TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israeli forces intercepted and hijacked a British-flagged humanitarian vessel en route to the Gaza Strip, intensifying global outrage over Tel Aviv’s blockade of the besieged Palestinian territory.
Category: 2. World
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Israeli Navy Hijacks British-Flagged Gaza Aid Ship
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Passengers use emergency slides to flee plane fire at Denver airport
An American Airlines flight was evacuated at Denver International Airport on 26 July after it suffered “a mechanical issue” connected to a tyre during takeoff, the airline said.
Social media footage shows the moment passengers used emergency…
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At least eleven people injured in stabbing incident in US
At least eleven people were hospitalized as a result of a stabbing incident at the Wal-Mart store in Traverse City, Michigan, the Associated Press reported.
Police authorities informed n its turn that the suspect was detained. “Grand Traverse…
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Israel hijacks Gaza-bound aid flotilla (+VIDEO)
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – The Israeli regime’s naval forces have hijacked a British-flagged aid ship as it was heading towards the Gaza Strip so it can break the regime’s near-total siege of the territory.
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Greece battles wildfires, evacuating residents near Athens
Greece is battling five major wildfires across the country, with officials evacuating residents in a hard-hit region just 30km (18.6 miles) north of Athens.
The smell of burning wood carried as far as central Athens, as Greece requested European…
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A Kashmiri artisan’s battle to save a musical legacy
Bisma Farooq BhatBBC World Service
Adil Amin AkhoonGhulam Mohammed Zaz is Kashmir’s last traditional hand maker of the santoor instrument In the quiet, narrow lanes of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir, a small, dimly lit workshop stands as…
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Walmart stabbing in Michigan leaves 11 injured
At least 11 people have been injured in a stabbing at a Walmart supermarket in Michigan, authorities say.
One suspect was in custody following the incident in Traverse City, authorities confirmed.
A nearby hospital said it was treating 11 victims….
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Europe accused of going soft on Azerbaijan to avoid buying Russian gas
Magerram Zeynalov & Grigor AtanesianBBC News Russian
Getty ImagesWhen a young peace activist was jailed for 15 years for high treason in Azerbaijan last month, his friends’ anger was directed primarily at the European Union, ahead of the…
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Dhaka crash: ‘A sound I’ve never heard
Soutik BiswasBBC News, London
JUBAIR BIN IQBAL/AFP/Getty ImagesThe plane crashed into a two-storey primary school building in a sprawling campus “It was like 30 or 40 thunderbolts falling from the sky,” said Ahnaf Bin Hasan, an 18-year-old student…
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