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China vows forceful counterattack to UKs withdrawal from Hong Kong treaty A Chinese soldier is seen in front of a banner featuring Chinese President Xi Jinping during the opening day of a naval base in Stonecutters Island, in Hong Kong, China, on June 30, 2019. (Photo by Reuters)
China has called on Britain to "correct its mistakes" and promised a "forceful counterattack"... |
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Iran FM heads to Moscow with Rouhanis message for Putin Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (L) and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavorv
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has traveled to Russia to hold talks with senior Russian officials on issues of bilateral and regional significance.
Zarif left Tehran for Moscow on Tuesday. Iranian... |
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Armed man takes Ukrainian bus passengers hostage Ukrainian law enforcement officers lie on the ground behind a car near a passenger bus, which was seized by one person in the city of Lutsk, Ukraine, on July 21, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
An armed man has seized a bus in western Ukraine and taken about 20 people on board hostage, police say.
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Iraqi PM in Tehran for high-level talks on first foreign visit Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi arrives at Tehrans Mehrabad Airport on July 21, 2020.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is in Irans capital Tehran for high-level talks with senior Iranian officials.
The new Iraqi prime minister, Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, just landed in Tehran for his first... |
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Iranian actor wins best leading actor award at Italian film festival A file photo of Iranian actor Bakhtiyar Panjeei in a scene from Iranian movie "Namo"
Iranian actor, Bakhtiyar Panjeei has won the best actor award at Italys Taormina Film Festival (TFF) for his role in feature film Namo (The Alien).
Panjeei secured the award for his lead role in the 90-minute feature... |
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UN urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to avoid disastrous full conflict A woman walks in the village of Chinari, which was recently damaged by shelling during armed clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, in Tavush region, Armenia, on July 17, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise "maximum... |
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South Korea, US fail to decide on joint military drills amid pandemic concerns South Korean soldiers take part in a live-fire exercise near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, on June 23, 2020.(Photo by Reuters)
A South Korean official says the coronavirus pandemic threatens the joint military exercises with the United States, as the two sides... |
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Chinas President Xi stresses Palestinian right to statehood A Palestinian waves the national flag as he covers his face from tear gas fired by Israeli forces during clashes following a demonstration against the demolishing of buildings in the Palestinian village of Beit Sahour in Bethlehem, the West bank, July 20, 2019. (Photo by AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping... |
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Saudi Arabia: Scaled-down Hajj pilgrimage to begin on July 29 amid pandemic File combination of photos created on March 07, 2020, shows a small crowd of worshipers around the sacred Kaaba in Meccas Grand Mosque on March 7, 2020, and a large crowd during the pilgrimage, on August 13, 2019. (By AFP)
Saudi Arabia says only about 1,000 pilgrims will be allowed to take part in... |
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Black children in US die at higher rates than white ones: Study African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white kids, according to a study out Monday based on tens of thousands of children. (AFP photo)
African-American children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation... |
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Palestinian factions to hold historic unity rally in Gaza against Israeli annexation A Palestinian woman walks past a mural in protest at Israels plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 14, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are gearing up for a "historic" joint rally in the blockaded Gaza Strip in a show... |
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Thousands of US workers hold Strike for Black Lives Members of the 32BJ union participate in a "Strike for Black Lives" rally in New York City, one of the many demonstrations for racial and economic justice that took place across the US on Monday. (Photo by Getty Images)
Tens of thousands of US workers have walked out of their jobs in solidarity with... |
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Outsiders seeking to sell arms in Middle East: Irans mission in Kuwait US troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) Base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. (Photo by Reuters)
Irans Embassy in Kuwait has hit back at the US envoy to the Arab country over her criticism of Tehrans regional role, saying the outsiders do not care about the Middle Easts stability... |
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The gunman who allegedly shot a US federal judges son dead is believed to be a mens rights lawyer US District Judge Esther Salas (file photo)
The gunman who shot the husband and son of a federal judge in New Jersey is believed to be an "anti-feminist lawyer who was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound hours later.
Roy Den Hollander, 72, was discovered by a cleaning crew in... |
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Dramatic drone footage shows wildifres raging in Siberia Russian Greenpeace on Monday released aerial footage showing day and night shots of large-scale wildfires raging in Siberia.
Russia’s Federal forestry agency reported on its website on Monday that in the past 24 hours, the territory of wildfires, currently addressed by its forces decreased by... |
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EU summit: Leaders reach landmark 1.82 trillion COVID-19 recovery deal and budget EU leaders reached a landmark €1.82 trillion COVID-19 recovery package early Tuesday morning.
