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Islamic State claims killing of 29 at Iran military parade
The Times of India 22 Sep 2018
TEHRAN. Militants shot dead at least 29 people including women and children in an attack on Saturday on an Iranian military parade claimed by the Islamic State group, as Tehran accused a US ally in the region of the assault ... The city lies in Khuzestan, a province bordering Iraq that has a large ethnic Arab community and has seen separatist violence in the past that Iran has blamed on its regional rivals ... ....
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Pakistan Says Saudi Arabia Set to Become Third CPEC Partner, China on Board
News18 22 Sep 2018
New Delhi ... His comment came after the minister announced on Thursday that Riyadh was invited to join the project. ....
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Build a wall across the Sahara? That's crazy – but someone still did it
The Guardian 22 Sep 2018
Donald Trump was widely ridiculed earlier this week for suggesting that Spain emulate his $25bn dream for the US-Mexico border and “build a wall” across the Sahara desert. Donald Trump urged Spain to 'build the wall' – across the Sahara. Read more. According to Spain’s foreign minister, Josep Borell, the US president told him. “The Sahara border can’t be bigger than our border with Mexico.” ... Twitter ... .......
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Pompeo warns Iran of ‘action’ over attack on US in Iraq
The Siasat Daily 22 Sep 2018
Washington. United States Secretary of State, Michael R. Pompeo has warned Iran of “direct action” for any attacks on Washington in Iraq, even those using proxy forces, against US interests ... Pompeo further accused Iran of confronting the world as the “world’s largest state sponsor of terror.” ... Source. ANI. ....
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Diplomats gather for UN summit – with Trump and his whims to take centre stage
The Guardian 22 Sep 2018
The official theme of this year’s UN general assembly is “making the United Nations relevant to all people” but everyone attending next week’s sprawling summit in New York knows that one person is more relevant than others. Donald Trump is expected to dominate proceedings ... No one doubts he will use those appearances to show disdain for diplomatic niceties for the benefit of his supporters and bang the drum of “America First” ... Read more....
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Russian space chief: No '2nd-tier status' with NASA outpost
Yahoo Daily News 22 Sep 2018
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's space agency chief said Saturday that it wouldn't accept a second-tier role in a NASA-led plan to build an outpost near the moon, but Roscosmos spokesman quickly clarified that Russia is still staying in the project ... A few hours later, Roscosmos spokesman Vladimir Ustimenko clarified that Rogozin didn't mean to say Russia was bailing out of the NASA-led project ... ....
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Kavanaugh accuser accepts request to testify before Senate committee next week
ABC7 22 Sep 2018
Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, has agreed to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. Ford's lawyers wrote in an email Saturday afternoon that she "accepts the committee's request to provide her firsthand knowledge of Brett Kavanaugh's sexual misconduct next week." ... The response from Ford's lawyers came at around 2.30 p.m ... Charles Grassley, R-Iowa ... ....
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Iran will defeat Donald Trump just like it did Saddam Hussein, won't abandon missiles - Hassan Rouhani
The Times of India 22 Sep 2018 Editphoto: AP
Tanzanian Ferry Disaster: Death toll reaches 183, survivor pulled from Lake Victoria
DNA India 22 Sep 2018
Divers rescued a man on Saturday as they searched for survivors from the wreck of an overcrowded Tanzanian ferry that capsized on Lake Victoria on Thursday, killing at least 183 people ... His condition was not immediately known ... ....
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Chinese Catholics 'pray for the best' but wary after Vatican deal
France24 22 Sep 2018
Chinese Catholics have mixed feelings about the Vatican's landmark deal with Beijing. Some in the unofficial "underground" church remain suspicious of the government while others "pray for the best" ... ....
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More Than 1,000 Face Evacuation As Fire Burns in Germany After Rocket Test Gone Awry
WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2018
Officials in northwestern Germany declared a disaster across three towns on Friday over a wildfire which has been burning for more than two weeks, according to Deutsche Welle. The fire was ignited by a rocket test conducted on an army training site, but German firefighters have struggled to extinguish the blaze which has spread across moorland used by the German army to conduct training exercises ... ... -WN.com, Maureen Foody. ....
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Man Accused of Threatening to Shoot Donald Trump Arrested After Months-Long Manhunt
Newsweek 22 Sep 2018
Shawn Richard Christy, a man accused of threatening to shoot President Donald Trump, was arrested and taken into custody on Friday, following a months-long manhunt ... Shawn also allegedly threatened to shoot a police chief ... EDT on Friday, according to the Citizens’ Voice....
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Chinese scientists call for cooperation against asteroid threat
People Daily 22 Sep 2018
BEIJING, Sept ... Ouyang Ziyuan, a CAS academician and first chief scientist of China's lunar probe project, also believes that the danger from small celestial objects "is worth attention while we are devoted to building a community with a shared future for humanity." ... ....
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NASA's Mars MAVEN Craft Captures Selfie on Fourth Birthday
Newsweek 22 Sep 2018
The MAVEN mission to Mars entered the upper atmosphere of the planet four years ago as of Friday and NASA is celebrating with one of its signature space selfies....
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Cambodia's pardon of Australian filmmaker ends 'nightmare', says family
Reuters 22 Sep 2018
The family of an Australian filmmaker pardoned by Cambodia after being jailed on espionage charges said on Saturday it was happy the "nightmare" came to an end, while the Australian foreign minister thanked the government in Phnom Penh for his release ... ....
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