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Holy Defence, a mirror of Ashura (3)
Sep 24, 2021 06:13History bears witness that the Iranian combatants in the battlefields of the 8-year imposed war revived the memory of the fervor and love of Imam Hussein’s companions. The uprising of Imam Hussein (PBUH) has left role models for all age groups.
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Images of US Border Patrol’s treatment of Haitian migrants prompt outrage
Sep 23, 2021 16:32The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it was investigating the treatment of Haitian migrants by Customs and Border Patrol agents after video and images surfaced of the agents on horseback chasing down migrants at the southern border.
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US COVID-19 death toll surpasses that of 1918 pandemic
Sep 23, 2021 15:52The US has passed 675,000 deaths, the estimated toll from the 1918 pandemic, which for a century had been the worst pandemic to hit the country.
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Aukus row: European Union demands apology from Australia over France’s treatment before trade talks
Sep 22, 2021 06:16The European Union is demanding answers – and an apology from Australia – over its treatment of France as the fallout from the Aukus announcement threatens to delay a key trade deal.
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France tries to delay EU-Australia trade deal amid AUKUS fallout
Sep 22, 2021 06:10The A$90bn (£48bn) submarine contract was the centrepiece of French-Australian cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, but the Australians have instead opted to form a US-UK-Australia pact dubbed AUKUS, and build eight nuclear-powered submarines likely to be delivered between 2030 and 2040.
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AUKUS sub deal puts ASEAN on nuclear edge
Sep 22, 2021 06:06Region is concerned that Australia is well on the way to acquiring nuclear weapons with US and UK assistance.
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Top US generals blatantly lied about Afghanistan and Iraq wars to advance their careers
Sep 21, 2021 16:55Top US generals who misled Congress and the American public about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have not only avoided repercussions after conducting a disinformation campaign for 20 years, but were instead rewarded for their deceivingly positive assessments.
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Manchin, with close ties to fossil fuels, will craft US climate plan
Sep 21, 2021 16:44Joe Manchin, the powerful West Virginia Democratic senator who chairs the Senate energy panel and earned half a million dollars last year from coal production, is preparing to remake President Biden’s climate legislation in a way that tosses a lifeline to the fossil fuel industry — despite urgent calls from scientists that countries need to quickly pivot away from coal, gas and oil to avoid a climate catastrophe.
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Republicans who let Trump ‘bully’ party will seal midterms defeat, senator says
Sep 21, 2021 16:32One of the seven Republican senators who voted to convict Donald Trump at his second impeachment trial warned on Sunday (19 Sep 2021) that the former president’s “bullying” of the party would lead to electoral defeat in next year’s midterms and beyond.
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British soldier arrested for protesting against Yemen war & arms support for Saudi Arabia
Sep 21, 2021 16:26Britain plays an outsized role in the conflict in Yemen. A 2018 paper found that an estimated 7,000 employees of U.K. contractor companies, civil servants, and temporarily deployed military personnel were currently aiding Saudi forces in their attack on the country.