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Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz for ‘breaking maritime rules’

Shawdesh Desk: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said Friday that they had seized a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for breaking ‘international maritime rules’ as tensions mount in the highly

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US announces $7 mn reward to find Hezbollah spy Salman

Shawdesh Desk: The United States on Friday offered a $7 million reward to find a Hezbollah operative accused of masterminding a deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish centre in Buenos

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US Claims Navy Ship Destroyed Iranian Drone

Shawdesh Desk: The United States claimed on Thursday that a US Navy ship had destroyed an Iranian drone in the Strait of Hormuz after the aircraft threatened the vessel, but

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Trump leaning on issue of race to win a second term in 2020

Shawdesh Desk: President Donald Trump has placed racial animus at the center of his reelection campaign, and even some of his critics believe it could deliver him a second term.

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Brexit / EU will bear some blame for no-deal Brexit: Johnson

Shawdesh Desk: Boris Johnson, the frontrunner to be Britain’s next prime minister, suggested Wednesday that the EU would bear some responsibility if he took his country out of the bloc

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US bans Myanmar army chief over Rohingya ‘ethnic cleansing’

Shawdesh desk: The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on the Myanmar military’s Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders it said were responsible for extrajudicial killings of Rohingya

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US House condemns Trump over ‘racist comments’ tweeted at congresswomen

Shawdesh Desk: The US House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to condemn President Donald Trump for “racist comments” against four minority Democratic congresswomen, a symbolic measure aimed at shaming Trump

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US House voters criticise Trump’s ‘racist comments’

Shawdesh Desk: The United States House of Representatives formally condemned Donald Trump on Tuesday for xenophobic attacks on four minority democratic lawmakers and hostile language targeting immigrants, as the president

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