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Hundreds of flights canceled as storm Hilary hurtles towards US Southwest
Aug 21, 2023 10:36Tropical storm Hilary lashed the Baja California peninsula with heavy rains on Sunday as it hurtled towards the US Southwest, with forecasters warning of life-threatening and "catastrophic" flooding.
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Another US mass shooting leaves 3 dead, 6 wounded in Seattle
Aug 21, 2023 10:30A shooting at a hookah lounge in the major northwest US city of Seattle has killed three and wounded six people, police declared but offered no information on the perpetrator(s).
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American soldiers nabbed for murder in Germany, turned over to US officials
Aug 21, 2023 10:22Germany has arrested two American soldiers over the fatal stabbing of a young man at a funfair in the west of the country but turned them over to US prosecutors.
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Iran rebukes ‘provocative’ US military presence in Persian Gulf
Aug 21, 2023 09:26Iran has warned against the “provocative” buildup of American forces in the Persian Gulf, saying the move comes at a time when regional countries are improving their relations.
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North Korean leader vows to modernize navy as he visits naval fleet
Aug 21, 2023 07:06North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has pledged to modernize the country's navy with improved combat efficiency to boost its capability for engaging in actual war.
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China says probing state security agent over ties with CIA
Aug 21, 2023 06:51China’s Public Security Ministry has announced an underway investigation of a former employee suspected of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after being recruited at an American embassy abroad.
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Frozen Iranian funds transferred to Swiss bank: S.Korean media
Aug 21, 2023 06:26South Korean media reported on Monday that Iranian funds that had been blocked in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s Central Bank last week for transfer to Iran.
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IRGC forces US helicopter carrier to ground choppers in Strait of Hormuz
Aug 20, 2023 12:26Video footage released by Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy shows Iranian speedboats issuing warnings to a US helicopter carrier in the Strait of Hormuz, forcing the warship to ground its choppers before they can enter Iran’s territorial waters.
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Iran official raps false US claims about exempting medicines from sanctions
Aug 20, 2023 09:17The secretary of Iran’s Strategic Council of Foreign Relations has censured US lies about exempting medicines from anti-Iran sanctions, saying Washington’s “empty claims” are an example of its hypocrisy.
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US Guantanamo judge dismisses 'confession' obtained by torture
Aug 20, 2023 05:38A US military judge has rejected a "confession" coerced out of a young Guantanamo Bay captive through torture following the September 11, 2001 highly suspicious terror attacks in Washington and New York that led to military invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.