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Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states sign historic pacts

President Donald Trump, center, with from left, Bahrain Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan, during the Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) WASHINGTON

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Ex-Tory MP Charlie Elphicke jailed for two years for sexually assaulting two young women

Elphicke had been handed back the whip while facing a criminal investigation in order to back former PM Theresa May in a confidence vote (PA) By Tristan Kirk Disgraced ex-MP Charlie Elphicke was labelled a “sexual predator” as he was jailed for two years for sexual assaults on two young women. The former government whip,

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Trump warns Iran of severe retaliation if US attacked

President Donald Trump threatened late Monday to deliver a devastating response to any attack by Iran against the US. “Any attack by Iran, in any form, against the United States will be met with an attack on Iran that will be 1,000 times greater in magnitude!” Trump said on Twitter. He said Tehran may be

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Turkey not stopping Eastern Mediterranean mission, FM Çavuşoğlu says

Turkey has not stepped back from its Eastern Mediterranean mission and its seismic exploration vessel Oruç Reis is anchored off the coast of Antalya for routine maintenance, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Monday. Speaking during a live broadcast on NTV, Çavuşoğlu said the Yavuz and Barbaros drillships will continue to carry out their works in

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Japan’s Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Abe

Photo: Credit Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to become prime minister in a parliamentary vote this week. Suga, 71, who served in the powerful post of chief cabinet

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Chinese military calls US biggest threat to world peace

In this Thursday, Sept. 3, 2015 file photo, Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen as Type 99A2 Chinese battle tanks take part in a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender during World War II held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing. Seventy-five years after Japan’s surrender in World War

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Ilhan Omar opposes US plan to deport Somali immigrants.

Ilhan Omar condemned the US Immigration and Customs due to the possibility of deportation to immigrants illegally in the US back to Somalia. Democrat lawmakers have blamed fears of coronavirus. “Immigration is set to deport dozens of individuals from my district of Somalia, threatening the spread of COVID,” Minnesota Democrats wrote on Twitter. She said

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Erdogan to Macron: ‘You cannot lecture us on humanity’

Turkish president recalls France’s massacres in Algeria, Rwanda, says Macron doesn’t have knowledge of history. Recalling France’s massacres in Algeria and Rwanda, the Turkish president said the French president “cannot lecture us on humanity.” Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s remarks came at a symposium held on Democracy and Freedom Island against coup. In a direct reference to

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This is How China and the West are Recolonizing Africa

Africa’s Economy Under Recolonization By Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza. When Amilcar Cabral delivered his speech at the Tricontinental Conference in Havana, Cuba in 1966, he warned that the attainment of independence was not the end of imperialism. The Conference was a gathering of the people from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The purpose of the gathering

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Bahrain becomes latest Arab nation to recognize Israel

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on Friday, Sept. 11, 2020, in Washington. Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalize ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state into the Middle East.

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