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‘You killed Islamic State’s #1 enemy’: Iranian FM Zarif skewers US over Soleimani assassination as Tehran ratchets up rhetoric

Washington boasts about defeating Islamic State, but instead, it vanquished the terrorist group’s most formidable foe, Quds Commander Qassem Soleimani, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said. … Read More >‘You killed Islamic State’s #1 enemy’: Iranian FM Zarif skewers US over Soleimani assassination as Tehran ratchets up rhetoric

If you can’t beat them, ban them: Twitter no longer showing search results from well-known Russian state news agency RIA Novosti

Twitter has shadow-banned well-known Russian news agency RIA Novosti. In practice, the move means users will no longer see the agency’s tweets in the website’s search results, unless they follow the media organization’s account. … Read More >If you can’t beat them, ban them: Twitter no longer showing search results from well-known Russian state news agency RIA Novosti

US poised to SHUT DOWN Iraqi embassy over continuous rocket attacks in Baghdad’s Green Zone – reports

Washington is considering closing its embassy in Iraq, nine months after the US killing of an Iranian general on Iraqi soil led to protests over what Baghdad called a “violation” of its sovereignty, according to reports. … Read More >US poised to SHUT DOWN Iraqi embassy over continuous rocket attacks in Baghdad’s Green Zone – reports

Westminster faces rising discontent over restrictions as it weighs up even tougher lockdown to slow second wave of virus

The British government is considering the introduction of tighter social restrictions in England, as the fight against the second wave of coronavirus intensifies, a junior minister has admitted. … Read More >Westminster faces rising discontent over restrictions as it weighs up even tougher lockdown to slow second wave of virus

UK Tory MPs slam 10pm Covid-19 curfew on bars as ‘sick experiment’ as pub-goers throng streets & party at home

Members of PM Boris Johnson’s own party have condemned the UK’s “idiotic” 10pm curfew, arguing it does “more harm than good” after observing pub-goers taking the party outside or into private homes where they can’t be monitored. … Read More >UK Tory MPs slam 10pm Covid-19 curfew on bars as ‘sick experiment’ as pub-goers throng streets & party at home

Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny confirms Angela Merkel visited him in Berlin hospital, expresses gratitude to Chancellor

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met privately with Russian anti-corruption activist Alexey Navalny while he was hospitalized in Berlin. Their meeting was kept secret until it was leaked by Der Spiegel news magazine on Sunday. … Read More >Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny confirms Angela Merkel visited him in Berlin hospital, expresses gratitude to Chancellor