Iran says it will execute informant who led CIA to Soleimani

Photo: Credit Yeni Şafak An Iranian citizen who provided information to U.S. and Israeli intelligence services on the whereabouts of Iran’s slain Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani will be executed soon, Iran’s judiciary said on Tuesday. On Jan. 3, a U.S. drone strike in Iraq killed Soleimani, leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force. Washington

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London’s statues from ‘bygone’ imperial past to be reviewed, mayor says

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is seen outside Downing Street, as the coronavirus outbreak continues, in London, Britain March 16, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls London mayor Sadiq Khan has ordered a review of the capital’s statues and street names after the toppling of the statue of an English slave trader by anti-racism protesters triggered a debate

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Speaker of Ethiopia’s upper house resigns after polls postponed

Keria Ibrahim’s resignation came in protest against the postponement of elections in the country over the coronavirus. Ethiopia’s upper house speaker has resigned in apparent protest at the postponement of planned elections in the Horn of Africa country over the coronavirus, a sign of growing tension between her party and the government. Speaker Keria Ibrahim

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Turkey, US nearing new era in ties in handling of Libya

Turkey stands by Libya’s UN-recognized government against putschist Haftar and those supporting him, says President Erdogan Turkey and the US are approaching a new era in ties over the handling of the situation in Libya, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Monday. A new era can begin in bilateral relations on the transition process in Libya,

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Biden promises police changes without stripping funding

Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Dover, Del., Friday, June 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Joe Biden diverged Monday from activists pushing to “defund the police” in the United States, arguing that an overhaul of policing in America can be accomplished within existing law enforcement agencies. A Biden

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Lewis Hamilton supports protesters who tore down statue of slave trader in UK anti-racism protests

Lewis Hamilton Photo: Credit ( Associated Press/Chuck Burton) By Ben Church, CNN Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has backed anti-racism demonstrators who tore down a statue of 17th-century slave owner Edward Colston in Bristol, southwest England, on Sunday. While the scenes have been criticized by members of the UK government — Home Secretary Priti Patel

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First UK airport arrivals enter two weeks of quarantine

© Nick Ansell Passengers arriving at Stansted Airport indicated they would follow the new two-week quarantine rule but some said the measure is ‘too much’ (Nick Ansell/PA) By Sam Russell, PA Media Passengers landing at a UK airport and entering a two-week quarantine period indicated that they would follow the rules but some said the

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Man drives car into Seattle protest crowd, shoots bystander: police

Photo: Credit (Dean Rutz / The Seattle Times) A man drove his car into a crowd of protesters in Seattle on Sunday, then shot and wounded a demonstrator who confronted him as he came to a stop, according to police and eyewitness video. Seattle police said firefighters took the man who was shot to the

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Asian shares advance on Wall St jobs rally, OPEC plus deal

A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 8, 2020. Shares have advanced in Asia Monday after surprisingly strong U.S. jobs figures helped power a surge on Wall Street. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Shares advanced Monday in Asia, buoyed by surprisingly

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Africa’s confirmed COVID-19 cases pass 180,000 mark

Photo: Credit /Daily Nation/Testing for coronavirus The number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases across the African continent reached 183,474, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Sunday. The Africa CDC in its latest update said that the number of confirmed COVID-19 positive cases rose from 176,807 on Saturday afternoon to 183,474

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