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January 12, 2020

Canada’s Trudeau to attend Iran crash victim memorial in hard-hit Edmonton

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set on Sunday to attend what is expected to be the country’s largest memorial to the victims of a Ukrainian airliner shot down...

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January 12, 2020

Erdogan receives head of Libya’s UN-backed government

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the head of Libya’s UN-recognised government in Istanbul, a diplomatic source said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. The closed-door meeting between Erdogan and Fayez...

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January 12, 2020

Trump backs Iranian anti-government protestors

US President Donald Trump threw his support Saturday behind Iranian anti-government protestors after Tehran’s unintentional downing of a Ukraine plane, Anadolu Agency reports. “To the brave, long-suffering people of Iran:...

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January 12, 2020

US Syria envoy dubs Iran ‘biggest challenge’

US Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey on Saturday dubbed Iran as the “biggest challenge”, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Trump administration has made it very clear that it is taking...

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January 12, 2020

Rallying-Portuguese Goncalves dies after crash in Saudi

Portuguese motorcycle rider Paulo Goncalves died after a crash in the seventh stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, organisers said, Reuters reports. The 40-year-old Hero Motorsports entrant,...

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January 12, 2020

Qatar’s emir visits Iran amid regional tension

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Tehran on Sunday, amid a rising tension between Iran and the US following the killing of an Iranian general...

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January 12, 2020

Canada’s Trudeau wins plaudits at home as Iran admits causing crash

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s diplomacy was vindicated on Saturday when Iran admitted that it accidentally shot down a Ukrainian airliner as Trudeau had suggested, and his handling of...

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January 12, 2020

11 dead as migrant boat sinks off western Turkey

At least 11 irregular migrants, including eight children, were killed when their boat sank off the coast of western Turkey, a Turkish Coast Guard source said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports....

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January 12, 2020

Report: Minister says Britain must reduce military dependence on US

Britain must invest in military hardware to become less reliant on US air cover and spy planes in future conflicts, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was quoted as saying in...

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January 12, 2020

Ambassador arrest in Tehran violates international law, UK says

The arrest of UK’s ambassador to Iran is a “flagrant violation of international law,” British foreign secretary said Saturday, Anadolu Agency reports. “The Iranian government is at a cross-roads moment....

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