According to Mehr News Agency, a reporter from Al Mayadeen said an explosion was heard near Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. Iraqi media also reported that a drone had been downed in the vicinity.
A few days earlier, local…
Category: 2. World
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How Trump public broadcasting cuts could hit rural America
Thomas CopelandBBC World Service
BBCDesiree Hagen broadcasts across a coverage area the size of Indiana A gale-force storm hit north-eastern Alaska last winter. Residents of Kotzebue, a town of about 3,000, are used to polar conditions, so Desiree…
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Europe’s freedom faces greatest ‘threat’ since WW2, says Macron
French President Emmanuel Macron has outlined plans for a big increase in defence spending, warning Europe’s liberty is facing a “greater threat” than at any time since the end of World War Two.
In a speech to the armed forces in Paris, he said…
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Iran youth freestyle wrestling team wins Asian Championships in Kyrgyzstan
Iran’s youth freestyle wrestling team achieved remarkable success at the Asian Wrestling Championships in Kyrgyzstan, securing four gold medals, two silver, and one bronze.
The Iranian squad claimed the championship…
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Viktor Orban’s playbook is admired abroad but weakening at home
Nick ThorpeBBC Budapest Correspondent
BBCHungarians have a popular saying: “Visszanyal a fagyi”. Translation: “The ice-cream licks back.” In other words, watch out, because what you enjoy devouring, might enjoy devouring you.
Hungarian Prime…
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The deepening water shortage row between the US and Mexico
Will GrantMexico, Central America and Cuba Correspondent
BBCWater levels in Lake Toronto, a reservoir in the north of Mexico, are said to be critically low After the thirtieth consecutive month without rain, the townsfolk of San Francisco de…
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Two women shot dead at Kentucky church
Two people have been fatally shot at a church in Kentucky by a gunman who had just shot a police officer nearby, officials said.
Two women, aged 72 and 32, died in Sunday’s attack at Richmond Road Baptist Church in Lexington, and two male…
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Cyril Ramaphosa suspends SA police minister Senzo Mchunu over allegations
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed Police Minister Senzo Mchunu on an immediate “leave of absence” after allegations of links to organised crimes were made against him.
In Sunday’s live televised speech to the nation, Ramaphosa…
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RSF storms cattle market and prison in ‘death trap’ city
The Sudanese paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) stormed the besieged city of el-Fasher on Friday in a battle that raged for seven hours, witnesses told the BBC.
RSF fighters managed to capture a cattle market, a prison and a military…
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