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Israeli intelligence helped United States eliminate Soleimani, NBC reports

Instagram is one of the few western social media sites that are not blocked in Iran . While Facebook was acting as "thought police" on behalf of the United S...

Israeli intelligence helped U.S. eliminate Soleimani, NBC reports

Trump on Friday said Iran probably had targeted the United States embassy in Baghdad and was aiming to attack four USA embassies. A USA drone strike on Januar...

Germany: Mass evacuation underway before WWII bomb defusing

Unexploded bombs in Germany followed by evacuations have been a familiar scenario since the end of World War II almost 75 years ago. Workers had detected anom...

HRW chief 'denied entry to Hong Kong' ahead of critical China report

This year's HRW's annual World Report, Mr Roth said, focused on "how the Chinese government is trying to deliberately undermine the worldwide human rights syste...

Hezbollah: It's time for Iran's allies to start working to avenge Soleimani

Nasrallah praised Soleimani for his steadfast support for Hezbollah . "We are speaking about the start of a phase, about a new battle, about a new era in the...

Uber announces end of services in Colombia

Uber announced on January 11 it will cease operations in Colombia beginning February 1. According to Uber, the decision of the SIC, which resolves a process o...

Defense chief "didn't see" specific evidence of Iranian threat to embassies

He also told CNN's Jake Tapper that there was intelligence that there was intent to target the USA embassy in Baghdad, Iraq , but wouldn't comment on intelli...

Iran’s only female Olympic medalist reportedly defects

Ms. Alizadeh, 21, won a bronze medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. "But I accept the pain and hardship of homesickness because I didn't want to be par...

Trump 'Believes' Soleimani Would Have Attacked Four US Embassies

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters that the USA hopes the sanctions will encourage Iran to "behavior simply like a normal nation". President Don...

Qatari Emir in Tehran for Official Visit

Qatar is close to the U.S. and hosts Washington " s largest military base in the region, but it also enjoys strong ties with Tehran , with which it shares the ...

Trump slaps 'powerful' sanctions on Iran after strikes

In an interview on CNN's " State of the Union ", Lee also said he hasn't been able to assess just how imminent the feared attacks were that triggered the Ja...

Bus catches fire in road accident in India; at least 20 dead

Yogi Adityanath has expressed deep sorrow on the incident and announced 2 lakh rupees each to the nearest kin of deceased. Numerous bodies were burned beyond ...

Residents within 10 km of Pickering nuclear generating station alerted about incident

Ontario Power Generation has since noted that the alert was sent out by mistake. Pickering is located just east of Toronto. Phones in Ontario received emerg...

Trump Backtracks on Letting Bolton Testify

In addition to voting to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate, the House will also vote on the prosecutors who will present the Democrats case to th...

Iran condemns United States new sanctions

The United States considered targeting Maj. The strike targeting Abdul Reza Shahlai, a financier and key commander in Iran's elite Quds Force who has been...

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Heavy rain causes flooding, flight delays in Dubai

It was learnt that the airline's EK786 to the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja was delayed. Heavy rains lashed Dubai on Saturday, causing ponds t...

Philippines Taal Volcano spews steam and ash

A volcano south of the Philippine capital Manila spewed a giant ash plume accompanied by rumbling sounds and tremors on Sunday, prompting authorities to rai...

Iran's Downing of Ukrainian Jetliner an 'Awful Mistake', Says US official

AFP correspondents said hundreds of students had gathered early in the evening at Amir Kabir University, in downtown Tehran, to pay respects to those killed i...

Putin denies sending mercenaries to Libya

General Khalifa Haftar, leader of the Libyan National Army, controls much of the country, warring with the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is the int...

Protest-hit Hong Kong sees surge in depression

The researchers used numerous surveys carried out on 18,000 people between 2009 and 2019 in what they said was the largest and longest study of the population-w...

Vote for Malta PM as Muscat exits over reporter murder

Neither has criticised Muscat or referred to the Caruana Galizia murder in the run-up to the election. She was killed in a auto bomb explosion on October 16, ...

Forces loyal to Libyan strongman Haftar announce ceasefire

The LNA on Thursday rebuffed a call by Turkey and Russian Federation for the warring parties to declare a ceasefire amid clashes and air strikes in a conflict d...

Protests and condemnation after Iran admits downing Ukrainian plane

Iran and Ukraine are calling the U.S. and Canada to disclose information supporting these claims in a time when canadian officials are preparing to participat...

Giant tortoise saves species from extinction after fathering 800 babies

When the island's population of Chelonoidis hoodensis , a Galapagos tortoise species, looked like it was going to be wiped out, zoo bosses lent Diego to a bree...

United States to expel Saudi military trainees after Florida shooting

In December Mohammed Alshamrani, who was in the United States as part of a Saudi military training program, opened fire in a classroom at the Pensacola naval ai...

Australian Navy ships beer to wildfire-struck town

While talking to an worldwide media outlet, owner of the Mallacoota hotel, Lou Battel said that they were already staring at a shortage in supplies and the beer...

Instagram says it’s removing posts supporting Soleimani to comply with United States sanctions

The officials spoke to AP on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a classified mission. The unsuccessful airstrike in Yemen was aimed at Abdul Reza Shah...

Indian protesters in Kolkata condemn Modi visit as citizenship law demos rage

While the fervent debate over Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA ) continues throughout the country, now the sporting world is also starting to find its voice in i...

Air Strike Kills 8 Iraq Paramilitaries in East Syria

An Iraqi security official and another official, from the Iran-backed Iraqi militias known as the Popular Mobilisation Forces, said warplanes targeted two vehic...