Stripped of loyal titles, Harry and Meghan begin life anew
Having been deprived of their royal titles and public funding by the queen, Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan started a new life on Sunday as fairly ordinary people with financial worries and security fears. The “Megxit” crisis commenced when the young couple gave up their front-line family responsibilities,...
Arrests over plane tragedy have been made: Iran
Iran said on Tuesday it had arrested an unidentified number of suspects who are possibly involved in downing a Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 in which all 176 people on board were killed. The incident has posed one of the greatest public challenges to Iran’s rulers since they came to...
Iran shot down Ukrainian jet: Trudeau
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday said that several intelligence reports have suggested that Iranian missile shot down a Ukrainian airliner after it took off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport, in which all 176 on board, including 63 Canadians, died. Trudeau’s comments came as video emerged that seemed...
Ukrainian airliner crashes in Iran; all 176 aboard dead
Iran’s state television said that a Ukrainian airliner crashed shortly after taking off from Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport on Wednesday. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said all 176, including 32 foreigners, on board died. “My sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of all passengers and crew,” Zelenskiy said in a...
Qassem Soleimani’s body reaches for burial in southeast Iran
The body of senior Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani, who was slain in a US drone strike in Iraq last week, has reached his home town of Kerman in southeast Iran for burial. Soleimani was widely seen as Iran’s second most influential figure behind Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 80,...
Iran nearly pulls out of nuclear deal after Soleimani’s killing
Iran said on Sunday it would pull out of its commitments to a 2015 nuclear pact with six key powers, by enriching uranium without restrictions, but Tehran will continue to liaise with the UN nuclear watchdog. According to state television, Iran would not respect any restrictions laid down in the...
Air strike kills top Iran general Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad
In a dramatic escalation of tensions between Iran and the U.S., top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani was killed on Friday by a US strike on Baghdad’s international airport. The Pentagon said US President Donald Trump ordered the general’s assassination, following a pro-Iran horde this week laid siege to the US...
Pope Francis sorry for hitting admirer’s hand
Pope Francis has apologized for hitting the hand of a devotee who took his hand and yanked him towards her. The image of a discernibly irritated Pope Francis slapping his way free from the clutches of a female devotee instantly went viral on social media. The pope has apologized for the...
Indian school students recreate notorious destruction of Babri mosque
A video supposedly showing school students in the south-western Indian state of Karnataka recreating the notorious devastation of the Babri mosque by Hindu radicals has prompted outrage on social media. In a video shared on Twitter by Indian politician Srivatsa YB, the students can be seen charging at a massive...
US announces drawdown of 4,000 troops from Afghanistan soon
The Trump administration has announced it may pull out about 4,000 troops from Afghanistan early next week, it was learned on Sunday. “The drawdown could be … a unilateral concession to the Taliban,” other officials said. “The smaller US military presence will be largely focused on counterterrorism operations against groups...
