Israel warned on Wednesday that anyone who tries to strike them “will be met with a strong defense,” after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its Syrian consulate earlier this month. “We know how to respond quickly and decisively to the territory of whoever attacks our territory – no matter where …
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Iran’s leader on Wednesday threatened to take action against Israel during a prayer ceremony. He also criticized the U.S. and the West for their involvement amid tensions in the region. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke at a prayer ceremony celebrating the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan when he promised to retaliate against Israel — saying …
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Taiwan’s annual war game exercises this year will feature simulating a scenario in which China turns one of its frequent military drills around the island into an actual attack, a report says. Tung Chih-hsing, the head of the joint combat planning department of Taiwan’s defense ministry, made the announcement during a news conference Tuesday, according to Reuters. He reportedly added …
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Simon Harris became Ireland’s youngest-ever prime minister on Tuesday and vowed to bring “new ideas, a new energy and a new empathy to public life.” Harris, 37, succeeds Fine Gael Party colleague Leo Varadkar,who announced his resignation nearly three weeks ago, and takes the reins of a government that is facing sharp criticism for its handling of the country’s housing …
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Police have arrested a 25-year-old man for allegedly stabbing to death a mother who was out walking her baby in a stroller in Bradford, England, on Saturday. While police did not name the person they arrested, he has been identified by the BBC as Habibur Masum, who was previously reported to be the suspect in the case. West Yorkshire Police …
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Hillary Clinton faced a list of radical demands from anti-Israel protesters who denounced her as a “war criminal” during her visit to her alma mater, Wellesly College, this week. A student-run Instagram page named “WC-against-HRC” posted the list of demands during Clinton’s visit this past weekend as protesters shouted at people attending Clinton’s talk. “As we protest, we firmly echo …
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At least 94 people, many of whom are believed to be children, were killed on Sunday after a makeshift ferry sank off Mozambique’s northern coast, according to officials in the area. The boat was carrying 130 people and was between Lunga and the Island of Mozambique, which is part of the Nampula province off Mozambique’s northern coast, when it capsized, …
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A young woman was stabbed to death while walking with her baby in Bradford, England, according to authorities. Oldham resident Kulsuma Akter, 27, was stabbed during a walk at around 3:21 p.m. on Saturday. West Yorkshire Police said that she was “taken to hospital but subsequently died from her injuries.” Akter was pushing a pram at the time, but authorities …
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Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations spoke out forcefully against the notion of Palestinian statehood during a U.N. Security council meeting on Monday, going so far as to suggest that the U.N. had backtracked on its original goal of preventing the spread of Nazi ideology by supporting Palestinian statehood. While speaking in the General Assembly, Erdan held up a World …
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Tourists in Italy have been treated to quite the show as Mount Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe, has been blowing spectacular “smoke rings” into the sky since last week. The rare phenomenon, known as “volcanic vortex rings,” is generated by the combination of rapid gas release and the vent shape spewed out of a new crater that opened …
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