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Police in the UK have launched a hate crime investigation after people received letters asking them to carry out attacks on Muslims. West Yorkshire Police said that it had received around six reports of letters advertising “Punish a Muslim Day”, while Londoners and Birmingham citizens said they had received identical posts. …

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has issued a decree, ordering the formal inclusion of pro-government fighters from the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) in the Arab country’s security forces. According to the decree announced on Thursday, the volunteer forces, better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, will be granted many …

The UK government is responsible for the many children who have been killed and injured as a result of Saudi Arabia’s deadly war on Yemen, the Labour Party has said. In a fiery critique of the Conservative government, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn grilled Prime Minister Theresa May during the latest …

French prosecutors have filed charges against far-right leader Marine le Pen over a series of tweets showing gruesome executions by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.   A judicial source said Thursday that Le Pen was being investigated over suspicions of disseminating violent images. The embarrassing tweets were posted in December 2015 …

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any bid to “destroy” Russia will trigger a response from Moscow that spells “catastrophe for mankind.” Speaking with the Russian state television in an interview on Wednesday, Putin said his country would retaliate attacks against its sovereignty in kind. “If someone makes a …

American technology giant Google has allowed the US Defense Department to utilize its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in military drone projects, stirring concern among experts who think such cooperation is not ethical. The US military and CIA have long been using drones to carry out targeted killings and surveillance around …

The hostile plots to place constraints on Iran’s military programs would encourage the Armed Forces to enhance their capabilities, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force said. Addressing a ceremony in Tehran on Wednesday, Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh made it clear to the enemies that their …

The UK’s National Grid says it needs to buy gas in order to meet the demand amid severe drops in temperature and gas supply outages due that have raised consumption levels to a five-year high. The NG requested shippers on Thursday to post offers on the OCM locational market after …

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri said the Islamic Republic’s prerequisite for talks on its missile program is for the US and certain European states to destroy their long-range missiles and nuclear weapons. In remarks released on Saturday, Brigadier General Jazayeri denounced recent …

Russia says it has done its part to usher in calm in the militant-besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta, where it has announced a humanitarian pause, saying the ball is now in the court of militants and their supporters to make the truce in Syria work. Speaking at the UN Human Rights …