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Attacker in London terrorist incident identified as Daesh sympathizer British police have identified as Sudesh Amman the attacker who stabbed two people in the Streatham district of south London on Sunday and later was shot dead by armed officers.
The incident left three people, a man and two women, injured, according to the Metropolitan Police.
A man who had received... |
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US Democrats planning to skip State of the Union address, hold protests Some House Democrats are planning to skip President Donald Trumps State of the Union address on Tuesday, while others are preparing to hold protests against it.
Trump will deliver his speech a day before Wednesday when the final vote in the Senate trial to acquit him will likely come.
Now, some... |
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Trump says US has shut down coronavirus threat; China shuns US help The United States has taken decisive action to protect Americans from the threat of a fast-moving coronavirus while offering help to China, President Donald Trump said on Sunday, but a key adviser said Beijing had not accepted the offers of assistance.
Trump appeared to downplay concerns about the... |
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Djokovic stuns Thiem to win 8th Australian Open Novak Djokovic has captured a record-extending 8th Australian Open title after a great comeback against Dominic Thiem of Austria in a 5-set thriller.
It was a close contest from the onset, but the Serbian Ace immediately put the Austrian under pressure in the opening set and managed to end it 6-4.
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Trump says he thinks of communism when he thinks of Sanders US President Donald Trump says he thinks Senator Bernie Sanders is "a communist" because he thinks of communism when he thinks of Sanders!
He made the comments in an interview aired prior to Super Bowl LIV on Fox News.
"I think hes a communist. I mean, you know, look, I think of communism when I... |
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Womens Affairs Ministry Reports 51 Abuse Cases Over 11 Months The Ministry of Womens Affairs has registered 51 cases of violence against women in the past 11 months (since January 2019), which is a slight increase from the previous year.
The deputy minister of womens affairs for policy, Spozhmai Wardak, said the cases include murder, beating, rape, inciting... |
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Arab envoys present at US Mideast plan unveiling were misled: Diplomat An Arab diplomat says ambassadors from the UAE, Bahrain and Oman who attended the unveiling ceremony of a contentious US-devised Middle East proposal were not briefed on the details of the scheme.
The unnamed diplomat told Israels Haaretz newspaper on Saturday that Washington did not disclose the... |
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Coronavirus health scare: 300 plus dead; first fatality outside China confirmed The public health emergency associated with the killer coronavirus that has already spread to over a dozen countries has raised global alarms, with the number of confirmed deaths inside China passing the 300 mark, and the first fatality from the outbreak outside China reported in the Philippines.
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Republican Senate coverup in impeachment prompts backlash Outraged grassroots activists plan to punish Republican senators at the ballot box for what they see as a "coverup" in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump.
Republican senators voted Friday to block witnesses and documents Trumps trial in flagrant defiance of public opinion, paving the... |
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Iraqi president appoints Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as new premier Iraqi President Barham Salih has appointed Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as the Arab countrys new prime minister after political parties in the parliament failed to name a candidate in two months since former premier Adel Abdul Mahdi stepped down under pressure from anti-government protests.
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US Peace Envoy Briefs Afghan Leaders on Taliban Talks The presidential palace, in a press release, said that Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan, met with President Ghani and some officials in the palace, adding that Khalilzad briefed Ghani on his talks with the Taliban representatives and the Pakistani officials.
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Carter: Trump plan works against peace, breaches international law Former US president Jimmy Carter says the countrys current President Donald Trumps self-styled initiative for resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict serves instead to compromise any prospect of "peace" and violates international law.
Carter made the remarks in a Thursday statement that was... |
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Senates failure to remove Trump will mark end of US democracy: Analyst The US Senates failure to vote for the removal of President Donald Trump from office will mark the end of democratic process in the United States, an American political analyst says.
The Democratic-controlled House of Representatives formally demanded the impeachment of Trump in December, accusing... |
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Sturgeon reaffirms commitment to constitutionalism The leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP), Nicola Sturgeon, reaffirmed her commitment to a consensual departure from the UK on the final day of the UKs membership in the European Union (EU).
In a speech in Edinburgh yesterday, Sturgeon warned against shortcuts to a fresh independence referendum... |
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Democratic Party establishment far more afraid of Sanders than Trump: Analyst The entire Democratic Party establishment is far more afraid of Bernie Sanders than Donald Trump, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks while talking to Press TV on Saturday while commenting on the... |
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Takfiri militants kill at least 62 people in east DR Congo as attacks on civilians intensify Suspected Takfiri militants killed at least 62 civilians in a string of attacks this week in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where the army is waging a counter-insurgency campaign against the rebels, the government said on Saturday.
