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Blasts hit Yemens Aden airport after Saudi-backed government arrives Explosions have hit an airport in Yemens southern city of Aden after a plane carrying a self-proclaimed government backed by Saudi Arabia landed from Riyadh.
"At least two explosions were heard as the cabinet members were leaving the aircraft" on Wednesday, an AFP correspondent at the scene said.
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British security firm G4S provided information about Gen. Soleimani to terrorists: Tehran prosecutor Mourners at the funeral of General Qassem Soleimani, the late commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, in Tehran, Iran (Photo by EPA)
Tehran Prosecutor Ali Alqasi-Mehr says United Kingdom-based security company G4S collaborated with US forces in the assassination of Lieutenant... |
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Christian singer plans to hold COVID-19 super-spreader event in LA Sean Feucht sings during a rally on the National Mall in Washington, DC, on October 25, 2020. (Photo by AP)
A conservative evangelical Christian singer and COVID denier in the US has decided to hold two worship services in Los Angeles this weekend, sparking fear that the event may turn into a "super-spreaders."
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Moscow extends blacklist of UK officials banned from Russia A traffic light is pictured in front of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow, Russia, on December 22, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Russia has imposed sanctions against a number of UK officials in response to recent restrictive measures taken by the British government against Russian citizens... |
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Trump administration approves billions in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt The file photo shows US-made GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb I (SDB I) munitions
In its final days in office, the administration of US President Donald Trump has approved arms sales to three Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt, amid widespread criticism of their bleak human rights record.
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India, China reach no meaningful result from talks over border conflict Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh (C)
India says no "meaningful" solution has been reached with China to a standoff over a section of their Himalayan border, despite several rounds of diplomatic and military talks that were held to de-escalate the border tensions between the nuclear armed neighbors.
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Refugees wait in cold to be bussed from burnt Bosnia camp Hundreds of refugees wait near buses after camp Lipa was closed, in Bihac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on December 30, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Hundreds of migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East waited in the cold on Tuesday to be bussed out of a burned camp about to be dismantled in western Bosnia,... |
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Second earthquake in two days strikes central Croatia, killing 7 Destroyed houses and a car are seen on a street after an earthquake in Petrinja, Croatia, on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck central Croatia on Tuesday, killing seven people, injuring more than 20 and rattling several neighboring countries, officials and residents... |
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Indonesia bans politically influential Islamic Defenders Front Rizieq Shihab, the leader of Indonesian Islamic Defenders Front (FPI), who has resided in Saudi Arabia since 2017, greets people as he arrives at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang near Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 10, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Indonesia has officially outlawed the... |
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Three Russian soldiers injured in anti-tank missile attack in Syrias Idlib In this file picture, Russian military police take part in a joint army patrol with Turkish forces near the town of Darbasiyah in Syrias northeastern province of Hasakah. (Photo by AFP)
At least three Russian troops have sustained injuries when the armored vehicle they were traveling in was struck... |
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Chief peace negotiator says key topic in talks will be ceasefire Afghanistans chief peace negotiator Masoom Stanekzai said on Wednesday that while he knows Afghans want a "quick result", which is not possible, the focus will be on a ceasefire when talks resume.
Speaking at a gathering at the Institute for Peace Studies in Kabul, Stanekzai said: "We will go to... |
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Afghan Army Pilot Shot and Killed in Kandahar Officials at the 205th Atal Corps confirmed that Massoud Atal, a military pilot, was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in PD14 of Kandahar city on Wednesday afternoon.
The officials did not provide further details except to say that an investigation is ongoing.
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Azerbaijan lawmakers vote in favor of opening embassy in Kabul Azerbaijan lawmakers have approved a motion to open an embassy in Kabul as the two countries work to strengthen bilateral relations.
During a parliament session this week, MPs debated a bill to establish the foreign mission, Trend News Agency reported.
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Afghan parliament rejects next years budget The Afghan parliament (Wolesi Jirga) on Wednesday rejected the new fiscal years budget due to "serious problems" which they said hinged on the disproportionate allocation of money including to emergency codes.
