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US sending 3,000 more troops to Mideast as reinforcements 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
US soldiers in the US military camp of Bondsteel near the village of Sojeve on March 10, 2016. AFP /  Armend Nimani
Airlines suspend flights to Baghdad over security concerns 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
A military helicopter flies over the US embassy as supporters of Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary protest in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on January 1, 2020. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
US Republicans, Democrats spar over killing of Iran commander 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
Democratic lawmakers and aides say congressional leaders including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, both fierce Trump critics, were left in the dark about the deadly strike. Mark Wilson / Getty Images / AFP
New York mayor says city bracing for Iranian retaliation after Soleimani killed 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio during a gathering on December 29, 2019. Reuters / Amr Alfiky
Israel on alert for fallout after US killing of Iran commander 03 Jan 2020 - 09:01 pm
An Israeli flag is seen placed on Mount Bental in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on May 10, 2018. AFP / Jalaa Marey
French police shoot dead man near Paris after fatal stabbing 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
Police officers stand guard on January 3, 2020 in L'Hay-les-Roses on the site where police shot dead a knife-wielding man who killed one person and injured at least two others in a nearby park of the south of Paris' suburban city of Villejuif.  AFP / Chri
France calls on Iran to refrain from provocation after US air strike 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
Emmanuel Macron. (AFP / Gonzalo Fuentes)
Underage rape probe opened into French author Matzneff 03 Jan 2020 - 07:30 pm
Gabriel Matzneff in 1983 (Photo courtesy: Florence Kirastinnicos / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons)
Pakistan to provide free healthcare for trans people 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
Representative image (Mark Makela / Getty Images / AFP)
Veganism is a belief protected under UK law, tribunal rules 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
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Trump takes case to Evangelicals after Christian journal’s scorn 03 Jan 2020 - 06:50 pm
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press outside the grand ballroom as he arrives for a New Year's celebration at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on December 31, 2019. AFP / Jim Watson
Giant new rallies slam Indian government's citizenship law 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm
Demonstrators display placards as they attend a protest rally against a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India, January 3, 2020. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri
Trump rattles Mideast, US politics with risky iran strike 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm
Donald Trump
Via discreet airport lounge, Ghosn masterminded mystery escape from Japan 03 Jan 2020 - 05:13 pm
Carlos Ghosn gestures as he addresses a press conference in Paris on September 15, 2017 to present the Renault Nissan group strategy. AFP / Eric Piermont
Iran names deputy Quds Force commander to replace Soleimani after killing 03 Jan 2020 - 02:31 pm
Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country's Quds Force, is seen in Tehran, Iran, in this undated picture obtained January 3, 2020. (Tasnim News Agency/Handout via REUTERS)
Iran warns of 'severe revenge' after US kills top general 03 Jan 2020 - 01:02 pm
 In this file photo taken on September 22, 2014, Iranian Revolutionary Guards troops march during the annual military parade marking the anniversary of Iran's war with Iraq (1980-88) in Tehran. (AFP / Behrouz MEHRI)
Iraq's top cleric tells all parties to practice restraint 03 Jan 2020 - 12:48 pm
An Iraqi supporter lifts a picture of Iraq's top cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani during a rally in front of the US embassy in Baghdad, on December 31, 2019. (AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
Biden and Sanders warn Soleimani killing could lead to Middle East war 03 Jan 2020 - 11:51 am
A picture published by the media office of the Iraqi military's joint operations forces on their official Facebook page shows a destroyed vehicle on fire following a US strike on January 3, 2020 on Baghdad international airport road in which top Iranian c