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Iran's Khamenei appoints Soleimani's deputy as head of Quds Force
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 3 (ANI): Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Friday appointed Deputy Commander of the Quds Force Esmail Ghaani as the head of the unit after Qasem Soleimani was killed in a US airstrike earlier today in Baghdad, local media reported.
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Australian PM 'inclined' to cancel India visit amid bushfire crisis
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], Jan 3 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is 'inclined' to cancel his visit to India scheduled for this month amid the worsening bushfire crisis in the country, local media reported.
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Oil prices jump in Asian trading market following Soleimani's death
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Asia], Jan 03 (ANI): Oil prices in the Asian trading market have jumped after media reported that the head of Iran's elite Quds Force, General Qassem Soleimani, was killed in a US airstrike near Baghdad's international airport.
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Lebanon receives Interpol wanted notice for former Nissan chief
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Jan 2 (ANI): Lebanese Justice Minister Albert Serhan on Thursday announced that the Middle East country has received a red notice by the Interpol to arrest former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, the state media reported.
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Taiwan chief of general staff among 8 killed in helicopter crash
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Taipei [Taiwan], Jan 2 (ANI): Chief of the Taiwanese General Staff Shen Yi-min was among eight killed in a military helicopter crash on Thursday, Chinese state media reported.
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Syrian serviceman killed in militant shelling in Hama province
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 01 (Sputnik/ANI): A Syrian army officer was killed and several servicemen were injured in a terrorist shelling of several settlements in Hama province, media reported on Tuesday, citing a military source.
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Amid protests, Hong Kong welcomes New Year 2020
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, Dec 31 (ANI): Hundreds of pro-democracy protestors formed giant human chains and marched through shopping malls on New Year's Eve, urging people not to give up the fight for democracy in 2020, according to media reports.
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14 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in Taliban assault
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Jowzjan [Afghanistan], Dec 30 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 14 servicemen were killed in Afghanistan's northern province of Jowzjan after Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a security checkpoint, media reported, citing a local official.
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Afghanistan: 17 killed in Taliban attack in Takhar province
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Takhar [Afghanistan], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): At least 17 people were killed in Afghanistan's northeastern Takhar province as Taliban terrorists carried out an attack on a base of the country's public uprising forces, media reported on Sunday, citing a spokesman for a provincial governor.
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Toll in Ursula Typhoon in Philippines climbs to 41
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): The number of people killed in Typhoon Ursula that hit popular tourist areas and remote villages across central Philippines earlier in the week, has risen to 41, media reported citing the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.
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Mexico: 6 killed, 5 injured in shooting at Guanajuato
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Guanajuato [Mexico], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): Shooting at a gas station in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato has left six people killed and five others injured, Mexican media reported on Saturday.
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Day after rocket attack on military base, Pompeo arrives in Iraq
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Dec 29 (Sputnik/ANI): US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited the Iraqi Ayn Al-Asad airbase in western Anbar province, which hosts American troops, shortly after a rocket attack on another Iraqi military base in the northern province of Kirkuk, media reported.
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