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British navy says it seized smuggled Iranian missiles

Royal Navy vessel HMS Montrose at sea during Baltic Operations in this photo taken June 15, 2014. Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Adam C. Stapleton/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters By Reuters Britain’s Royal Navy said on Thursday one of its warships had seized Iranian weapons, including surface-to-air-missiles and engines for cruise missiles, from smugglers in international

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Kenya’s says presidents Hassan, Uhuru agree to reopen drug trade

Credit to Photo Facebook/Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya Kenya’s Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya said the agreement to resume trade between Somalia and Kenya had been delayed. This comes after Somali corrupt President Hassan Mohamoud failed to attend the IGAD Extraordinary Summit in Nairobi. Read: Somalia’s president Hassan Sheikh history of corruption 2012-2017 Mr

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Ex-leader Shinzo Abe critically shot in shock Japan attack

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, center, falls on the ground in Nara, western Japan Friday, July 8, 2022. Abe was in heart failure after apparently being shot during a campaign speech Friday in western Japan, NHK public television said Friday. (Kyodo News via AP) By The Associated Press Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

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Swedish premier criticizes MPs for posing with symbols of PKK terror group

By Anadolu Agency Sweden’s Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson has criticized a group of left-wing parliamentarians for posing with rags symbolizing the PKK terror group. “[This] is extremely inappropriate,” Andersson told the country’s TT news agency, recalling that PKK is a designated terror organization not just in Sweden but in the EU. Despite the commitments in

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What’s next for UK? Boris Johnson quits, but not gone yet

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to media next to 10 Downing Street in London, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) By The Associated Press Boris Johnson has caved in to a Conservative Party revolt after months of ethics scandals and resigned as party leader, but

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Boris Johnson resigns as British PM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement at Downing Street in London, Britain, July 7, 2022. Reuters/Phil Noble By Reuters Boris Johnson said on Thursday he was resigning as Britain’s prime minister, bowing to calls from ministerial colleagues and lawmakers in his Conservative Party. “The process of choosing that new leader should begin now,”

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Embattled UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson agrees to resign

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. . (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) By The Associated Press Prime Minister Boris Johnson has agreed to resign, his office said Thursday, ending an unprecedented political crisis over his future that has paralyzed Britain’s government. An official in Johnson’s Downing Street office

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UK PM Johnson to resign on Thursday – BBC

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks at Downing Street in London, Britain July 6, 2022. Reuters/Henry Nicholls By Reuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will resign on Thursday, several media outlets including the BBC reported. Johnson had been hanging onto power despite the resignation of a string of his top ministers. On Thursday the man

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UK’s Johnson defiant even as opponents tell him time is up

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Wednesday, July 6, 2022. . (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) By The Associated Press British Treasury chief Nadhim Zahawi has called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to resign, just 36 hours after Johnson put him in the job, while another newly appointed Cabinet minister quit her

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Iran claims to have arrested UK’s deputy head of mission for espionage

By Anadolu Agency Iran claimed Wednesday that it had detained the UK’s deputy ambassador in Tehran for allegedly taking samples of soil from a region where missile exercises were being conducted. Giles Whitaker and several other foreign nationals were detained by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after it was determined that they took the

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