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Iran: We will consider US Army equivalent to Islamic State
Posted on:Monday, October 9, 2017

Iran will consider the U.S. Army equivalent to the Islamic State group if Washington designates its Revolutionary Guards Corps a terrorist group, Iran’s Tasnim news agency quoted the Guards’ commander as saying on Sunday.

Huge demonstration against Catalan independence in Barcelona
Posted on:Monday, October 9, 2017

Hundreds of thousands of people are marching in Barcelona to demand Catalonia rejects independence and stays with Spain.

U.S. approves possible $15 billion sale of THAAD missiles to Saudi Arabia
Posted on:Monday, October 9, 2017

The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale of a THAAD anti-missile defense system to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $15 billion, the Pentagon said on Friday, citing Iran among regional threats.

EU braces for Brexit talks collapse as May falters
Posted on:Monday, October 9, 2017

As in-fighting consumes the British government, Europeans have stepped up quiet preparations for a possible collapse of Brexit talks that could see Britain crash out of the EU without a deal 18 months from now.

Study Shows Link between Abortion and Breast Cancer in China
Posted on:Friday, October 6, 2017

Abortion is widespread in China, due to the country’s One Child Policy, and now the updated, but hardly less restrictive, Two Child Policy. Reports have emerged of Chinese women being forced to undergo abortions or face harsh consequences, but to make matters worse, a study has now been released that shows a link between abortions and breast cancer in women, according to LifeNews.com.

Iran’s foreign minister urges Europe to defy US if Trump sinks nuclear deal
Posted on:Friday, October 6, 2017

Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has called on Europe to defy US sanctions if the Trump administration torpedoes the international nuclear agreement with Tehran.

U.S. military uses Russian ‘deconfliction’ line 20 times a day to separate jets over Syria
Posted on:Friday, October 6, 2017

It’s an ordinary-looking, 1990s-era black plastic telephone, but it’s one that American military commanders here rely on daily to prevent the outbreak of World War III.

Trump says Iran not living up to spirit of nuclear agreement
Posted on:Friday, October 6, 2017

President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Iran had not lived up to the spirit of the nuclear deal agreed with world powers and suggested he would reveal his decision on whether to certify the agreement soon.

Islamic State driven out of last stronghold in northern Iraq
Posted on:Friday, October 6, 2017

Iraqi forces announced on Thursday they had captured Islamic State’s last stronghold in northern Iraq, leaving the militant group holed up near the Syrian border as its self-proclaimed ‘caliphate’ shrinks further.

US seeks ‘new Israel’ in region, Khamenei says of Iraq Kurd referendum
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that the United States and Israel were some of the only countries benefiting from the recent referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region and that Washington and other Western powers were seeking to ‘create a new Israel’ in the Middle East.

Nuke deal hangs in balance as Trump plans Iran policy speech
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

President Donald Trump could announce his secret decision on the future of the Iran nuclear deal next week.

Iran nuclear negotiator gets 5 years for espionage
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

An Iranian negotiator who helped clinched the 2015 nuclear deal has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of espionage in Iran.

Russia throws North Korea lifeline to stymie regime change
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any US-led push to oust Kim Jong Un as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow US troops to deploy on Russia’s eastern border.

Iran, Turkey vow ‘decisive action’ against Iraqi Kurds over referendum vote
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday vowed to take ‘decisive action’ against leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan over last week’s historic independence referendum vote.

3 U.S. Army Green Berets killed in Niger likely attacked by al-Qaeda militants
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

U.S. officials said three U.S. Army special operations commandos were killed Wednesday and two others were wounded when they came under fire in southwest Niger.

UK: Amber Rudd: viewers of online terrorist material face 15 years in jail
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

People who repeatedly view terrorist content online could face up to 15 years behind bars in a move designed to tighten the laws tackling radicalisation the home secretary, Amber Rudd, is to announce on Tuesday.

US votes against UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex – joining Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Posted on:Thursday, October 5, 2017

The Trump administration has come under fire for joining with Iraq and Saudia Arabia on voting against a UN resolution condemning the death penalty for gay sex.

Russia giving cover to Iran could doom nuclear deal as Trump considers whether to certify
Posted on:Wednesday, October 4, 2017

As President Donald Trump considers whether to certify to Congress the controversial 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, word that the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog can’t verify a crucial part of the agreement could tip the scales with time running out by the middle of next month.

Trump prepares to wound Iran deal — and then save it
Posted on:Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Donald Trump’s national security team has unanimously recommended that he decertify the Iran nuclear deal — but that he stop short of pushing Congress to reimpose sanctions on Tehran that could unravel the agreement.

Asteroid Will Pass Within a Cosmic Hair of Earth October 12th
Posted on:Wednesday, October 4, 2017

An asteroid measuring between 30 feet and 100 feet is set to pass Earth on October 12 at a distance of 27,000 miles—about an eighth of the distance to the Moon. This makes it one of the largest close approach asteroids to brush past Earth this year, and presents NASA with a valuable opportunity: To test out its planetary defense systems.

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