At least 35 people have been killed and 48 injured in a stampede that erupted at the funeral procession of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, state television reported. Thousands of people thronged the streets of Kerman to mourn Soleimani’s death. Al Jazeera’s Assed Baig reports live from Tehran. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us
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Vote comes after PM Abdul Mahdi recommended that parliament take urgent measures to expel foreign troops from Iraq. Iraq’s Parliament has passed a resolution calling on the government to expel foreign troops from the country as tensions escalate between the
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The State Department has just announced that Mohammed Al-Otaibi – the former consul-general of Saudi Arabia in Istanbul – is accused of gross human rights violations in the murder case of Saudi
US House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, one on abuse of power and the other on obstruction of Congress. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by
Two former Algerian prime ministers were convicted of corruption-related charges and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in a landmark trial. Both served under long-time president Abdelaziz Bouteflika who was pushed out by
An attacker shot and killed at least six people and seriously injured two at a hospital in the northeast Czech city of Ostrava on Tuesday, police said. Police said on Twitter they
Prime Minister Boris Johnson acted unlawfully when he suspended the United Kingdom’s Parliament, the country’s highest court has ruled. The suspension was “unlawful, void and of no effect”, the UK’s Supreme Court
The Pentagon said the United States will send 3,000 more troops to Saudi Arabia, The new deployment is part of a series of what the US has described as defensive moves following
American troops ‘will no longer be in the immediate area’ casting uncertainty on fate of their Kurdish allies. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said following a call between President Trump and
Police in Hong Kong has fired tear gas to disperse protesters at various rallies as China marks 70 years since the Communist rule began. A protester has been shot in the chest
Former French President Jacques Chirac, who led France from 1995 to 2007, has died at the age of 86, his family and Agence France Presse news agency reported on Thursday. Energetic, engaging
The UK Parliament has reconvened following its suspension by Prime Minister Boris Johnson earlier this month. Johnson, who arrived in London just in time, is expected to address the House of Commons,
At least 28 people have been killed and more than 40 others injured after a fire engulfed a train in central Pakistan. At least three coaches were destroyed officials said after gas
There are conflicting reports about whether the operation to kill the ISIL leader was successful. The US Magazine Newsweek is citing a US Army official who says Baghdadi, who has been reported
US Vice President Mike Pence and Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu have announced a temporary ceasefire amid a military offensive against Kurdish-led fighters in northern Syria. Ankara has agreed to pause its
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that in response to Turkey’s operation in northeast Syria he will soon issue an executive order authorising sanctions against current and former Turkish officials, stop
Fiona Hill, the former senior director for European and Russian Affairs on the White House National Security Council, said she plans to warn legislators that Russia is gearing up to repeat its
Pompeo says US will no longer abide by 1978 State Department opinion that settlements were against international law. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook
US jury reaches verdict in trial of Trump ally Roger Stone, who’s charged with lying to Congress and witness tampering Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of US President Donald Trump,
The only scheduled witness for today is the former US ambassador to Ukraine who says she was the target of a smear campaign led by President Donald Trump. Marie Yovanovitch arrived on
The White House spokesperson has said that the president is not watching his impeachment hearing. Witness William Taylor says Donald Trump “cared more about the investigations of Biden” than Ukraine itself. Joseph
The impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump entered uncharted territory on Wednesday with the first public hearing of the probe. William Taylor, the top diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, the
