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Myanmar army shells Rohingya village, kills two women Myanmar troops have shelled a Rohingya village, killing two women, one pregnant, and injuring seven people, only two days after the UNs highest court ordered the country to protect the minority.
Kin Taung village came under attack on Saturday after shells were fired from a nearby battalion, according... |
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Cricket: Qualifying Process Announced for T20 World Cup 2021 The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday announced the qualifying process leading up to the mens T20 World Cup, which will take place in 2021 in India.
According to the ICC, 16 teams will take participate.
Afghanistan stands in seventh place in the ICC T20 ranking and is expected to be... |
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Eastern Turkey jolted by strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake, 21 dead At least 21 people have been killed and hundreds more injured after a powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake rattled eastern Turkey.
The Sivrice district in the eastern province of Elazig was jolted at around 8.55 p.m. local time (1755 GMT) in an earthquake, which according to the European-Mediterranean... |
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Israel to retain security control of Palestinian state under Trump deal: Report An Israeli TV has reported that under the terms of the soon-to-be released controversial US plan on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israel would keep security control of the entire occupied West Bank even if a Palestinian state is established in parts of it.
On Friday, Israels Channel 13 TV reported... |
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Biden slams Trump remarks about US troop injuries from Iran attack as disgusting US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has blasted President Donald Trump for downplaying the injuries that US troops suffered after an Iranian retaliatory missile attack earlier this month in Iraq, saying Trumps comments were "disgusting."
The former US vice president offered his harsh criticism... |
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Mistrust of police major contributor of gun violence in US: Report The lack of trust between police officers and the communities they are paid to protect is a major driver of gun violence in cities across the United States, according to a new report.
In many major US cities, acts of police brutality have eroded trust, making residents less likely to place their trust... |
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The Pitfalls in Afghanistans Peace Process A US-Taliban peace agreement seems closer than ever, but the whole thing could unravel when it comes time for intra-Afghan talks.
By Daud Khattak
The Talibans latest gesture of "scaling down" military operations by declaring a temporary seven to 10 day truce is believed to be the most significant... |
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Thousands across France protest govt. bid to overhaul pensions Protesters again poured into streets across France on Friday hoping to derail a hotly contested pension overhaul, whose fate will soon be in the hands of lawmakers after weeks of crippling transport strikes.
Union leaders insist they have widespread public support for what has become their biggest... |
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France confirms first two cases of coronavirus France confirmed on Friday its first two cases of the Wuhan coronavirus, with one patient being hospitalized in Paris and the other in the southwestern city of Bordeaux.
Health Minister Agnes Buzyn told a news conference these were the first two confirmed cases in Europe and that more cases were likely... |
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US-UK potential trade war over Internet giant tax Sajid Javid, the British Chancellor, has declared his commitment to enforcing a digital services tax on large American owned tech firms, such as Google and Facebook, stirring tensions between the US and UK governments, whilst the UK is preparing to enter into a post-brexit period of uncertainty.
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Schiff to Senate Republicans: You know you cant trust Trump US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead House impeachment manager, has said that President Donald Trump must be removed from office because "you know you cant trust" him "to do whats right for this country."
In an impassioned speech, Schiff, the California Democrat... |
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Website of Irans Fars news agency blocked by US Treasury Irans Fars news agency says its website has been blocked after the US Treasury Department blacklisted the media group.
In a post on its Twitter account, Farsnews said that access to its .com domain had been blocked upon the US Treasurys order.
The news agency said that it had received an email... |
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China coronavirus death toll rises to 41, more than 1,000 infected China confirmed another 15 deaths in the province at the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak that has now infected more than 1,000 people globally, highlighting the challenges for health authorities around the world working to prevent a global pandemic.
The Health Commission of Hubei Province... |
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Violence Reduction Must Mean No Civ. Casualties: Amnesty.org Amnesty International on Friday, in a message aimed at the US and the Taliban, stated that any potential agreement on the reduction in violence must include a commitment by both sides to abide by the laws of war and end all attacks on civilians.
"The USA and the Afghan Talibans negotiations over a... |
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Idiot Trump had better pull out troops from Iraq voluntarily: Hashd al-Shaabi leader President Donald Trump had better voluntarily order the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq before they are forced out, says a high-ranking official from the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic word Hashd al-Shaabi.
