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Yemeni forces strike strategic positions in Saudi Arabia with drones, missiles The spokesman for Yemens Armed Forces, Brigadier General Yahya Saree
Yemeni forces have carried out a major military operation against military and strategic positions in southwestern Saudi Arabia, a military spokesman says.
Brigadier General Yahya Saree, the spokesman for Yemens Armed Forces, said... |
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China sanctions US officials in retaliation for bans over Uighur Muslims Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Hua Chunying (File photo)
Beijing has slapped sanctions on US officials, including two senators, in response to Washingtons recent bans against senior Chinese officials over allegations of mistreating the Uighur Muslim community in the western Xinjiang region.
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Duda wins Poland presidential election in boost for planned judicial reforms Polish President and presidential candidate of the Law and Justice (PiS) party Andrzej Duda speaks after the announcement of the first exit poll results on the second round of the presidential election in Pultusk, Poland, July 12, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Polands incumbent Andrzej Duda has narrowly... |
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MIT, Harvard seek to block Trump rule barring foreign students from staying in US for online classes Protest signs hang inside Building 10 on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology on March 12, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo by AFP)
A lawsuit recently filed by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in a federal court in Boston, seeking to block a Trump... |
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Iran-China deal to ditch dollar, bypass US sanctions: Leaders advisor An illustration depicting Iranian and Chinese flags
An advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a pending roadmap for strategic partnership between Iran and China is to help ditch the dollar in bilateral trade and bypass illegal and unilateral US sanctions.
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China mass producing advanced J-20B warplanes as tensions rise with US A Chinese J-20 stealth fighter performs at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai in southern China. (AFP file photo)
Beijing has reportedly begun mass producing a modified version of its fifth-generation Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter jets amid escalating China-US tensions, which have given rise to fears of... |
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Dozens Hospitalized After Blast Near NDS Office in Samangan A suicide car bomb explosion claimed by the Taliban happened on Monday morning in front of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) compound in Aybak city, the center northern Samangan province, killing at least 10 people, according to local officials.
The officials also confirmed that 50 others... |
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13 Security Force Members Killed in Taliban Clashes At least 13 security force members were killed and 11 others were wounded in clashes with the Taliban in the northeastern province of Badakhshan and northern Kunduz province on Sunday night, said local officials and a security source said.
Six policemen were killed and nine others were wounded in... |
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Worlds Voice Of Conscience Condemns US Gen. Soleimani Assassination A top United Nations investigator condemned the US assassination of top Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in January as "unlawful", highlighting once again what many experts call the nature of the American state terrorism on the global stage and infuriating the Washington officials.
On Wednesday Agnes... |
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Kataib Hezbollah vows to drive US troops out of Iraq US soldiers stand at the Qayyarah air base before a planned US pullout on March 26, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
A security official for Iraqs Kataib Hezbollah has reiterated the resistance groups readiness to end the US military presence in Iraq.
Abu Ali al-Askari stressed that the Americans must know that... |
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If Soleimani assassination happened to West, it would declare war: UN official Agnes Callamard, United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions
A UN special rapporteur, who has raised a firestorm by condemning the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, has denounced sheer US disregard for international law.
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Libya oil company says UAE ordered Haftars forces to re-impose blockade on crude exports A general view of the El Sharara oilfield, Libya (By Reuters)
Libyas national oil company says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been behind a decision by eastern-based rebel forces to hinder its latest efforts to resume crude exports for the first time in six months and re-impose a blockade on the... |
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4 Security Force Members Killed in Parwan Clashes At least four security force members were killed and five others were wounded in a Taliban attack in northern Parwan province on Sunday night, a security source said on Monday.
The clashes took place around 11:20 on Sunday night in Shenwari district after the Taliban attacked the security checkpoints,... |
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UK selling spyware and wiretaps to 17 repressive regimes, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain UK exports spyware and surveillance equipment to 17 countries on no sales list. 15 June, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Britain is providing more than a dozen repressive regimes around the world with wiretaps, spyware and other telecommunications interception equipment likely to be used to spy on dissidents,... |
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US COVID-19 cases surpass 3.3 million, deaths top 135,000 A healthcare worker administers a coronavirus test to a patient at the Lee Davis Community Resource Center on June 25, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. (AFP photo)
The United States, the country hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, on Sunday recorded 59,747 new cases over the last 24-hour period, according... |
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Maduro: Trump threats against Venezuela meant to boost his reelection Venezuelas government has condemned a recent threat by US President Donald Trump who last Friday said he would be fighting to free Venezuelans from the Maduro regime.
