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Turkey to teach a lesson to Libyan rebel commander if anti-govt. offensive resumes Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will "teach a lesson" to Libyan rebel commander Khalifa Haftar if he resumes his offensive against Libyas internationally-recognized government after withdrawing from ceasefire talks in Moscow.
Erdogan issued the threat at a meeting of his party... |
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EU3 triggers dispute mechanism with Iran in blow to nuclear deal Britain, France, and Germany, collectively known as the EU3, have formally triggered a dispute settlement mechanism featured in a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, a step that could lead to the restoration of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
On Tuesday, the three European signatories to the Iran... |
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FBI presses Apple for phone data from Saudi shooter The FBI has been pressing Apple to open iPhones that belonged to a Saudi military student at a naval base in Pensacola, Florida.
The Saudi student took part in a shooting that left four people dead and several others injured.
On Monday, the FBIs general counsel Dana Boente wrote a letter to Apples... |
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Anti-govt. protests resume in Lebanon as political vacuum persists Protesters in Lebanon have blocked major roads in a new wave of anti-government protests as the Middle Eastern country suffers from a months-long political vacuum.
On Tuesday, dozens of protesters resumed blocking a number of major roads and burning tires in the capital, Beirut, and other areas of... |
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Johnson refuses to issue section 30 order As expected, Prime Minister, Boris Johnson has formally rejected a request by Scotlands First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, for a fresh Scottish independence referendum.
In a letter published today, Johnson grounds his refusal on the supposedly original understanding that the September 2014 independence... |
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US court rejects bid to seize $1.7 billion of Iranian assets A US courts ruling to seize Iranian assets worth about $1.7 billion outside the United States has been thrown out for now.
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit had ruled that the families of US troops killed in 1983 bombing of the US Marine Corp barracks in Lebanon get access to Iranian... |
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Outbreak of dengue fever kills dozens of children in conflict-stricken Yemen A child advocacy group says dozens of children have lost their lives as a result of dengue-related illnesses, warning of an epidemic in the war-ravaged country whose health sector is teetering on the verge of total collapse due to the ongoing Saudi-led military onslaught.
"Seventy-eight children under... |
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Police conduct raids in Germany in hunt for suspected Chechen militants Police in Germany have conducted raids across the country over an alleged plot by suspected militants of Chechen origin to launch a violent attack, Berlin prosecutors say.
"On suspicion of planning a serious violent act endangering the state, search warrants are being executed in Berlin, Brandenburg,... |
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Avalanches in Pakistan claim 67 lives At least 67 people were killed and others were missing after avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir over the last 24 hours, senior government officials said on Tuesday.
In neighboring India, at least 10 people were killed after several avalanches hit the northern-part of Indian-administered Kashmir.
Two... |
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US budget deficit tops $1 trillion in 2019 The US budget deficit through the first three months of this budget year is up 11.8% from the same period a year ago, putting the country on track to record its first $1 trillion deficit in eight years.
In its monthly budget report, the Treasury Department said Monday that the deficit from October through... |
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NGOs boycott pre-G20 meetings in Saudi Arabia over rights violations Three prominent international NGOs have boycotted meetings that Saudi Arabia is holding with civil society groups ahead of the annual Group of Twenty (G20) Summit, saying the Riyadh regime is trying to "whitewash its dire human rights record" by hosting such events.
In a joint statement issued on... |
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Hong Kong facing unprecedented challenges over high number of arrests Hong Kongs leader says the high number of arrests during months of anti-government protests in the city has created "unprecedented challenges" for its courts.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Monday that her government was "facing some unprecedented challenges in dealing with a large number of... |
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Nearly 10,000 Election Complaints Rejected: IECC Zuhra Bayan Shinwari, head of the Independent Electoral Complaints Commission (IECC), at a Tuesday press conference said that 9,866 complaints out of 16,545 complaints have been rejected for lack of evidence.
"Now we are moving into the recount process, and, so far, there have been no serious problems... |
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US Wants Taliban to Cut Iran Ties: Hekmatyar The US has asked the Taliban to cut its ties with Iran and to agree to the presence of some US forces in Afghanistan after a potential peace agreement between the two sides, said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the reconciled leader of Hizb-e-Islami, on Tuesday.
Hekmatyar said the US brought these two issues... |
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Afghan men detained in Delhi airport for heroin smuggling charges Over the last couple of days, seven Afghan nationals were detained at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) in New Delhi for smuggling heroin, The Times of India reported.