"Today all Iraqis, men and women, have poured out onto... |
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NBA: Los Angeles Lakers 128-113 Brooklyn Nets Los Angeles Lakers have defeated the Brooklyn Nets 128-113 at the Barclays Center.
The Western Conference Leaders were the better side of the match and finished the opener 38-35 before taking the 2nd quarter with a 2-point margin that led to their 75-70 advantage. The Lakers did not give up their... |
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China shuts schools, temples, as virus death toll rises to 25 China stepped up measures to contain a virus that has killed 25 people and infected more than 800, with public transport suspended in 10 cities, the shutting of temples and the rapid construction of a hospital to treat the infected.
Some famous temples have closed due to virus. Beijings Lama Temple,... |
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Several Palestinians injured as Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque Israeli forces have injured a number of Palestinians in an attack on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem al-Quds aimed at preventing worshipers from performing Friday prayers.
Palestinian media say the Israelis stormed the mosque in order to keep Palestinian worshipers from performing... |
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WHO expects coronavirus cases to rise in China Cases of the new coronavirus are likely to continue to rise in China and it is too soon to evaluate its severity, a spokesman for the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (January 24).
"The issue is not so much really on numbers that we know will go up," WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told... |
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Huge explosion rips through northwest Houston; 2 people killed A large explosion has ripped through the US city of Houston, Texas, killing at least two people and injuring several others and damaging homes, according to media reports.
Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said two people died as a result of the explosion at a northwest Houston manufacturing business... |
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US border officers directed to stop Iranian-born travelers: Report In an apparent about-face, an unnamed US Customs and Border Patrol officer says his colleagues working at Canadian border crossings have been directed to stop travelers of Iranian descent for questioning.
According to Canadian news agency CBC, the officer made the comment in an email to an immigration... |
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Iraqis march in millions to call for expulsion of US troops Iraqis have rallied in Baghdad in massive numbers to call for an end to US military presence in the country following high-profile assassinations and airstrikes targeting anti-terror forces.
Sayed Sadiq al-Hashemi, the director of the Iraqi Center for Studies, said more than 2.5 million took part... |
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Epidemic response group working on China virus vaccines Three separate research teams are to start work on developing potential vaccines against the new coronavirus that has so far claimed the lives of 18 people and is causing an epidemic across China.
A global coalition set up to fight diseases said on Thursday that the plan is to have at least one potential... |
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Addressing the House of Commons on Thursday regarding the coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that it was a rapidly developing situation and the number of deaths and the number of cases is likely to be higher than those that have be The US special representative for Iran has threatened the Islamic Republic with yet another act of state terrorism, saying Washington will assassinate the successor of senior anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani as well if he follows in the path of the martyred general.
"If (Esmail)... |
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UK "well prepared and well equipped to deal with" any cases of coronavirus: Matt Hancock Addressing the House of Commons on Thursday regarding the coronavirus outbreak, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that it was a rapidly developing situation and the number of deaths and the number of cases is likely to be higher than those that have been confirmed so far and I expect them to rise further.
He... |
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South Africa ruling partys ally holds large rally against US policies in Mideast An ally of South Africas ruling African National Congress (ANC) party holds a large rally in the countrys administrative capital, raging against the United States deadly and aggressive attitude towards Iran and its destructive policies in the West Asia as a whole.
The demonstration was held by the... |
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Afghanistan Again Among Top Corrupt Countries: Watchdog Transparency International released its Corruption Perception Index 2019 on Thursday, and the organization ranked Afghanistan among the top 10 most corrupt countries in the world.
The report states that anti-corruption efforts have not made progress in the country since 2018. Based on the index,... |
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Bolivias Morales marks end of presidency in Argentina Former Bolivian president Evo Morales has held a celebratory event in exile in the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, to mark the end of his presidential term.
Morales, now in Argentina, has been in exile since he was forced to resign in November last year under pressure from the Bolivian military and... |
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Trump downplays US troops concussion injuries from Iranian missile attack US President Donald Trump has downplayed the traumatic brain injuries suffered by American troops in Iran’s retaliatory missile strike, describing the injuries as "headaches."
At a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, Trump said military officials... |
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China locks down city at center of new virus outbreak China has imposed quarantine measures on a major city at the center of a virus outbreak, banning trains and planes from leaving it in an attempt to curb the contagious disease that has so far claimed the lives of 17 people.
On Thursday, authorities in Wuhan, the capital city of Chinas central province... |
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