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Grand Ayatollah Mohaqiq Kabuli passes away Ayatollah Qorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Shia source of emulation, died at the age of 91.
AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Ayatollah Qorbanali Mohaqiq Kabuli, an Afghan Shia source of emulation, died at the age of 91.
Ayatollah Kabuli, who resided in Irans holy city of Qom, died on Tuesday morning.
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25 Days Passed, MPs Quarrel Still Remains Unsolved A number of lawmakers on Tuesday insisted that the new elected House Speaker should start his job in order to end the ongoing impasse in the lower house of parliament.
Lawmakers insist that the continuation of the situation is not in favor of the country and will create a gap between ethnic groups... |
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Helicopter crashes onto roof of Manhattan skyscraper, killing one A helicopter made a crash landing onto the roof of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper on Monday, killing at least one person and sending a plume of smoke skyward from the top of the building.
The crash occurred shortly before 2 pm (1800 GMT) on a rainy, foggy day at the 50-story AXA Equitable Center at... |
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US senators seeking to block Trumps Saudi arms sales US senators are pushing hard against a raft of planned arms sales to Saudi Arabia after President Donald Trump said he was circumventing Congress to push them through.
The White House said last month it was making an emergency provision within the country’s arms control law to enable the... |
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Six Hindu men convicted of rape, murder of 8-year old Muslim girl in India An Indian court has convicted six Hindu men for involvement in the gang rape and murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in Jammu and Kashmir last year.
Asifa Bano, from nomadic Muslim community, was drugged, held captive in a temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled... |
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Trump would have been fired from any job by now, says George Conway US President Donald Trump “would have been fired from any other job” so far, says the husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, George Conway.
His Sunday comment on Twitter was in response to an earlier tweet by the president, admitting that he was not acting “presidential”... |
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Trump undermining US leadership role, Democrats attack Trump for his Mexico deal US President Donald Trump is undermining “America’s preeminent leadership role” in part by forcing Mexico to make a new deal on immigration with Washington, says House Democratic leader, joining other Trump critics to condemn his latest agreement.
“President Trump undermined... |
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Moldovan president suspended, snap election called amid political standoff A Moldovan court temporarily relieved President Igor Dodon of his duties on Sunday to allow a stand-in to call a snap election, deepening a standoff between rival political parties over the formation of a new government after months of deadlock.
Dodons replacement, former Prime Minister Pavel... |
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UK drivers being pursued by foreign police over unpaid speeding fines: Report An increasing number of British motorists are being pursued by foreign police forces over unpaid speeding fines, a report says.
A new system, which the UK signed up to two years ago, enables police officers to prosecute drivers in other countries, The Telegraph reported on Monday.
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Kazakhstan elects hand-picked successor of former president Nazarbayev The hand-picked successor of Kazakhstan’s longtime ruler has won a sweeping victory in a presidential election, authorities said on Monday, after a voting day marred by protests and arrests.
Kassym-Jomart Tokayev took 70.8 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election, the Central Election... |
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Leaked plot: Brazils Lula jailed in fabricated case to keep him from election Leaked documents reveal that the Brazilian justice minister has, in collaboration with prosecutors, fabricated a case against ex-president, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and convicted him of corruption in a scheme meant to prevent the popular politician from running for the 2018 presidential election.
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German FM in Tehran, pledges no miracles on JCPOA German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas says his country remains firm in supporting the 2015 nuclear deal but cant pull off "miracles" in the face of US pressures on Iran.
Maas said in Tehran Monday that the UK, France and Germany -- the three European signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan... |
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Man Kills 12 Members of His Family in Farah An angry man who is believed to be a Taliban member has shot dead 12 members of his family in Khak-e-Safaid district of Farah province, security officials said on Monday.
Initially, Mohiuddin Khairkhwa, the police chief of Farah province said that the Imam of a mosque in the district has opened fire... |
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Govt Should Not Interfere to Solve Parliament Impasse: MPs Some lawmakers on Monday said that the parliament impasse has damaged the Afghan parliament prestige at the national and international levels.
For more than a month, the lower house of parliament is unable to hold a general session or resolve the dispute over the selection of the House Speaker.
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Khalilzad: Peace Talks are Entering a New Stage The U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad says that he will stay in Kabul and that he will have consultations with the Government leaders, political figures, civil society, and women.
