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U.S. blames Iran for tanker attacks in Gulf of Oman, oil prices rise

An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019. ISNA/Handout via REUTERS Two oil tankers were attacked on Thursday and left adrift in the Gulf of Oman, driving up oil prices and stoking fears of a new confrontation between Iran and the United States, which blamed Tehran

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Tankers targeted near Strait of Hormuz amid Iran-US tensions

In this photo released by state-run IRIB News Agency, an oil tanker is on fire in the sea of Oman, Thursday, June 13, 2019. Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz have been reportedly attacked. The alleged assault on Thursday left one ablaze and adrift as sailors were evacuated from both vessels. The

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US to send prosecutor to Kenya to boost war on graft, pledges support

DCI George Kinoti and DPP Noordin Haji when they met the head of Public Integrity Section at US Department of Justice, Ms. Annalou Tirol. The US has agreed to send to Kenya one of its top prosecutors to support the country in the ongoing war against corruption. This was after the Director of Public Prosecutions

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Houthi missile attack on Saudi airport wounds 26: Saudi-led coalition

Yemeni Houthi forces launched a missile strike on an airport in southern Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday which wounded 26 people, the Saudi-led military coalition said. The coalition, which has been fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in Yemen, said it would make a “firm” response. A coalition statement, carried on Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV, said a

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Iran newspaper to Japan: ‘How Can You Trust A War Criminal?’

Photo (AP) With Japan’s prime minister on the way to Tehran for a historic visit, a hard-line Iranian paper published a front page image Wednesday of a mushroom cloud from a nuclear blast — a reference to America’s bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II that underscores the challenge ahead

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Sri Lanka responds to Islamist terrorism by terrorising Muslims

Fighting hatred with hatred The police are doing little to prevent mob attacks The charges sound silly but the consequences are not. One Muslim lady’s crime was to wear a shirt printed with a ship’s helm. Her accusers said it looked like the wheel of dharma, so she must be mocking Buddhism, the religion of

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UAE paid businessman to spy on Trump administration: Report

Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed reportedly is close with top UAE spy who allegedly ran the businessman Emirati received thousands of dollars a month for intelligence on US policy towards the Middle East, The Intercept says. A businessman from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) was paid by his country’s intelligence agency to spy on the US

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Kenya closes border with Somalia in Lamu over security concerns

Kenya has closed its border with Somalia in Lamu indefinitely as security operations against Al Shabaab militants intensify. Lamu County Police Commander Mr Muchangi Kioi said the border will only remain open to security officers. The country has also prohibited residents living in the border villages from any cross-border trade. Mr Kioi said that those

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After SGR, Kenya’s next Sh900bn debt trap for power project

Photo/The coal plant site in Lamu Days after the Nation exclusively reported that Kenya signed a lopsided multibillion-shilling deal for the operation of the Standard Gauge Railway, an American think-tank is warning that the taxpayer is being forced into another Sh900 billion debt trap for the Lamu coal power project. FINANCIAL GOOF The Sh900 billion

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India jails three for life after shocking child rape and murder

Sanji Ram, one of the convicted in the case of rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, leaves the court in Pathankot, in the northern state of Punjab, India, June 10, 2019. REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta A court in north India jailed three men for life on Monday over the rape and murder of an

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