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Qatar emir to visit Iran amid regional crisis

The Qatari leader will also meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to discuss regional developments, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. targ...

Esper has seen no hard evidence for embassies' threat claim

When it comes to information that could lead to a potential war in Iran, he said, "that's a risky thing to do". In Tehran, Iran's security forces deployed in ...

Both sides in Libya conflict accept ceasefire

Spokesman Ahmed al-Mosmari said any violations of the ceasefire by their fighters would be dealt with "severely". In the early hours Sunday, amid mounting wor...

Trump slaps 'powerful' sanctions on Iran after strikes

Republicans, however, continue to back the president, arguing that his decision to kill a top foreign official who was deemed a terrorist-whom the administratio...

Rahul Gandhi condole deaths of 20 people in UP bus accident

Kannauj District Magistrate Ravindra Kumar said some people were trapped inside the bus as fire engines were called from Kannauj and Mainpuri. The injured we...

Incident at Pickering Nuclear Plant

A statement from the Premier's office says "human error" during a training exercise is the blame for the province-wide alert sent Sunday morning. The alert as...

European Council to Iran: Avoid 'irreversible acts'

It came after Iran fired missiles at airbases in Iraq where United States and UK troops are stationed. Several ministers restated the EU's continuing determ...

Protests pile pressure on Iran after admission of plane strike

The majority of those on the Boeing 737, which slammed into a field shortly after take-off from Tehran, were Iranians and Canadians, and many were students . P...

U.S. tried to take out another Iranian leader, but failed

A United States drone strike on January 3 killed Soleimani shortly after he landed at Baghdad International Airport. Senator Hoosier said the Democrats woul...

'Fail Not:' What to watch ahead of Trump's Senate trial

In the resolution Pelosi said the House will pass next week to transfer the articles to the Senate, House impeachment managers will be named. In Democrats' be...

Red Weather Warnings possible as Storm Brendan approaches Ireland forecaster warns

The weather warning has been issued for Portsmouth as well as Gosport, Fareham, Havant, Waterlooville and Hayling Island. A similarly severe Status Orange win...

Alert Level 3 raised on Taal Volcano; residents evacuated

Sunday, a report from the Batangas Provincial Police disclosed that all residents of Sitio San Isidro and Sitio Tabla, both located on Pulo Island near Taal Vol...

Trudeau demands justice over Iran's downing of Ukraine plane

Even as top Iranian officials and the military issued apologies, protests against authorities spread across Iran, including in the capital, Tehran, plus Shiraz,...

US troops knew Iran would attack Iraqi air base

This decision was taken following the deaths of the Iranian Quds Force commander, Qasem Soleimani , and the leader of the Iraqi Popular Mobilisation Forces (PM...

India blows up luxury high-rises over environmental violations

Firemen reportedly used water cannons to tame the dust from both demolitions. Kerala, a picturesque southern state in India is now conducting one of the bigge...

Woman jailed for posing as teenage boy to sexually assault girls

One of the victims said that her 'heart exploded, ' in an impact statement which was read aloud to Winchester Crown Court. In one instance, Watts sexually ass...

Army denies Special Forces title to soldier pardoned by Trump

Citing "two defense officials ... speaking on condition of anonymity", the Post reported that Lt. Gen. Francis M. Beaudette, the commander of U.S. Army Specia...

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

The unsuccessful airstrike in Yemen was aimed at Abdul Reza Shahlai, an official with Iran's Quds Force, a potent military organization that General Suleimani...

Narendra Modi in Kolkata HIGHLIGHTS: Jadavpur University students protest against PM’s visit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Kolkata's Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose airport as protesters stage demonstrations against the Citizenship Amendme...

Syrians Welcome UN Aid Vote, Aid Groups Wary of Reductions

Syria's nearly nine-year war has killed more than 380,00 people and displaced over half of the country since 2011, with the latest wave fleeing a deadly regime ...

Severe weather kills 3 in Louisiana as storms move east

Weather warnings have been constant and virtually unchanging throughout the week. While some weak tornadoes could spin up along this line, they likely would b...

French PM offers concession to unions over pension reform

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe says the reform must result in a balanced pension budget and that raising the retirement age is the best way to achieve this. Sa...

Republican apologizes after saying Democrats are 'in love with terrorists'

Speaking to Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on Wednesday night, Collins also said Democrats were mourning for Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani , who was assassinated ...

Bernie Sanders Leads in "Gold-Standard" Iowa Primary Poll for First Time

Pete Buttigieg , the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana who has performed strongly in Iowa and New Hampshire, the second state to vote, attracted just 2% sup...

Puerto Rico rattled by another strong quake

The US Geological Survey said the 8.54am quake hit eight miles south of Indios at a shallow depth of six miles. "I have a sister who is crying, she doesn't want...

Taliban roadside bomb strikes USA military vehicle in Afghanistan

Last year was the deadliest in five years for the USA in Afghanistan, with 23 service members killed during operations in the country in 2019. There are now a...

Trump says Soleimani was likely planning attack on 4 USA embassies

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said the US had "specific information" on "imminent" attacks "against American facilities, including American embassies, m...

Northern Ireland: Draft deal to restore government agreed

The UK government in London promised a large cash injection into the small but strategically important province if the republican Sinn Fein and the Democratic U...

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Re-elected in Landslide Victory

Han's predilection for verbal gaffes, and a primary challenge from business leader Terry Gou that divided the Nationalist Party, have also helped Tsai, said Lev...

‘Aggressive’ Russian naval ship almost caused collision in Arabian Sea: Pentagon

The US Naval Forces Central Command on Friday accused a "Russian Navy ship" of provoking a near-collision with the US Navy destroyer USS Farragut in the No...

U.S. unsuccessfully targeted another Iranian commander on day of Soleimani strike

The strike on the compound was carried out by a drone, the counterterrorism official told ABC News, adding that by the next morning the US learned the strike wa...

North Korea says will resume US talks if demands fully met

Kim Kye Gwan, an adviser to the North Korean Foreign Ministry, said in the statement that Kim could personally like Trump, he would not lead his country on the ...

China rejects Trump's call to break away from Iran deal

It is unclear whether the other nations will leave the pact. Europe has been scrambling to contain two Iranian crises this week - the fallout from the U.S. A ...

US Rebuffs Britain's Extradition Request for Diplomat's Wife After Fatal Crash

The family of the killed boy travelled to the United States earlier to seek Sacoolas' extradition so that she would at least face charges unsafe driving, but we...

Two dead and multiple injured in Mexico school shooting

Torreón mayor Jorge Zermeño Infante told the outlet the boy, who lived with his grandmother, allegedly arrived at the school with two weapons. "He told some c...