WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): A retired top US general has been charged with making a false statement during a probe into a classified intelligence leak about a cyber attack against Iran’s nuclear program in 2010, prosecutors said Monday. Marine Corps General James Cartwright, 67, formerly the vice chairman to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, allegedly […]
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Retired US general charged with lying in Iran cyber attack probe
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Russia announces brief Aleppo truce as EU warns of ‘war crimes’
ALEPPO, Syria, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): Russia Monday announced an eight-hour “humanitarian” ceasefire in Aleppo later this week, as the EU warned that the Syrian regime’s Moscow-backed assault on the city could amount to war crimes. The United Nations and European Union welcomed the announcement, but said Thursday’s planned pause in fighting needed to be longer […]
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Iraq forces advance on IS stronghold of Mosul
AL-SHURA, Iraq, Oct 17 (APP/AFP): Iraqi forces advanced Monday in an offensive aimed at retaking Mosul and dealing a death blow to the Islamic State group’s “caliphate” in the city where it was declared two years ago. The start of the long-awaited assault raised deep concerns for hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in Iraq’s […]
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Pro-Russia rebel commander killed in Ukraine bombing
DONETSK, Ukraine, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels announced three days of mourning on Monday after notorious rebel commander Arseny Pavlov, known as “Motorola”, was killed in a lift bombing. The 33-year-old Russian died late on Sunday when a homemade device exploded in the lift at the entrance to his block of flats in […]
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Kashmir Council (EU) to highlight Indian brutalities in IOK
BRUSSELS, Oct 17 (APP): Expressing solidarity with people of Indian Occupied Kashmir, the Kashmir Council (European Union) has planned to highlight brutalities of Indian forces and draw attention of international community towards unending human rights violations in the valley. The Kashmir Council will organize a seminar in Brussels to brief political leaders and civil society […]
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Iran oil production to hit 4m bpd by March: minister
TEHRAN, Oct 17, (APP/AFP) – Iran said Monday its oil production capacity will hit four million barrels per day by March after it was exempted from an informal agreement among OPEC members to lower output to boost prices. “Our production capacity was 3.8 million (bpd) after the first half of the year. We will take […]