May Targets Human Rights as Election Campaign Closes on Security
Theresa May said she’d be willing to tear up human-rights legislation to combat terrorism in a move the Labour opposition said was an attempt to distract from her cuts to police, as security dominated the closing stages of the U.K. election campaign.
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Iran attacks: 'IS' hits Parliament and Khomeini mausoleum
Twin attacks on the Iranian parliament and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum in the capital, Tehran, have killed at least 12 people and injured many more.
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Iran Revolutionary Guards blame Saudi Arabia for deadly attacks in Tehran
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have accused Saudi Arabia of masterminding the deadly attacks in Tehran on Wednesday, in which at least 12 people were killed. Earlier the terrorist group Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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Eric Trump Calls Father's Critics 'Not Even People'
President Donald Trump's son told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday that he's "never seen hatred like this" and "morals have flown out the window" when it comes to attacks against his father.
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Trump Names Wray FBI Director Pick on Eve of Comey Hearing
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will nominate former Justice Department official Christopher A. Wray as FBI director, a day before the man he fired from that post, James Comey, testifies before a Senate committee.
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Qatar crisis: UAE threatens sympathizers with prison
The United Arab Emirates has warned that anyone expressing sympathy for Qatar could face up to 15 years in prison, as a regional crisis escalates.
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Turkey seeks faster troop deployment to Qatar base as Erdogan slams Doha isolation
Turkey's parliament is set to fast-track a draft bill which will allow troops to be deployed to a military base in Qatar, officials from the ruling AK Party and the national opposition said. It comes amid a diplomatic row between Qatar and Arab nations.
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South Korea halts Thaad anti-missile system rollout
South Korea is suspending the deployment of a controversial missile defence system while the government examines its environmental impact.
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'Sick' Diane Abbott replaced as Labour's shadow home secretary by Lyn Brown
Diane Abbott has been replaced as the shadow home secretary by Lyn Brown, Labour have confirmed.
ibtimes.co.uk
US Marines, Apaches provide ‘psychological edge’ as Kurdish-led militia begins siege of Raqqa
The US military is providing active support for the Syrian Democratic Forces in the form of Marine Howitzers and “valuable close-air support” from Apache helicopters in the SDF’s attack on Raqqa, the so-called capital of Islamic State.
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‘They filmed him before providing first aid’: Father of blood & dust-covered Aleppo boy to RT
The Syrian boy, whose traumatized face covered in blood and dust flashed across media screens and prompted global outrage, was filmed and exploited purely “for the sake of propaganda,” the boy’s father who now lives in liberated Aleppo told RT’s Ruptly.
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