Khalilzad met with President Ashraf Ghani and his team on Sunday and briefed... |
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12 Haqqani Network Commanders Killed In Khost At least 12 commanders of Haqqani network were killed in an operation by Afghan forces in Sabari district in Khost province, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a statement on Monday.
According to the statemen, the commanders were involved in destructive and terrorist activities in the... |
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China on watch as Hong Kong takes up extradition bill Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Hong Kong to protest a proposed law that would allow suspects to be transferred and tried in courts of law on mainland China.
Organizers said on Sunday they expected to draw more than 500,000 people to the demonstration, making it the biggest protest... |
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4 killed, 18 injured in gun battle between rival Indian political parties A gun battle between supporters of Indias ruling right-wing party and a regional rival party has left four people dead and more than a dozen others injured in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal.
Police and security forces said Sunday the clashes broke out in the eastern state, which has... |
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Iran unveils new indigenous air defense system Iran has unveiled a domestically-designed and -manufactured air defense system capable of simultaneously destroying six incoming hostile targets.
The system, dubbed Khordad 15, was inaugurated in the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, IRNA reported on Sunday.
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Mohib Says ANDSF Will Break Talibans Backbone In Four Months In a rare statement, Afghanistans National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib has predicted that the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) will "break the Talibans backbone in four months" and he believes the stalemate in the battlefield is over.
A fresh spate of violence continues to... |
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NATO Has Commended Reforms In Afghan Institutions: Qayumi Acting Finance Minister Mohammad Humayun Qayumi says the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the alliances partners have commended reforms in the Afghan governments civilian and military institutions and have reaffirmed their commitment to the financial sustainment of the Afghan security forces... |
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Italy Must Leave the Eurozone Italy must return to the lira because joining the euro has been disastrous and sticking with it would be suicidal.
Italy joined the eurozone in 1999 under the leadership of Prime Minister Massimo D’Alema of the Democratic Left party. This fateful participation, which entailed the complete... |
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China warns tech firms of dire consequences if they follow US ban China has summoned major technology companies and warned them of “dire consequences” if they comply with US efforts to ban sales of technology to Chinese companies, a US paper says.
Chinese government officials warned “a number of the world’s most important semiconductor... |
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UKs Johnson threatens to withhold $50 billion Brexit payment Boris Johnson, the leading candidate to succeed Theresa May as Britain’s next prime minister, said he would withhold a previously agreed 39 billion pound ($50 billion) Brexit payment until the European Union gives Britain better exit terms.
The EU has repeatedly said it will not reopen discussion... |
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Russia, China sanguine as Kazakhs elect new leader Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, the interim president of Kazakhstan hand-picked by veteran leader Nursultan Nazarbayev as his successor, will confirm his position on Sunday in an election triggered by Nazarbayevs resignation.
Nazarbayev, who had run the oil-rich former Soviet republic for... |
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White House blocked climate change testimony warning: Report The White House has blocked a State Department’s climate testimony warning of a “possibly catastrophic” future because it did not jibe with President Donald Trumps policy, a report says.
The Washington Post reported on Saturday that White House officials had barred a... |
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Sudan protesters begin civil disobedience to unseat junta An umbrella group representing Sudans protest movement has announced a nationwide "civil disobedience" campaign, saying it will continue until ruling generals transfer power to a civilian government.
"The civil disobedience movement will begin Sunday and end only when a civilian government... |
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Hundreds of US infantry soldiers mobilizing for deployment to Afghanistan Hundreds of US infantry soldiers are to be mobilized this summer prior to being deployed to Afghanistan in support of the US-led ‘Operation Freedom Sentinel,’ purportedly billed as the continuation of “the global war on terrorism.”
Nearly 400 troops from the Wisconsin... |
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Euro 2020 Qualifications: Turkey 2-0 France Turkey have maintained their 100% winning record in the Euro 2020 qualifying, with a shocking 2-nil home victory over world champions France.
Roared on by a fantastic crowd in Konya, Turkey were the better side throughout the match, and opened the scoring when Kaan Ayhan headed home after... |
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AGO Issues Arrest Warrant For Ex-Football Chief The Attorney Generals Office (AGO) on Sunday issued arrest warrant for ex-football chief Keramuddin Karim a day after he was banned from the sport for life for sexual abuse, a spokesman for the AGO, Jamshid Rasuli confirmed.
Karim was fined $1 million by FIFA and the the verdict came on Saturday... |
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