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Iran unrest: Tehran accuses US and Israel of stoking protests; plays down risk of military intervention

File photo: Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (Picture credit: AP) Iran’s foreign minister on Friday accused the United States and Israel of actively fuelling the growing protest movement in the country, while dismissing the likelihood of direct foreign military intervention despite US warnings over crackdowns on demonstrators..Speaking during a visit to Lebanon, Iranian foreign minister […]

President’s priority: Trump picks up Fox News call during New York Times interview | World News

President Donald Trump briefly paused an interview with The New York Times to answer a phone call from Fox News, according to the Times’ account of the Oval Office meeting.The call came from Bret Baier, Fox News’s chief political anchor and the host of Special Report. Trump answered during the interview, told Baier that he […]

Iran protests: Why are women lighting cigarettes from burning Khamenei photo? See photos

Images of Iranian women lighting cigarettes from burning photographs of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have surfaced on social media as the citizens of the country are protesting amid rising economic hardships.In the middle eastern nation, setting fire to an image of the Supreme Leader in the past has led to state action. Last year […]

Trump says he would accept Nobel Peace Prize from Machado; Nobel Committee says it’s not possible

As President Donald Trump is looking forward to welcome Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado next week after dismissing her as a leader succeeding Nicolas Maduro, he said he would accept the Nobel Peace Prize from her — as he learned that Machado wants to share the prize with him. “I’ve stopped eight wars,” Trump […]

Switzerland holds memorial service during day of national mourning for bar fire victims

Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin, left, delivers his statement as Former Grand Duke of Luxembourg Henri, left, and Emmanuel Macron, right, President of France, appear on the screen, during the official commemorative ceremony for victims of the deadly fire MARTIGNY: Switzerland held a national day of mourning on Friday for the 40 people who died […]

‘I got no credit, I was criticised’: Trump says he won’t keep business interests aside | World News

President Donald Trump has said he sees no reason to restrict his family’s business activities during his second term, arguing that he was criticised rather than recognised despite voluntarily limiting such dealings during his first presidency.In a lengthy interview with The New York Times, Trump said his experience of his first term in office convinced […]

‘Owning the sea’: Moment US forces intercepted sanctioned oil tanker in Caribbean Sea – watch

The United States has intercepted and seized another sanctioned oil tanker at sea, escalating its enforcement campaign against so-called “ghost fleet” vessels accused of moving embargoed crude and drawing sharp criticism from Moscow. This was the fifth such interception under Trump’s administration aim to control the distribution of Venezuela’s oil products.The latest operation, carried out […]

ICE shooter Jonathan Ross has an immigrant Filipina wife; father says deceased Renee Good hit first

Jonathan Ross, the 43-year-old ICE agent who shot Minneapolis woman Renee Good and killed her, was not at fault, his father said. The outrage against the ICE and its absence of restraint while handling civilians centers around Ross but his father Ed Ross told Daily Mail that Ross did nothing wrong and he will not […]

Trusting Khomeini: Old NYT article praising former Supreme Leader surfaces amid Iran protests | World News

As protests continue to challenge Iran’s clerical establishment, a 1979 opinion article from the New York Times has resurfaced online. Titled Trusting Khomeini, the piece portrayed Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini as a restrained religious figure unlikely to exercise direct political power. Its renewed circulation reflects the sharp contrast between those early interpretations and Iran’s current political […]

IShowSpeed says “never again” after weight loss drink sends him running to washroom during South Africa livestream

Popular YouTube streamer Darren “IShowSpeed” has gone viral after an awkward moment during his ongoing African tour. A clip from his South Africa livestream showed the 20-year-old rushing to find a bathroom after drinking a product that claimed to help with weight loss. The incident took place during Speed Does Africa, his current travel stream […]