The smugglers had ingested around 177 capsules of heroin, aiming to smuggle into India. The detainees have been recovered and... |
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MI5 chief rebuffs US warnings of potential risk Huawei poses to intelligence sharing The head of MI5, Andrew Parker, has rejected the US assertion that Britains intelligence-sharing relationship with the United States will be endangered if the Chinese technology corporation Huawei is given access to the UKs 5G network.
5G is the latest iteration of cellular technology, engineered... |
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Europe accuses Iran of violent action, urges return to obligations The leaders of Britain, France and Germany have called in a joint statement on Iran to return to full compliance with their 2015 nuclear deal and reverse its countermeasures against the Wests failures vis-a-vis Tehran.
"It is essential that Iran return to full compliance with its commitments under... |
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New Boeing chief executive takes over with 737 max crisis unresolved Boeing Cos new Chief Executive David Calhoun assumes the job Monday as the US planemaker battles to recover from two fatal crashes of 737 MAX planes that killed 346 people in five months and led to the models worldwide grounding in March.
Calhoun, 62, a long-time Boeing director named chairman in... |
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More than 400,000 German jobs at risk in switch to electric cars The shift to electric vehicles could cost 410,000 jobs in Germany by 2030, daily Handelsblatt reported on Monday, citing government advisers.
In engines and transmissions’ production alone, around 88,000 jobs will be at risk, the newspaper said, citing a report by the National Platform for the... |
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India anti citizenship law protests continue as government calls for calm Its been about a month since widespread protests erupted in the Indian subcontinent. Protesters say they are demonstrating for the future of their country which they believe is under threat from the Hindu nationalist government of BJP.
On December 12 India enacted a controversial citizenship law... |
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Angry Pakistani protesters vow to drive US forces from region Thousands of Pakistanis protested in Islamabad against the US on Sunday. At the heart of their anger was the US assassination of top Iranian commander Lieutenant General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the IRGC Quds Force in Iraq early this month.
Protesters, coming from different parts of Pakistan,... |
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Bolivias ex-president Morales calls on people to form popular defense groups Bolivias exiled former president Evo Morales has called on his compatriots to form popular defense groups against potential acts of violence by the new government, which took power in a US-backed coup détat against his government late last year.
In a recording leaked to the Bolivian radio,... |
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Rouhani receives Pakistani FM, stresses importance of mutual relations Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has met with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and stressed the importance of close relations between the two countries.
"Relations with Pakistan are very important for Iran and we recognize much significance for an expansion of ties between... |
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Pelosi says Trump impeached for life despite McConnells gamesmanship US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has said that Republican President Donald Trump is "impeached for life" regardless of "any gamesmanship" by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, she defended her decision to temporarily delay the Senates... |
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Rumbling volcano shuts down Philippine capital Schools and businesses shut across the Philippine capital on Monday as a volcano belched clouds of ash across the city and seismologists warned an eruption could happen at any time, potentially triggering a tsunami.
Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes around Taal, one of the worlds... |
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China slams US, other states for congratulating Tawains Tsai on election win Beijing has slammed the United States and other states for breaching the ‘One China policy by offering congratulations to President Tsai Ing-wen of self-ruled Taiwan on her re-election.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang was reacting on Sunday to the statements issued by US Secretary... |
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Iran volleyball qualify for Tokyo 2020 Irans men national volleyball team have booked a spot in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after defeating China 3-0 in the final of the Asian qualifiers.
The Asian power-houses were the better side of the match from the onset and took the opening set 25-14.
The Chinese showed some resilience in the next... |
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Frances transport strike drags on despite government compromise on pensions A crippling French transport strike dragged into its 39th day on Sunday despite the governments offer to withdraw the most contested measure of the pension reform plans that sparked the protest.
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said Saturday he would drop plans to increase the official retirement... |
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Nasrallah says Iran missile strikes showed all US bases in West Asia within range Irans precision missile strikes at US military bases in Iraq sent the message that all American targets in West Asia are within the range of Iranian missiles, says the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah also lauded the Islamic Republic over firing... |
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Saudi TV suspends Palestinian announcer over solidarity with Yemen The Director General of Saudi sports network, KSA Sports, has reportedly suspended Palestinian announcer Razan Malash from appearing on television broadcasts after finding out that she had posted a series of posts on Twitter in solidarity with Yemen and in condemnation of the Riyadh regimes campaign... |
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