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Iraq: US Al-Asad air base attacked
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Baghdad [Iraq], Jan 08 (ANI): Multiple rockets fell at US' al-Asad airbase in Iraq on Wednesday, Sputnik reported.
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Putin deplores escalation in Middle East during talks With Syria's Assad
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday pointed to a rise in tensions in the Middle East as the situation in Syria took a turn for the better.
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Deadly attack on Soleimani came from helicopter: Iran official
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): The strike at Qaseem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' elite Quds Force, came from a US helicopter, an IRGC major general told Sputnik on Tuesday.
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Merkel, Trump discuss Iran, Iraq over phone
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Jan 08 (Sputnik/ANI): German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump spoke about the situation in Iran, Iraq and Libya in a phone call on Tuesday, a German government spokesman said.
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Istanbul airport temporarily closed after passenger plane skids off runway
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen International Airport has been temporarily shut down after a passenger plane skidded off a runway on Tuesday, the local media has reported.
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Another quake measuring 6.4 strikes Puerto Rico, significant damage feared
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): A 6.4 magnitude earthquake hit Puerto Rico on Tuesday, the second temblor to rattle the US territory in two days, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Iranian Parliament designates US Army, Pentagon as terrorist entities
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): The Iranian Parliament unanimously voted on Tuesday to designate the US Army and Pentagon as terrorist entities in the wake of the killing of Iranian Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, the country's Tasnim news agency reported.
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Death toll from Kerman stampede rises to over 50 during Soleimani's mourni
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): A stampede at the funeral for slain Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani in his hometown of Kerman in Iran has claimed more than 50 lives on Tuesday, state media said.
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Several killed in bridge blast in Nigeria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Abuja [Nigeria], Jan 07 (Sputnik/ANI): An explosion occurred in a market on a bridge in Nigeria, killing multiple people and injuring dozens of others, media report.
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Turkey, Libya's GNA hold meetings in Algeria
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Algiers [Aljeria], Jan 07 (Sputnik/ANI): Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and head of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) Fayez Sarraj have held meetings in Algeria discussing the crisis in Libya, particularly Turkey's military support for the GNA, Al Arabiya TV reports.
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Fighting in Tripoli shutters 210 schools for 115,000 Children: UN
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], Jan 7 (Sputnik/ANI): More than 200 schools remain closed in and near the Libyan capital of Tripoli due to fighting between government and rebel forces, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said in a press release on Monday.
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US deploys additional troops to base in Kenya after attack
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Nairobi (Kenya), Jan 07 (Sputnik/ANI): The United States deployed additional troops to augment the defenses of its base in Kenya recently attacked by a local terrorist group, US Africa Command said in a statement on Monday.
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