The Russian Defense Ministry has no information that could confirm reports about a US-led coalition airstrike in the Syrian Deir ez-Zor province leading to civilian deaths, the ministry’s spokesman, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said.
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Investigative journalist Rick Sterling has penned an open letter to WADA and the IOC, arguing that the McLaren report used to ban Russian athletes from competition lacks evidence, and urging that a stop be put to the “politicization” of sport.
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The US military has used its GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb (MOAB), nicknamed “the mother of all bombs,” for the first time in combat. The US Air Force used it in Afghanistan to target Islamic State tunnels and personnel.
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The drug cartel hitman suspected of killing US Border Patrol agent Brian Terry has been arrested in Mexico. Terry’s death in 2010 exposed the US government’s gunwalking operation involving Mexican drug cartels, dubbed ‘Fast and Furious.’
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel has responded to the Dortmund attack by criticizing North Rhine-Westphalia for not conducting random police checks. She went on to admit that not all refugees are “respectable,” as some are on the radar of security agencies.
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The website and social media accounts of Britain First have been hacked and the group’s far-right supporters warned that they had better “stop being racist to Muslims” or they will die.
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Shia LaBeouf has decamped to Finland’s Lapland for his latest performance art project, #AloneTogether – but hasn’t quite managed to evade the wrath of internet trolls who seem set on tracking down the US actor.
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The UAE has launched an ambitious space program aimed at sending a probe to Mars by 2021 and settling the Red Planet by 2117. The kingdom’s rulers see the hi-tech venture as a sign of hope and inspiration for the entire Arab world.
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A Londoner has been hailed a hero after wrestling a knife out of the hands of a man who stormed a bus on Tuesday afternoon.
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Nine American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) chapters have filed 13 lawsuits in nine states against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), seeking documents on the implementation of executive orders targeting Muslims.
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A group of gunmen invaded a border town in Lithuania and seized its police HQ, while officers failed to mount a proper response and residents did not bother to report the ongoing raid. Luckily, the militants were from a fictitious nation and part of a surprise drill.
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A comic artist has been fired from Marvel for including apparent anti-christian and anti-semitic references in a new spinoff of the popular X-Men comic strip.
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