TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Israel escalated its air assaults on Syria, targeting key military facilities in Damascus while claiming to protect the country’s Druze minority—a justification critics see as a cover for ongoing occupation and…
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Israel Targets Syrian Military Sites
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Israel Intensifies Air Strikes on Syria Under Pretext of Protecting Druze – World news
Israeli occupation forces confirmed on Wednesday that their drones struck the entrance of the Syrian Army’s General Staff headquarters in the capital.
Syrian media outlets reported the sustained presence of Israeli drones over Damascus, followed…
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A look back at the outback murder that shook Australia
The disappearance of British backpacker Peter Falcone, who was ambushed in the Australian outback in 2001, made headlines around the world.
His girlfriend Joanne Lees escaped and Bradley Murdoch was found guilty of his murder in 2005, but he…
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US ambassador calls on Israel to ‘aggressively investigate’ West Bank killing
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee says he has asked Israeli authorities to “aggressively investigate” the killing of a Palestinian-American in the occupied West Bank.
Sayfollah Musallet, known as Saif – a 20-year-old dual US citizen from…
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Harry Potter actress banned from driving for six months for speeding
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter
Getty ImagesWatson already had nine points on her licence before the speeding incident occurred, the court heard Harry Potter actress Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months, after she was…
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Suspect who fatally shot Minnesota lawmakers receives federal charges
The suspect accused of fatally shooting a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in a gun rampage in June has been indicted on six federal charges, the state’s attorney general has announced.
The charges against Vance Boelter, 57, include stalking and…
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Israel clung to US for ceasefire with Iran
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says Israel was compelled to “bow…
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UN expresses concern over escalating tension in Sudan
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said attacks from Thursday through Sunday on villages near Bara in North Kordofan reportedly killed at least 300 people, including children and pregnant women. Many more were…
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Ex-Iran head coach Carlos Queiroz takes charge of Oman
The Portuguese replaces Rashid Jaber, and has been appointed ahead of the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to 26 Playoff draw at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday.
Oman secured its place in the playoffs after finishing fourth in Group B,…
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5 killed in chopper crash in Russia’s Far East
TEHRAN, Jul. 16 (MNA) – All five crew members aboard a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter were killed when it crashed in the Khabarovsk region of the Russian Far East, law enforcement authorities said Wednesday.
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