr organization, which is part of the countrys Popular Mobilization Forces or Hashd al-Shaabi, says the US and Saudi Arabia are seeking to... |
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Saudi jets hit convoy of food, medicine in Yemen amid coronavirus A Yemeni man wearing a scarf over his face as a protective measure against the novel coronavirus, holds an umbrella to shield himself from sunlight, as he walks in the old city market of the capital Sanaa, on April 30, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
This is the aftermath of the latest Saudi airstrikes in al-Bayda... |
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Chinas state news agency ridicules slow US response to outbreak in Lego-like animation Chinese and US national flags flutter at the entrance of a company office building in Beijing on January 19, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Chinas official news agency has published a short animation that mocks the US response to the new coronavirus pandemic as the two countries remain locked in a dispute over... |
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Trump tells Netanyahu not to cherry-pick deal of century US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint news conference to announce a new Middle East plan in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 28, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
US President Donald Trump has reportedly told Israeli prime minister Benjamin... |
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Irans warning: Nuclear deal will die forever if arms ban extended Irans Zolfaghar short-range missile is displayed during a military parade in Tehran.
Irans top security official has warned that the 2015 nuclear deal will "die forever" if Security Council Resolution 2231 that endorsed the accord is circumvented and a UN arms ban on Tehran is renewed.
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US deploys 4 B-1 bombers, 200 troops to Guam for China deterrence File photo of B-1B Lancers from the 9th Bomb Squadron taxing before departure on a Bomber Task Force deployment at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
The US military has deployed four B-1B heavy bombers and hundreds of troops to its western pacific territory of Guam to carry out "deterrence missions" aimed... |
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Too risky to come home, crew of clean US warship in coronavirus limbo The aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean while conducting a tailored ships training availability off the coast of Southern California on April 30, 2017. (file photo)
On any given day, the US aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman can be found off the Atlantic coast... |
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Trump may rehire sacked ex-national security adviser Michael Flynn In this AFP file photo taken on December 21, 2016 US President-elect Donald Trump (L) stands with Trump National Security Adviser Lt. General Michael Flynn (R) at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida.
US President Donald Trump has reportedly asserted that he would consider hiring back his fired former... |
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US using Daesh attacks as pretext to extend its Iraq presence: Asaib chief An Iraqi soldier stands guard in front of the shuttered 17 Ramadan mosque in the capital Baghdad on April 24, 2020, during the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. (AFP photo)
A senior commander of Iraqs Popular Mobilization Units says the recent... |
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Were modern slaves: US meat plant workers emerge in frontline of covid-19 war at Tysons Camilla, Georgia poultry processing plant. (Photo by AP)
News of the first covid-19 death at the Tyson Foods poultry plant in Camilla, south-west Georgia, spread slowly.
"It was like they were keeping a secret," said Tara Williams, a 47-year-old worker at the plant, as she described her... |
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Trump slams top US legislator as Crazy Nancy P for not reconvening House US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, April 30, 2020. (AFP photo)
US President Donald Trump has slammed Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi as "crazy" for not allowing it to return to session on May 4 based on advice... |
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Starmer abruptly changes Labour policy on Kashmir Keir Starmer envisages a close alliance between the UK and India
In yet another attempt to create distance between himself and the previous Labour party leadership, Keir Starmer has abruptly changed the partys stance on Kashmir.
Starmer, who became Labour leader early last month, told a Labour Friends... |
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Syrian civilian shot dead by US military forces in Dayr al-Zawr: SANA A US military convoy patrols the M4 strategic highway, near the US base in Tall Baydar, in the northern countryside of Syrias Hasakah province, on April 25, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
US military forces have shot and killed a civilian in Syrias eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, amid soaring resentment and... |
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Islamic Jihad censures Germanys blacklisting Hezbollah A policeman gestures in front of al-Irschad Mosque during a raid in German capital, Berlin, on April 30, 2020, as dozens of police and special forces stormed mosques and associations purportedly linked to Lebanons resistance movement Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)
The Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad... |
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In city of Manaus hit by coronavirus, prisoners take guards hostage Inmates at Puraquequaras prison are seen on the roof as a police helicopter flies over during a riot following an outbreak of the new coronavirus disease in Manuas, Brazil, May 2, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Inmates at a prison in Manaus, a Brazilian city deep in the Amazon that has been hit hard by the... |
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Zarif: US pouring weapons all over globe while seeking arms embargo against Iran Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has responded to his American counterparts attempts to push ahead with a scheme to extend a United Nations arms embargo on Iran, saying the "United States of Arms" is pouring weapons all over the globe as it... |
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In Argentina, protesters decry lack of govt. assistance amid coronavirus pandemic Members of Polo Obrero social organization protest at Plaza de Mayo square holding banners during a May Day demonstration in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 1, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Protesters gathered in front of the Casa Rosada Government House in Buenos Aires on Labour Day, as they demanded help from... |
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Germany labeling Hezbollah terrorist out of fear from child-killing Israel: Irans security chief German special police guards the entrance of the El-Irschad center in Berlin, Germany, April 30, 2020, after Germany blacklisted the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement. (Photo by Reuters)
The secretary of Irans Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) has lambasted Germany for blacklisting Lebanons... |
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Rival Saudi, UAE-backed militants engage in clashes in Yemens Socotra UAE-backed southern Yemeni separatists patrol a street during a campaign to seize unlicensed motorcycles in Aden, Yemen, December 10, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
Once-allied rival militants, backed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, have engaged in intense clashes in Yemens strategic Socotra Island, exposing... |
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Assanges life in danger in London prison amid virus: Partner WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain on January 13, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
The partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Friday his life is in danger while he is held in a London prison during the coronavirus lockdown.
Assange is fighting... |
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Russia to replace human soldiers with robots in combat: Report This file photo shows Russias unmanned armor vehicle, the Marker UGV.
Russia is reportedly aiming to replace human soldiers with what it deems as faster and more accurate robots on the battlefield, with plans to begin testing a newly developed unmanned armor fighting machine.
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