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Huge crowds in Iran for commander’s funeral
Tens of thousands of Iranians thronged the streets of Tehran today for the funeral of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani who was killed in a US air strike last week and his daughter said his death would bring a “dark
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Iraq wants foreign troops out after air strike, US urges leaders to reconsider
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Parliament yesterday called for US and other foreign troops to leave amid a growing backlash against the US killing of a top Iranian military commander that has heightened fears of a wider Middle East conflict. In a war
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Trump vows to hit 52 Iranian targets if Iran retaliates after drone strike
US President Donald Trump yesterday threatened to hit 52 Iranian sites “very hard” if Iran attacks Americans or US assets after a drone strike that killed Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani and an Iraqi militia leader, as tens of thousands
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Body of top Iranian commander killed by US returned to Iran
The body of Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in Iraq in a US military strike, was returned to Iran today, the official IRIB news agency reported. Soleimani’s body was flown to the city of Ahvaz in southwest
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Iran’s Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s Abu Mahdi killed in US airstrike
General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds force, has been reported killed alongside six others following a US airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport. Iraqi officials and the state television reported that aside from Soleimani, Iraqi militia commander Abu
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Saifuddin: Ship held up by Iran has nothing to do with M’sia
KUANTAN: The ship with 16 crew members on board held up by Iranian authorities in the Hormuz Strait on early of the week, does not belong to Malaysia. Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said the Malaysian Embassy in Tehran also
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Saifuddin: 16 detained in Iran ‘may not be’ Malaysians
KUALA LUMPUR: The 16 shipping personnel arrested by Iranian authorities for allegedly smuggling oil near Abu Musa Island in the Persian Gulf, are most likely not Malaysians. Speaking to reporters during the New Year Eve celebration at Dataran Merdeka, Foreign
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Wisma Putra seeking more info on ship, Malaysians detained in Iran
KUALA LUMPUR: The Foreign Ministry is working to identify a ship and its 16 Malaysian crew who were arrested by the Iranian authorities at the Strait of Hormuz yesterday for allegedly carrying illegal fuel. Its minister, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah, when
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US calls air strikes on Iraq and Syria ‘successful,’ warn more may come
WASHINGTON/BAGHDAD: US officials yesterday said that air strikes in Iraq and Syria against an Iran-backed militia group were successful, but warned that “additional actions” may still be taken in the region to defend US interests. The US military carried out
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Exclusive: US probe of Saudi oil attack shows it came from north
WASHINGTON: The United States said new evidence and analysis of weapons debris recovered from an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Sept 14 indicates the strike likely came from the north, reinforcing its earlier assessment that Iran was behind the
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