The upsurge in violence after a period of relative calm in... |
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Rights groups: Trump administration advancing xenophobic agenda Rights groups have condemned the expansion of US President Donald Trumps controversial travel ban, saying the administration is advancing a xenophobic agenda.
Trump added Africas biggest country, Nigeria, as well as Sudan, Tanzania, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar to his restricted travel list in... |
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Airstrike kills all members of family Badghis An airstrike in Moqor district of Badghis province last night, killed all six members of a family.
According to witnesses, a residence in Ander village of Moqor district came under airstrike last night that killed all members of a family.
A member of Badghis provincial council, confirms that a residential... |
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UK officially leaves European Union Brexiteers worried that this day would never come. It took 3.5 years to happen. Theresa May tried and failed. But it was left to the current conservative Prime Minister Boris Johnson to get Brexit done. It took him several attempts and a general election but Friday 31st January was the day it actually... |
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US move to raise travel warning too unkind: China China has harshly lambasted the United States decision to raise its warning alert to the highest level for travel to the Asian country due to the coronavirus epidemic, saying that the move is inappropriate and not "in line with the facts."
The US State Department on Friday raised the warning alert... |
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Kyrgyzstan protests inclusion in Trumps latest travel restrictions Kyrgyzstans Foreign Ministry has slammed the latest US move to impose travel restrictions on citizens of more countries, including the central Asian country, vowing that the selective action has damaged mutual ties.
The countrys ministry of foreign affairs summoned the American ambassador to Bishkek,... |
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US brain injury numbers cover-up for dead US troops in Iranian missile strike: IRGC The spokesman for the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has said that Washingtons alleged numbers of "brain injuries" in its troops following the Iranian retaliatory missile strike on the Ain al-Assad airbase represent the number of dead troops.
"We conclude that what the United States announces to... |
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US Envoy Khalilzad in Kabul As Talks Reach New Phase A source confirmed that the US special envoy Zalmay Khalilzad is in Kabul and will meet with Afghan officials including President Ashraf Ghani to discuss the peace process, which some close to the talks say has reached a new phase.
On Friday, Khalilzad visited Islamabad and met with Pakistani officials... |
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Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness well-received by international film critics "Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness," a film by Iranian film critic, scriptwriter and producer, Massoud Bakhshi, has been well-received by critics.
The story is about a woman - Maryam - who accidentally kills her own husband - Nasser - in a fight. Sentenced to death, Maryam is faced with the challenging... |
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Russia reports flight of 33 spy aircraft, drones near its border in past week Russia has reportedly spotted over two dozen foreign aircraft as well as eight drones on reconnaissance missions near its border in the past week but Russian warplanes did not try to intercept them, a local daily said, citing Moscows Defense Ministry.
"According to the defense ministry, 25 foreign... |
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India hails strong ties with Israel after welcoming US Mideast plan India has hailed relations with Israel as "very strong" days after it urged Palestinians to consider a contentious US-devised Middle East plan.
In a tweet posted in Hebrew language on Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his satisfaction with New Delhis cooperation with Tel Aviv.
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Turkey may launch Syria offensive if Idlib attacks continue: Erdogan President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey may launch a military operation in Idlib if the ongoing offensive by Syrian government forces against foreign-sponsored Takfiri militants continues there.
Erdogan said Friday Turkey would not allow new threats near its borders, adding it will resort to military... |
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China virus toll passes 250 as travel curbs tightened The death toll from Chinas coronavirus outbreak has surpassed 250, the government said Saturday, as foreign nations tightened restrictions on travelers from China in response to the rapid spread of the illness.
At least 258 people have died and more than 11,000 people have been infected in China... |
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US declares coronavirus a public health emergency The Trump administration on Friday declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus outbreak and said it would take the extraordinary step of barring entry to the United States of foreign nationals who have traveled to China.
Starting on Sunday, U.S. citizens who have traveled to China’s... |
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China envoy says a lot is still unknown about coronavirus The Chinese ambassador to the United Nations office in Vienna says Beijing is fully confident it has the capacity to defeat the deadly outbreak of the new coronavirus. He did acknowledge, however, that there is still "a lot" that researchers do not know about it.
The Chinese mission in Vienna says... |
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