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Explosion hits military facility in central Iran

By Anadolu Agency A huge explosion occurred early Sunday at a military facility in central Iran, according to media reports. The blast was at an ammunition production facility of the Iranian Defense Ministry in Isfahan province, said state television. The Isfahan governorate confirmed the incident and said no casualties were reported. The military facility was

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Exclusive: Top U.S. Treasury official to warn UAE, Turkey over sanctions evasion

The American flag flies over the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. Photographer Jim Bourg By Reuters The U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose U.S. market access if they do business with

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Gas station ordered to pay $1M to woman refused service because she’s Black

A Portland jury awarded Rose Wakefield $1 million — Photo Credit: KGW By Face2Face Africa APortland jury has awarded $1 million to a woman who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against a gas station after a former employee refused to attend to her because he doesn’t “serve Black people.” According to The Oregonian, the March

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Memphis authorities release video in Tyre Nichols’ death

Civil rights Attorney Ben Crump speaks to RowVaughn Wells, mother of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers, at a news conference with in Memphis, Tenn., Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) By The Associated Press Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man was made public Friday, one

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Video shows struggle for hammer during Pelosi attack

In this image taken from San Francisco Police Department body-camera video, the husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, right, fights for control of a hammer with his assailant during a brutal attack in the couple’s San Francisco home on Oct. 28, 2022. The body-camera footage shows the suspect David DePape wrest

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Ex-Nairobi cop facing murder charges ordered to surrender to Garissa police

Credit to Photo Facebook/Ex-Nairobi cop Ahmed Rashid The Eastleigh-based crime buster was ordered to surrender to the Garissa Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) offices. Warrant of arrest Failure to do so, the DCI said they would issue a warrant of arrest against him, according to Tuko reported. On Thursday, January 26, Rashid was expected to

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Russia calls on Germany to clarify Berlin’s status in Moscow-Kyiv war

By Anadolu Agency Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova says German foreign minister and ministry contradict one another Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Friday asked the German ambassador to Moscow to clarify Germany’s status in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. “The German foreign minister (Annalena Baerbock) says that her country, along with other countries, is at war with

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Terrifying moment fake taxi driver lures woman into his car before raping her

Yuseab Woldeab. Picture: Devon and Cornwall Police LBC By Kit Heren This is the chilling moment a rapist posed as a taxi driver to lure an unsuspecting woman into his car and attack her. Yuseab Woldeab, 27, from Wilton Street in Plymouth, was jailed for 18 years for two counts of rape and one count

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Nadhim Zahawi faces questions over source of £30m unsecured loans to wife’s property company

Chairman of the Conservative Party Minister without Portfolio Nadhim Zahawi leaves 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, July 5, 2022. Photographer Henry Nicholls/Reuters The Guardian By Simon Goodley Nadhim Zahawi, the beleaguered former chancellor and current chair of the Conservative party, is under pressure to reveal the source of about £30m of unsecured loans made

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EU wants to send more migrants away as irregular arrivals grow

Sweden’s Minister for Migration, Maria Malmer Stenergard, Ylva Johansson, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs and Gunnar Strommer, Sweden’s Minister for Justice, at the first informal ministerial meeting during the Swedish EU Presidency. The agenda includes EU migration policy, the fight against organised crime, and Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, in Stockholm, Sweden, January 26, 2023. TT

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