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Drone attack on Iranian military facility foiled

4Apr

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Iran

Drone attack on Iranian military facility foiled

The UAV was shot down in the centrally located Isfahan province on Tuesday, Tasnim has reported FILE PHOTO. Iranian Plateau, Iran. © Sepahnews/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Iranian air defenses downed a drone that was approaching a military compound in Isfahan province on Tuesday night, the news agency Tasnim has reported. The facility did not suffer any damage as a result of the attack, according to the outlet. The incident occurred in the same province as the January 28 drone strike on a military “workshop” in the city of Isfahan, the capital of the eponymous province. In February, the Iranian authorities revealed having arrested the individuals suspected of being behind that strike. Officials in Tehran claimed that the alleged culprits of the Janu...

Erdogan tells US ambassador to ‘know his place’

3Apr

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Turkey, USA

Erdogan tells US ambassador to ‘know his place’

The Turkish leader spoke of the “need to teach America a lesson” in diplomacy FILE PHOTO: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Jeff Flake, the new US ambassador in Ankara, January 26, 2022 © Turkish Presidency via AP Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that from now on, his “doors are closed” to the US ambassador to Ankara, Jeffry Flake, blasting the diplomat’s recent meeting with his rival in the upcoming presidential election. Erdogan attended a ceremony in the Bagcilar district of Istanbul on Sunday, dedicated to the official opening of nearly 100 houses and other facilities built in the wake of a series of devastating earthquakes. In a follow-up meeting with a group of officials from the far-right Grey Wolves moveme...

3Apr

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China

China hits space milestone

The country’s first privately built liquid-fueled rocket blasted off on Sunday A TL-2 Y1 rocket blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China, April 2, 2023 © Gov.cn / Xinhua The privately-built TL-2 Y1 rocket made its maiden flight on Sunday, carrying a satellite into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. A flurry of launches are planned for 2023, with Beijing hoping to deploy more than 200 spacecraft this year. The TL-2 Y1 is a carrier rocket developed by Space Pioneer, a Beijing-based firm. It took off successfully on Sunday afternoon, and soon after placed a remote-sensing satellite in orbit around 500 kilometers above the Earth, Chinese media reported. With the launch, Space Pioneer became the third priva...

Finnish PM loses re-election to right-wing forces

3Apr

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Europe

Finnish PM loses re-election to right-wing forces

Sanna Marin’s party ended in third place despite gaining seats in parliament Chair of SDP Sanna Marin (L), and chair of The Finns party Riikka Purra (R), look on as National Coalition Party chair Petteri Orpo cheers. © Heikki Saukkomaa / Lehtikuva via AP Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who gained international media prominence for taking office at a record-young age and spending some of her leisure time partying, has conceded defeat in Sunday’s general election. Marin’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) is projected to secure 43 of the 200 parliamentary seats – three more than in the previous election, but only enough for third place. Its partners in a five-way center-left coalition all performed worse than in 2019. The center-right National Coalition Party...

Prominent Russian Military Blogger Killed in St. Petersburg blast. Vile Attack as the one to the Innocent Journalist Dugina

3Apr

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Russia, Ukraine

Prominent Russian Military Blogger Killed in St. Petersburg blast. Vile Attack as the one to the Innocent Journalist Dugina

Fabio G.C. Carisio Indice dei contenuti Moscow: Int’l Organizations Ignore Kiev’s Threats to Russian Journalists Russian city to honor journalist Darya Dugina allegedly murdered by Ukrainian operatives Ukraine ‘angered’ US with Moscow car bombing by Gospa News Editorial Staff Leading Russian military correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky (real name Maksim Fomin), has been reportedly killed in an explosion in Saint Petersburg on Sunday. RIA Novosti has claimed, citing a security source, that the blogger died in an attack on the city’s ‘Street Bar’ café, which also left more than a dozen injured. «I think a lot of people will be offended by this, but I’m not used to it. The main qualities of men are responsibility and the ability to protect their loved one...

2Apr

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Africa, France

Former colony bans French state TV

Burkina Faso’s military government accused France24 of “legitimizing” terrorism A man holds a placard during a protest to support Burkinabe President Ibrahim Traore and to demand the departure of French forces in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, January 20, 2023 © AFP / Olympia De Maismont Burkina Faso’s military government has banned the France24 TV channel, after it broadcast an interview with the leader of Al Qaeda’s North African offshoot. While French and Burkinabe troops recently fought jihadists together, the African nation cut its ties with its former colonizer master this year. “France 24 is not only acting as a mouthpiece for these terrorists, but worse, it is providing a space for the legitimization of terrorist actions and hate speech,” Burkina Faso...

Ghana slams ‘undemocratic’ meddling by US

2Apr

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Africa

Ghana slams ‘undemocratic’ meddling by US

Remarks by visiting US VP Kamala Harris on LGBT laws should not be tolerated, the country's parliamentary speaker has said US Vice President Kamala Harris conducts a roundtable of women entrepreneurs to discuss economic empowerment, inclusion and leadership in Accra, Ghana, March 29, 2023 © AP / Misper Apawu Ghana intends to pass its family values act regardless of what the US says, Speaker of the Parliament Alban Bagbin has told lawmakers. He was speaking in response to remarks by US Vice President Kamala Harris on her African tour in Ghana this week, that LGBT rights were a human rights issue. Bagbin dismissed Harris' remarks. “These things should not be tolerated. That is undemocratic! What is democracy? That somebody else would have to dict...

2Apr

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Germany, USA

German MP wants US troops expelled

America’s policies create the impression that it does not need allies, only vassals, German lawmaker Sevim Dagdelen has warned FILE PHOTO. © Global Look Press / Spc. Micah Wilson Berlin must break with its “relationship of extreme subservience” to America and its foreign policies “marked by breaches of international law,” Sevim Dagdelen, the deputy head of the Left party’s faction in the Bundestag, said on Friday. Germany must demand that US forces withdraw, along with their nuclear weapons, she added. “After 78 years, it is now time for the US soldiers to go home,” Dagdelen announced at a parliamentary event marking the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The US military bases act “like extraterrestrial zones wh...

CIA’s surveillance methods on Assange revealed

2Apr

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C.I.A, United Kingdom

CIA’s surveillance methods on Assange revealed

A private contractor installed microphones inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London where the WikiLeaks co-founder lived, an El Pais investigation has found © Oscar del Pozo / AFP The CIA used private Spanish security company UC Global to secretly install microphones inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to monitor WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, El Pais reported on Wednesday, citing the company’s internal communications. UC Global was hired to provide security for the embassy. Assange, who was granted asylum by Ecuador at the time, resided in the diplomatic compound from 2012 to 2019, before he was forcibly removed by British police. The Spanish company’s alleged links to US intelligence agencies were first reported by El Pais in 2019. According to th...

2Apr

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Sweden

Swedish retail sales slump

Inflation and surging lending costs have dented private spending, an official report indicates © Getty Images/Drazen_ Retail sales in Sweden plunged the most on record last month, as inflation and soaring borrowing costs continued to squeeze consumers’ spending power. In February, retail sales in the Nordic region’s largest economy slumped 9.4% compared to the same period of last year, driven by a decline in durable goods, which saw the biggest sales drop since 1992, Statistics Sweden reported on Wednesday. Economists attribute the weak results to persisting pressure on households’ real disposable incomes and purchasing power, caused by the highest inflation in 30 years and continued interest rate hikes by the Swedish central bank. “The current bout of inflat...