Thus he deployed US navy ships for an anti-drug operation along the Caribbean sea, which is near the Latin American country. President... |
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Incumbent Duda extends narrow lead in Polish election cliffhanger Polish President Andrzej Duda addresses supporters as exit poll results were announced during the presidential election in Lowicz, Poland, on June 28, 2020. (Photo by AFP)
Polands incumbent president Andrzej Duda was slightly ahead in Sundays (July 12) presidential election, a late poll showed, a... |
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Five Daesh suicide bombers, two security forces killed in operation near Baghdad Members of the Iraqi federal police hold a Daesh flag, which they pulled down during fighting between Iraqi forces and the militants, in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq, July 4, 2017. (Photo by Reuters)
The Iraqi military says five Daesh suicide bombers and two security members have been killed during the... |
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Russias air defenses repel drone attack on Hmeimim base in Syria File photo of a Russian Sukhoi-35 fighter jet at Hmeimim airbase in Syria, which hosts the Russian military. (Photo by Sputnik)
Russian air defenses have repelled a drone attack launched by unidentified militants on the strategic Hmeimim airbase in Western Syria, the Russian defense ministry says.
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Fire, explosion reported on US ship at San Diego naval base Smoke pours from the USS Bonhomme Richard at the US Naval base in San Diego on July 12, 2020.
Fire and an ensuing explosion have been reported on a ship at the US Naval base in San Diego.
It was not immediately clear what caused Sundays blaze on the Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship and... |
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US prison employee preparing for executions tests positive for coronavirus Guard towers rise above the grounds of the Federal Correctional Complex Terre Haute on July 25, 2019 in Terre Haute, Indiana. (AFP photo)
A staff member involved in the preparation of the first executions of US federal prisoners in 17 years has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the Bureau of... |
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Fire contained at Iranian petrochemical complex: Official A fire caused by technical faults at an Iranian petchem complex has been brought under control.
Iranian officials say a fire that caused a short halt to production at a major petrochemical plant located southwest of the country has been fully contained.
A spokesman of the Shahid Tondgooyan Pterochemicals... |
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China raises flood alert to second highest level People are seen on a makeshift raft in a flooded village following heavy rainfall in Huangshan, Anhui province, China, on July 6, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
China raised its flood response alert on Sunday to the second highest level as heavy rain battered regions along the Yangtze River, with the eastern... |
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Leader urges Iranians to observe heath protocols as virus cases rise again Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei speaks in a video conference call with lawmakers at Irans parliament on July 12, 2020. (Photo by khamenei.ir)
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has expressed deep regret over a spike in coronavirus infections,... |
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Bulgarians stage anti-corruption rallies for third day Demonstrators take part in an anti-government protest in Sofia, Bulgaria, on July 11, 2020. (Photo by Reuters)
Thousands of people have flocked to the streets in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia and several other major cities, calling for the resignation of the government of Prime Minister Boyko Borissov... |
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Russia successfully completes human testing of COVID-19 vaccine + World updates A woman is seen holding a small bottle labeled "Vaccine COVID-19" and a medical syringe in this photo illustration taken on April 10, 2020. (By Reuters)
A Russian research center says it has successfully completed the clinical trials of the worlds first coronavirus vaccine on humans, and scientists... |
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Saudi crown prince prime suspect in Khashoggi murder case: UN official A demonstrator dressed as Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C) with blood on his hands protests outside the Saudi Embassy in Washington, DC, the United States, on October 8, 2018. (Photo by Getty Images)
A senior UN official says Saudi Arabias Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is... |
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Indian film star Amitabh Bachchan, son stable after contracting COVID-19 Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan (R) and his son Abhishek Bachchan pose for a picture at a multiplex in Mumbai. December 7, 2009. (Photo by Reuters)
Indias most famous film star Amitabh Bachchan, and his son Abhishek, are in stable condition after testing positive for the coronavirus, a hospital official... |
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Coronavirus and racism could worsen US black suicide rate: Experts Doctors and researchers are now warning that mental health crisis linked to the coronavirus outbreak reverberates deeper among black people. (File photo)
The coronavirus pandemic and racism could compound the rate of suicide among African Americans, experts warn.
Doctors and researchers are now warning... |
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Sediqqi: Taliban Must Join Peace Process in Real Way Presidential Palace spokesman Sediq Sediqqi on Sunday criticized the Taliban for the escalation of violence and argued the Taliban must "enter the peace process in a real way."
Sediqqi on Twitter also said the groups violence has damaged peoples expectations for peace.
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