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Drone attack targets military base housing US troops in Iraq
Anadolu Agency 08 May 2021
A booby-trapped drone attack on Saturday targeted the Ain Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq’s Anbar province, an Iraqi security officer told Anadolu Agency ... The officer said the attack did not cause any casualties or material damage in the base which also hosts American forces ... 26, 2018 ... 5, 2020 ... *Writing by Ibrahim Mukhtar in Ankara .
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Australia rethinks China’s 99-year Darwin Port lease
Asiatimes 08 May 2021
How hard is Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison willing to poke the panda? That’s a question posed by the government’s review of the Chinese company Landbridge’s 99-year lease of the Port of Darwin ... At the time, then-US president Barack Obama chided then-prime minister Malcolm Turnbull for not giving America a heads-up about the deal ... Photo ... ....
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440 arrests made over Capitol riot but FBI still hunting for ‘worst of the worst’
The Independent 08 May 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested approximately 440 people over alleged involvement in the Capitolriots on 6 January, but they are still searching for “the worst of the worst” .
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China tries to scupper UN talk on plight of Uighurs
The Guardian 08 May 2021
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Saudi Arabia-Pakistan agree to mend strained ties
Al Jazeera 08 May 2021
Saudi Arabia and longstanding ally Pakistan signed several agreements on Saturday and vowed to revive ties strained by months of disagreement over policy on the Kashmir dispute ... He was greeted by Saudi Arabia’s de-facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the airport before holding talks with Saudi officials at Jeddah’s Al-Salam Palace ... .
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Philippine troops drive away armed rebels from public market
Wtop 08 May 2021
COTABATO, Philippines (AP) — Dozens of Muslim militants occupied a public market overnight in the southern Philippines before fleeing after a tense standoff with government forces, officials said Saturday ... Col. John Paul Baldomar ... There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths ... Troops were pursuing the gunmen, he said ... and Australia ... Source .
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‘It’s all Taliban country now’: Militant checkpoints are choking off parts of Afghanistan
The Independent 08 May 2021
Taliban checkpoints have proliferated across key parts of Afghanistan as US forces have withdrawn over the past year, leaving towns and cities increasingly isolated and impeding the government’s ability to function ... Taliban checkpoints are both a symbolic show of force and a real blow to Afghanistan’s already fragile elected government.
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US health insurers report billions in first quarter as small providers face stress
The Guardian 08 May 2021
The large profits reaped by the insurance firms are also likely to increase criticism of the US healthcare sector ....
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More than 30 dead, dozens hurt in blast near Afghan girls' school
Gulf News 08 May 2021
Kabul. A blast outside a girls' school in an area of the Afghan capital populated largely by the Shiite Hazara community on Saturday killed more than 30 people and wounded scores including students, officials said ... "More than 30 students and other countrymen have been killed, and over 50 more were wounded. The toll is rising." ... .
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Dozens of Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli police at Al Aqsa mosque
The National 08 May 2021
More than 160 people were wounded after Israeli riot police fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in an escalation of weeks of violence in Jerusalem that has reverberated across the region ... Israel said six police officers were wounded ... More unrest appears likely next week ... Read More ... .
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200 Palestinians hurt in mosque clashes with Israeli police
Irish Independent 08 May 2021photo: AP / Hazem Ahmed
Libya: Gunmen storm hotel used as Presidential Council HQ
Al Jazeera 08 May 2021
Dozens of armed men staged a show of force at a hotel used as a headquarters by Libya’s presidential council as the nation’s deep divisions resurfaced. The armed men were seen late on Friday at the entrance of the Hotel Corinthia in the heart of the capital Tripoli, according to images on social media. Local press labelled them “militias” ... .
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Violence against Peru’s indigenous communities surge as drug traffickers encroach
The Observers 08 May 2021
In the past year, nine indigenous leaders in Peru’s central Amazon have been murdered and many more have received death threats as their ancestral land is seized by drug traffickers. Covid-19 restrictions have made the remote region even more vulnerable as governmental efforts to protect the land have been hindered ... Read more ... {{ scope.counterText }}.
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Cyber-attack forces Colonial Pipeline to halt all operations
The National 08 May 2021
Colonial Pipeline, the largest US refined products pipeline operator, has halted all operations after it fell victim to a cyber security attack on Friday, the company said ... Read More ... Twitter says hackers targeted just 130 people in cyber-attack ... .
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Prince Misizulu named next Zulu king amid family feud
BBC News 08 May 2021
The eldest son of South Africa's late Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been chosen as successor to the throne, amid a bitter family feud. Prince Misizulu, 46, was named in the will of Zulu Queen Mantfombi Dlamini-Zulu - his mother - who died unexpectedly last week ... Prince Misizulu had to be led away from the meeting by armed security ... .
