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Any US infringement of Iran territorial waters will draw tough response Iran Armed Forces have warned against any US provocations in the Persian Gulf.
Irans Armed Forces has warned that the United States is sure to be dealt with a more severe blow than before if it takes the slightest action against the Islamic Republics interests, including its territorial waters.
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Coronavirus cases aboard 2nd US warship still rising, reaching 64 In this file image obtained from the US Department of Defense, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd transits the Pacific Ocean on January 25, 2020. (AFP photo)
US Navy ship with over 60 sailors infected with coronavirus has sailed into San Diego, California, to decontaminate, making... |
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Mozambique forces killed 129 militants in a month Mozambican soldiers patrol the streets after security in the area was increased following a two-day attack by militants, in Mocimboa da Praia, Mozambique, on March 7, 2018. (Photo by AFP)
Security forces in Mozambique have killed at least 129 militants over a span of one month in the north of the country,... |
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Americans losing faith in what Trump says about coronavirus: Reuters/Ipsos poll People wait in line to receive food at a food bank on April 28, 2020 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. (AFP photo)
Americans appear to be losing faith in what President Donald Trump says about the coronavirus pandemic, with almost everyone rejecting Trumps remark that COVID-19 may be treated... |
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US considering covid-19 tests on international flights A Southwest Airlines flight takes off as United Airlines planes sit parked on a runway at Denver International Airport as the coronavirus pandemic slows air travel on April 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (AFP photo)
The United States is considering giving covid-19 tests to passengers aboard international... |
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US coronavirus death toll surpasses American fatalities in Vietnam War American infantrymen crowd into a mud-filled bomb crater and look up at tall jungle trees as North Vietnamese snipers fire at them during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, northeast of Saigon, June 15, 1967. (Photo by AP)
Official statistics show that the US death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic has soared... |
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Hillary Clinton endorses Joe Bidens presidential bid In this file photo taken on August 15, 2016, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrives at a campaign rally with Vice President Joe Biden in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Photo by AFP)
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton endorsed the campaign of her fellow Democrat Joe Biden on... |
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Putin extends Russias lockdown for two weeks, prepares to ease in mid-May Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a video conference meeting with heads of Russias regions over the COVID-19 coronavirus situation, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow on April 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
President Vladimir Putin extended coronavirus lockdown measures for another... |
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Chinese military warns US warship to leave South China Sea This file photo, taken on October 21, 2016, shows the guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur operating in the South China Sea as part of the Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). (By AFP)
The Chinese military has warned a US warship to leave after it illegally entered the disputed waters... |
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One million Yemenis risk losing shelter due to lack of funds: UN Yemenis collect some materials washed away by the torrents following heavy rains in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on April 14, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The United Nations refugee agency says nearly one million displaced people in Yemen risk losing their shelter due to torrential rains and seasonal floods,... |
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Fuel truck bomb kills 40 in Turkish-controlled northwestern Syria city This picture shows the aftermath of a deadly fuel truck bomb explosion in the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin on April 28, 2020.
More than three dozen people have lost their lives when a powerful fuel truck bomb explosion rocked a northwestern Syrian city seized by Turkish military forces and their... |
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Schumer calls for hearings on Trumps abject failure at implementing coronavirus relief US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks at a press conference at Corona Plaza in Queens on April 14, 2020 in New York City. (AFP photo)
US Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) has blasted the administration of President Donald Trump for failing to implement the coronavirus response... |
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US to face tough battle in pushing plan to extend UN Iran arms embargo: Diplomats A file photo of the United Nations Security Council in session (By AP)
Diplomatic sources at the United Nations say Washington has a tough challenge ahead at the Security Council (UNSC) if it pushes for an extension of the world bodys arms embargo against Iran through recourse to a process set out... |
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Libyan strongman dismisses UN unity pact, vows to form own govt. Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar is seen in an unknown location in this screen grab taken from a video released on April 27, 2020. (Handout via Reuters)
Libyas renegade military commander Khalifa Haftar has dismissed a 2015 United Nations-brokered unity accord for the war-ravaged country as "a thing... |
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Trump ignored repeated virus warnings in Jan. and Feb.: US media US President Donald Trump addresses a coronavirus response news conference in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, April 27, 2020. Carlos Barria/Reuters
President Donald Trump was repeatedly warned about the dangers of the coronavirus in January and February but refused to take action,... |
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Brazil: Health workers protest working conditions outside hospital in Sao Paulo Health workers staged a protest outside the Campo Limpo Hospital in Sao Paulo on Monday to decry what they call a lack of protective equipment and "proper conditions for work," as they battle the coronavirus outbreak.
