Category: News

  • Israel strikes Iranian targets in Syria in response to rocket fire

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    Israel says it has struck almost all of Iran’s military infrastructure inside Syria in its biggest assault since the start of the civil war there. The strikes came after 20 rockets were fired at Israeli military positions in the occupied Golan Heights overnight. Syria’s military said the Israeli “aggression” had killed three people. There was […]

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  • Iran warns Trump: ‘You’ve made a mistake’ over nuclear deal

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    Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has addressed US President Donald Trump directly, telling him he “made a mistake” in deciding to leave a multi-country nuclear deal. Mr Khamenei said: “I said from the first day: don’t trust America.” He urged his government to get guarantees from European powers before agreeing to continue with the […]

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  • ‘The Voice’ Recap: The Top 10 Battle To Advance In The Competition

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    ‘The Voice’ Top 10 perform live in hopes of winning America’s votes! And, Kelly Clarkson takes the stage for a special performance! 2 people go home this week — Who will it be?! The Voice is officially down to Top 10 who will take the stage tonight in hopes of being saved by America’s votes! Tonight, each […]

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  • Donald Trump pulls the United States out of the nuclear deal with Iran, renews sanctions

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    WASHINGTON — President Trump said Tuesday the United States will withdraw from the Iran nuclear agreement and re-impose sanctions on Iran, a decision likely to anger allies who fear the prospect of a nuclear arms race in the heart of the Middle East. “The Iran deal is defective at its core,” Trump said during a speech at the […]

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  • Vladimir Putin is back in the house

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    As Dmitry Medvedev is also confirmed as his prime minister. In the gilded halls of the Grand Kremlin Palace, its construction a nod to the durability of autocracy, Vladimir Putin was on Monday officially returned to the Russian presidency. Hand on the constitution, the fourth-term president, who was first elected in 2000, swore allegiance to his people and country, inspected his presidential […]

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  • Giuliani not ruling out chance of Trump taking the Fifth

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    WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s new attorney, Rudy Giuliani, won’t rule out the possibility that the president would assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in the swirling Russia investigation. “How could I ever be confident of that?” the former New York City mayor and U.S. attorney said today on ABC’s “This Week.” Giuliani said […]

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  • Beijing slams Macron warning on Chinese ‘hegemony’

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    China on Friday hit back at French President Emmanuel Macron’s warnings against allowing a single nation to dominate the Indo-Pacific region, where many countries fear Beijing’s growing might. During his visit to Sydney on Wednesday, Macron said that France, India and Australia shared a responsibility to protect the region from “hegemony” — in a remark […]

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  • Trump reportedly wants to reduce number of US troops in South Korea

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    Washington –President Donald Trump has requested options for reducing the number of US troops in South Korea, the New York Times reported late Thursday, citing several people briefed on the matter. The President’s request of the Defense Department comes ahead of his highly anticipated sit-down with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, expected to take place along the […]

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  • Iran nuclear deal: UN urges Trump not to walk away

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    UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged Donald Trump not to walk away from an international deal designed to prevent Iran acquiring nuclear weapons. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Guterres said there was a real risk of war if the 2015 agreement was not preserved. Mr Trump has been a strong critic of the accord, […]

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  • Mattis tempers optimistic outlook on Afghanistan after twin bombings

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    Defense Secretary James Mattis on Tuesday sought to temper media reports that the Pentagon has taken a more optimistic outlook on Afghanistan, a day after a pair of suicide bombings in Kabul killed at least 35 people, including 10 journalists. Mattis, when asked how to reconcile the bombings with recent Pentagon statements suggesting an improving outlook, said he would “not […]

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