SAMARRA, IRAQ - Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting U.S. soldiers Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with tensions between Baghdad's allies Tehran and Washington. Two of the rockets fired at Balad airbase, north of Baghdad, crashed into a dormitory and a canteen of U.S ... ....
Nearly 800 people were killed by police in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro in the past nine months, as raids remain a terrifying routine for favela families – despite a supreme court ruling to halt incursions during the coronavirus pandemic ...Black lives shattered. outrage as boy, 14, is Brazil police's latest victim. Read more ... Photograph ... .
Police in Pakistan said a hardline Islamist group had taken six security personnel hostage at its headquarters in Lahore on Sunday after a week of violent clashes following the arrest of the group's leader ... The authorities responded by arresting its leader, prompting supporters to hold protests and sit-ins across Pakistan ... .
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The eventual successor of Angela Merkel as chancellor could be named by a rival party today , as Germany focuses on who will lead her Christian Democrats (CDU) into September’s elections. The GermanGreens are set to name their candidate for the chancellorship today, and for the first time they have a genuine chance of winning power ... .
“I am certain that (this programme) will upgrade the capabilities and strengthen the economies of Israel and Greece and thus the partnership between our two countries will deepen on the defence, economic and political levels,” said IsraeliDefence MinisterBenny Gantz. נחתם הסכם הרכש הביטחוני הגדול אי-פעם בין ישראל ויוון ... pic.twitter.com/4k9h6kTzXd ... .
ZAYTSEVE, Ukraine — On the frontline in Ukraine's east, battle-weary soldiers are sceptical that US sanctions against Moscow and Kiev's appeal for NATO help will deter Russian PresidentVladimir Putin... The separatists, who have carved out two "People's Republics" in eastern Ukraine, are backed by Russia ... Most of them were victims of sniper fire.
Russia on Sunday expelled 20 Czech diplomats in retaliation for a slew of diplomatic expulsions by Prague and gave the affected Czech diplomats just over 24 hours to leave the country, the RIA news agency quoted the foreign ministry as saying ... In an earlier statement on Sunday, the Russian foreign ministry called the Czech announcement “absurd” ... .
Tehran. Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a local newspaper reported Sunday ... The broadcaster said the suspect had “fled the country before the incident” and that “legal procedures to arrest and return him to the country are currently underway” ... .
Bitcoin price started a sharp decline after it broke the $60,000 support zone against the US Dollar. BTC is correcting gains, but it is likely to face sellers below $58,000. Bitcoin declined heavily below the $60,000 and $58,000 support levels. The price is now trading well below $58,000 and the 100 simple moving average (4-hours) ...Source.
In Paris’s symbolic Place de la République, under the watchful gaze of France’s allegorical figurehead Marianne, the skateboarders are not in the mood to discuss politics. For the young here, as everywhere, life has been paused during a pandemic that has halted studies, jobs, socialising and parties ...Outside Paris it is a different story ... Photograph ... .
MOSCOW (AP) — Activists for imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Sunday called for massive protests in the heart of Moscow and St. Petersburg as Navalny’s health reportedly is deteriorating severely while on hunger strike ... We don’t know how long he can hold on.. But it is clear we do not have time.” ... Navalny was arrested on Jan.