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Hezbollah leader boasts group has ‘highly accurate’ missiles

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Hezbollah leader boasts group has ‘highly accurate’ missiles

The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah said on Thursday that his group was getting precision rockets despite Israeli efforts to cut the route through Syria. (Reuters) The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah boasted Thursday the group now possesses “highly accurate” missiles despite Israeli attempts to prevent it from acquiring such weapons. Hassan Nasrallah didn’t offer specifics […]

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Moon brings progress in inter-Korean relations, denuclearization By Kim Bo-eun

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Moon brings progress in inter-Korean relations, denuclearization By Kim Bo-eun

    President Moon Jae-in and members of the South Korean delegataion to his third inter-Korean summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrive at the Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday evening. Joint Press Corps President Moon Jae-in brought home substantial progress in inter-Korean relations as well as denuclearization, Thursday, after a summit […]

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Schengen report criticizes Swedish border checks as not fit for purpose

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Schengen report criticizes Swedish border checks as not fit for purpose

Police prepare to board a train in Skåne to carry out border controls. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT Sweden has been harshly criticized over its border controls in a forthcoming Schengen report which has prompted Swedish police to draw up a plan of action. The inspectors behind the report claim that Sweden’s controls are poorly manned, and […]

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Jet Airways Crew Forgets To Maintain Cabin Pressure, Passengers Suffer Nose & Ear Bleeding Mid-Air

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Jet Airways Crew Forgets To Maintain Cabin Pressure, Passengers Suffer Nose & Ear Bleeding Mid-Air

MImage Credits: Wikimedia, Satish Nairk/Twitter A Jet Airway morning flight from Mumbai to Jaipur had to turn back soon after the takeoff, as out of 166 passengers on the plane, atleast 30 suffered nose and ear bleeding in mid-air due to a drop in cabin pressure. According to an official statement, the incident happened after the crew forgot to […]

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Strategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says

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Strategic Turkey-US partnership will strengthen with investment and trade, Erdoğan says

  IHA Photo Relations between Washington and Ankara will strengthen with investment and trade President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday in his speech to top U.S. executives at the Presidential Palace Complex in Ankara. Turkey will not compromise on free market principles, Erdoğan said according to the text of his speech seen by Reuters, […]

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Three hurt as car swerves into crowd outside Islamic Centre

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Three hurt as car swerves into crowd outside Islamic Centre

London mosque crash: Car hits crowd in anti-Islamic attack in Edgware Road, Cricklewood Share PA Sep 19th 2018 3:53AM Detectives are investigating whether an incident in which a car hit pedestrians outside a mosque was an anti-Muslim attack. Three people were struck by the vehicle outside the Al-Majlis Al-Hussaini Islamic centre in Cricklewood, north-west London, […]

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‘Breakthrough’ discovery inside Giza Pyramid baffles scientists

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‘Breakthrough’ discovery inside Giza Pyramid baffles scientists

© Kenneth Garrett / Global Look Press Scientists have discovered a secret, giant void hiding inside the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt. Located above the pyramid’s Grand Gallery, the 30-meter-long void inside Khufu’s Pyramid remains a mystery. Its size suggests it plays an important role in the tomb’s structure. It’s the first discovery of […]

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Assad regime welcomes Turkey-Russia Idlib deal

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Assad regime welcomes Turkey-Russia Idlib deal

AFP Photo The Assad regime’s foreign ministry welcomed a deal between Turkey and Russia on Tuesday to create a demilitarized zone around Syria’s Idlib, the Syrian regime news agency (SANA) said, quoting a foreign ministry official. The regime vowed to press on with its “war against terrorism” to “liberate” the entire country. “This agreement was […]

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Jail for boozed-up Russian captain who ran ship aground in Sweden

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Jail for boozed-up Russian captain who ran ship aground in Sweden

The ship BBC Lagos went aground off the coast of southern Sweden on August 3rd. Photo: Johan Nilsson/TT A Russian captain who ran his ship aground off the coast of Helsingborg in southern Sweden and then tried to hide a whisky bottle has been sentenced to four months in jail for being drunk at sea. […]

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Rethinking Somali national identity

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Rethinking Somali national identity

Somali soldiers march during military training. The process of building a national identity in Somalia requires the country’s political elites and federal government to generate an effective road map to help build a strong society and state In the pre-colonial era, Somalia existed as segmented city states in coastal regions and as various independent principalities […]

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