It comes after days of sometimes bitter discussions over the seven year budget and recovery package which includes jointly borrowing a €750 billion recovery fund to be shared as grants and loans.
Speaking... |
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Coronavirus: Oxford University vaccine found to produce COVID-19 antibodies Scientists at the University of Oxford say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.
British researchers first began testing the vaccine in April in about 1,000 people, half of whom got the experimental... |
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Egypt Parliament approves troop deployment in Libya The Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved the deployment of troops outside the country, laying the groundwork for a possible military intervention in Libya.
The Egyptian parliament has unanimously approved the deployment of troops outside the country, laying the groundwork for a possible military... |
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Biden eyes GOP supporters while Trump focuses on his base Former OJohn Kasich, a Republican and frequent Trump critic
In the four months since Joe Biden effectively won the US Democratic presidential nomination, he has focused on consolidating the partys divergent and often warring factions.
As the closing stretch of the campaign nears, that effort will... |
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Separatists protest Spanish royals visit to Catalonia Hundreds of protesters who vowed to block a visit by Spains king to a monastery in the west of Catalonia Monday did not make it to the gates. They could not even see the Royal motorcade but they made enough noise to cancel part of travel plans of King Felipe VI.
🎥🛑In #Catalonia pro-#Catalan... |
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Rand Paul denounces use of federal force in Portland US Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Monday denounced the Trump administrations use of federal agents against protesters in Portland, Oregon, saying, "We cannot give up liberty for security."
Pauls statement is the first pushback against the administration on the issue from a Republican lawmaker.
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Tehran, Baghdad will jointly sue US for assassinating Gen. Soleimani: Iraq Members of the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) force stand near portraits of Iraqs top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani (L) and slain Iranian General Qasem Soleimani (R) (Photo by AFP
Iraq says Baghdad and Tehran will jointly sue the US for assassinating top Iranian commander Lieutenant... |
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Formula 1: Hamilton wins Hungarian Grand Prix Mercedes British driver Lewis Hamilton steers his car during the qualifying round at the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix on July 4, 2020 in Spielberg, Austria. (Photo by AFP)
In Motorsports, defending champion Lewis Hamilton has Won the Hungarian Grand Prix with a dominant performance.
The Brit started... |
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Is Kashmir a new Palestine in making? Since August 2019 with the scrapping of Kashmirs special status, New Delhi has started to implement new laws and amend the previous ones with an aim to what it calls ‘mainstreaming Kashmir to rest of India, a statement that has been repeatedly questioned by the people of Kashmir.
After opening... |
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Syrian air defenses intercept Israeli aggression on southern Damascus Syria says its air defenses have successfully intercepted a new Israeli aggression above the capital Damascus.
Syrias state television said on Monday the Israeli missiles had flown over the Syrian Golan Heights where they conducted raids around the capital.
Live footage aired by the state TV showed... |
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Omar al-Bashir faces trial over 89 coup in Sudan The file photo, taken on September 22, 2017, shows Sudanese deposed President Omar al-Bashir in South Darfur. (By AFP)
Sudans former President Omar al-Bashir faces trial over a military coup against a democratically elected government that brought him to power more than three decades ago.
He will... |
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US federal agents may be sent to Chicago, New York City, Philadelphia, other US major cities Federal officers deployed tear gas and fired less-lethal rounds into a crowd of protesters on July 16, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.
US President Donald Trump has suggested that he may order deployment of federal law enforcement agents to major cities to crack down on demonstrators protesting racial injustice... |
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US Homeland Security defends crackdown on Portland protesters US police officers fired tear gas and less-lethal rounds into a crowd of protesters in Oregon late Thursday.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has defended the federal crackdown on anti-racism demonstrators in Portland, threatening that the practice could spread to other cities across the... |
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ICC Mens T20 World Cup 2020 postponed The mens T20 World Cup, scheduled to be held in Australia later this year, has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The tournament was scheduled to have taken place between 18 October and 15 November.
At a meeting on Monday, the board agreed on dates for the next three ICC mens events... |
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8 Soldiers Killed in Maidan Wardak At least eight Afghan National Army soldiers were killed in a suicide car bombing in Maidan Wardak on Monday afternoon, the Ministry of Defense confirmed in a statement.
The ministry said that nine other soldiers were wounded in the attack that targeted a convoy of army forces in Sayed Abad district,... |
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