The protesters can be seen gathering at the entrance of the Campo Limpo Hospital... |
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Palestinian group says has captured Israeli military drone flying over Gaza Israeli soldiers gather in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on the border with Syria on February 27, 2020, after a reported Israeli drone struck a vehicle in the Syrian southern village of Hader, in Quneitra region, on the edge of the Golan Heights. (AFP photo)
The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas,... |
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US ready to recognize Israeli sovereignty in occupied Palestinian lands A Palestinian protester scuffles with Israeli soldiers after Israeli tractors started working on a Palestinian land near the village of Aqraba, south of Nablus, in the Israeli occupied West Bank, on March 3, 2020. (AFP photo)
The United States says it is "prepared to recognize Israeli actions to extend... |
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un alive and well: South Korea This file photo, taken on March 2, 2019, shows North Koreas leader Kim Jong-un waving before boarding his train at the Dong Dang railway station in the Vietnamese town of Lang Son. (By AFP)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is "alive and well," according to a top security adviser to South Korean President... |
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Syria air defenses down Israeli missiles over Damascus Missile fire lights up the sky over Damascus as the US launches an attack on Syria, on April 14, 2018. (Photo by AP)
Syrian air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression, and shot down a number of "hostile" missiles in the skies over the capital, Damascus, before reaching their targets.
The official... |
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Social distancing will continue through summer in US: White House health expert Response coordinator for White House Coronavirus Task Force Deborah Birx speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC on April 21, 2020. (AFP photo)
A senior Trump administration... |
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Baby girl and three-year-old boy die after knife attack in London home Site of Illford stabbings on 27, April, 2020 (Photo via The Independent)
A baby girl and a three-year-old boy have been stabbed to death at a home in east London.
The children were found injured at the house in Aldborough Road North, Ilford, at 5.30pm on Sunday.
A 40-year-old man was taken from the... |
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Turkish forces gun down two protesters in northwest Syria Turkish army troops, wearing protective masks against the new coronavirus, take position on the M4 Highway in the northwestern Syrian Idlib Province on April 13, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Turkish forces have reportedly opened live fire on people protesting their patrolling of a key highway in northwestern... |
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Boris Johnson says lockdown cannot yet be eased as UK faces maximum risk Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson gives a statement in Downing Street in central London on April 27, 2020 after returning to work following more than three weeks off after being hospitalized with the COVID-19 illness. (AFP photo)
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson warns that it is still too soon... |
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China eases restrictions on exports of some coronavirus equipment This photo taken on April 9, 2020 shows a COVID-19 coronavirus antibody test kit at Sophonix, a company which produces test kits for medical use, in Beijing, China. (Photo by AFP)
China has decided to ease an export restriction on some medical equipment, which required domestic approval before they... |
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White House mulls replacing Alex Azarover botched coronavirus response US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar(R) speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a coronavirus task force press briefing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 30, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The administration of US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering... |
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US blocking Iran media outlet stark infringement of freedom of expression : Foreign Ministry The file photo shows a view of the Iranian Foreign Ministry building in Tehran.
Irans Ministry of Foreign Affairs says a recent decision by the administration of US President Donald Trump to block the domains of Iranian news outlets is in "stark infringement" of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights... |
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Iraq serious about US troops pullout, negotiations will start next June: Spokesman US army soldiers, part of the US-led coalition purportedly formed to fight the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, walk around at the K1 Air Base northwest of Kirkuk in northern Iraq before a planned US pullout on March 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
The spokesman for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed... |
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Trump expanding war on WHO far beyond aid freeze as he seeks COVID-19 scapegoat: Report Demonstrators gather outside of the Freedom Tower in Miami, Florida on April 25, 2020 to call for reopening Florida amid the coronavirus, Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by AFP)
The Trump administration is aggressively attacking the World Health Organization (WHO) as the US president seeks to deflect criticism... |
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Iran FM, UN chief urge humanitarian aid for Yemen amid COVID-19 pandemic Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres
Irans top diplomat and the UN chief have urged the necessity of ensuring security of Yemeni borders and ports in order to facilitate dispatch of humanitarian aid to the war-stricken Yemeni people... |
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