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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has acknowledged that the United States did not know "precisely" when or where the imminent attacks allegedly being planned by top Iranian commander Qassemi Soleimani would take place, but said the threat was "real".
"There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by Qassem Soleimani," Pompeo said in a Fox...
Ukrainian International Airlines flight PS752, bound for Kyiv, crashed minutes after takeoff from Imam Khomeini International Airport in Tehran on Wednesday.
All 176 people on board the Boeing 737-800 aircraft were killed.
Most passengers were dual national Iranian-Canadians, but they also included Ukrainians, Afghans, Britons and Swedes.
Here are answers to five main questions:
What happened?
The Ukrainian airliner took off at 6:12am and...
The United States is imposing additional sanctions on Iran as a result of its attack on US troops in Iraq this week, according to US treasury secretary.
Steven Mnuchin, treasury secretary, and Mike Pompeo, secretary of state, said in a joint news conference on Friday that the new measures would target eight senior Iranian officials involved in "destabilising" activities in the Middle East as well as Tuesday's...
The European Union refused to take part in a rare diplomatic visit to Kashmir which started yesterday because they will not be allowed to meet detained local politicians, reports said.
The two-day foreign diplomatic trip is the first since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomy and sent in tens of thousands of extra troops in August.
The security lockdown...
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former minister Murli Manohar Joshi yesterday joined the growing chorus for the ouster of Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar.
“Reports are that the HRD Ministry had twice advised the JNU V-C to implement certain reasonable and working formula for resolving the issue for enhanced fees in JNU,” Joshi said in a...
South Africa’s troubled state utility Eskom said yesterday it would extend power cuts into today, with energy experts predicting that outages would have to be stepped up next week as more businesses reopen after the New Year holidays.
The latest round of power cuts across South Africa, which have been implemented sporadically since the weekend, is a reminder of the...
Protesters poured into streets across France yesterday in the latest mass demonstrations against a pensions overhaul that critics say would require millions of people to push back retirement.
Unions are demanding the government drop its reform in their biggest show of strength in decades, with a record-breaking public transport strike now in its 36th day.
Teachers and other public-sector workers joined...
US President Donald Trump said yesterday that a court had given his administration the green light to use some military funds to build a wall at the US-Mexico border.
“The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals just reversed a lower court decision & gave us the go ahead to build one of the largest sections of the desperately needed Southern Border...
Australian authorities urged another mass evacuation across the heavily populated southeast yesterday as a return of hot weather fanned huge bushfires threatening several towns and communities.
Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews urged communities to be on alert ahead of the extreme conditions. “If you receive instructions to leave, then you must leave,” Andrews said in a televised briefing. “That is...
Iran should not sweep the causes of a Ukrainian airline crash near Tehran under the carpet or it will risk worsening the climate of mistrust in the region and beyond, Germany's foreign minister said in Friday.
Speaking on arrival for an emergency European Union foreign ministers meeting in Brussels to discuss crises in Iran and Libya, Heiko Maas echoed the...
At least 10 people were killed and 16 others wounded in a bomb blast during evening prayers at a mosque in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, police and a doctor said.
Police chief of Balochistan province Mohsin Hassan Butt told AFP the blast took place in a satellite town of Quetta, the province's main city.
A police officer was among those killed,...
The Qatar Met department has said the chances of rain of variable intensity are expected to continue until Friday, which will take place intermittently and may become thundery at times.
"Please be careful, avoid marine activities and follow latest updates through our official social media accounts," it tweeted Thursday.
Doha and other parts of the country received rain Thursday, with thunderstorms...
HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani yesterday held a telephone conversation with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Iran, Mohamed Javad Zarif. During the call, the latest developments in the region, especially in Iraq, as well as ways to reduce tension and spare the people of the region further escalation in...
Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC), a member of Qatar Foundation (QF), announced that the nominations for the 4th annual Qatar Sustainability Awards will continue to be accepted until January 26. The prize is one of the first and largest awards in Qatar that honour the efforts, commitment and excellence of people, institutions and organisations in supporting sustainable development.
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