MPs stated the allocation of 13 billion AFN to one emergency kitty, without stipulating... |
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North Korea set to open massive party meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) is seen at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central Committee of the Workers Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this undated photo. (Via AFP)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is set to open a massive ruling party congress next month for the first time... |
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Chinese court jails 10 Hong Kong fugitives, returns 2 minors Police vehicles exit Yantian District Peoples Court, where 12 Hong Kongers who were arrested last August as they tried to flee Hong Kong to Taiwan by boat are on trial, in Chinas southeastern city of Shenzhen, across the border from Hong Kong, on December 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
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Nearly 2,200 migrants died trying to reach Spain in 2020: NGO Migrants rescued from different boats are seen in the port of Arguineguin on the Spanish Canary island of Gran Canaria on November 22, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Nearly 2,200 migrants died trying to reach Spain by sea this year, the vast majority of them on their way to the Canary Islands, a migrant rights... |
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Syrian air defenses thwart Israeli aggression on Damascus: SANA Syrias air defense system is seen responding to an Israeli missile strike in the sky over Damascus, Syria, on Jan 21, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Syria says the countrys air defenses have thwarted an Israeli aggression on the capital Damascus amid an upsurge in Israeli attacks on the Arab country.
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NATO chief says no guarantee of success in Afghanistan NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said this week there is no guarantee of success in Afghanistan but that the organization will meet with incoming US President Joe Bidens team in February in order to make a decision on whether to stay in the country or withdraw all its troops.
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Bangladesh continues relocation of Rohingya refugees to island Rohingya refugees sit on a Bangladeshi Navy ship as they are relocated to the controversial flood-prone island Bhashan Char in the Bay of Bengal, in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on December 29, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Bangladesh has started relocating a second group of Rohingya Muslim refugees to a flood-prone... |
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Afghanistan remains one of the deadliest places in world to be a civilian The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday once again said that Afghanistan is one of the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian.
"Afghanistan is one of the deadliest places in the world to be a civilian," the committee said in a tweet. The committee said that 50 percent... |
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Saudi rights activist goes on open-ended hunger strike to protest prison conditions Imprisoned prominent Saudi human rights campaigner Mohammed Fahad al-Qahtani (Photo via Twitter)
Prominent Saudi human rights campaigner Mohammed Fahad al-Qahtani has launched an open-ended hunger strike in protest against his harsh conditions at a notorious maximum-security detention center south of... |
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Russia: Proposals for adding irrelevant topics to Iran deal wrong Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov (File photo)
Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has rejected calls for the inclusion of irrelevant subjects in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, saying any proposal similar to "JCPOA+" - put forward by Germany - is "wrong."
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Russian prison service asks opp. figure Navalny to return to avoid jail Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally in Moscow, Russia, on February 29, 2020. (File photo by Reuters)
Russias prison service has called on opposition figure Alexei Navalny to return from Germany and abide by the terms of a suspended prison sentence he received five years ago... |
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Venezuelas Maduro calls extension of opp. assembly unconstitutional Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks at the closing session of the Constituent National Assembly, in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 18, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called the extension of the term of the small assembly of opposition legislators "unconstitutional,"... |
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Hashd al-Shaabi guarantor of Iraqs security, unity, power: Senior clerics Kataib Hezbollah, one of the PMU resistance groups, march in Baghdad ahead of the funeral of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on January 4, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
A group of prominent Iraqi clerics have thrown their weight behind the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known in Iraq as Hashd al-Shaabi,... |
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50 Journalists Killed in 2020: RSF 50 journalists were killed worldwide in 2020, according to a report of abusive treatment and violence against journalists, published Monday by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
While the number of journalists killed in countries at war continues to fall, more are being murdered in countries not at... |
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Afghan envoy to Doha dies of heart attack Afghanistans Ambassador to Qatar Hakim Dalili died suddenly on Tuesday after being hospitalized on Monday, government sources have confirmed.
Dalili reportedly died of a heart attack in Qatar. Officials from the High Council for National Reconciliation said his death is a big loss to Afghanistan... |
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Pakistan, Afghanistan Hold Trade Talks Pakistan and Afghanistan on Monday kicked off high level talks in Islamabad to revise current transit trade relations and look into the possibility of a preferential trade agreement and a plan to establish border markets to facilitate bilateral trade, officials and diplomats told Xinhua news agency.
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Gunmen abduct two doctors in Parwan Two doctors were abducted by armed men in Bagram district of Parwan province on Monday night, local officials confirmed Tuesday.
The two doctors were on duty at the emergency unit of Bagram State Hospital in Parwan province when the gunmen kidnapped them. The incident happened at about 8pm local time,... |
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