U.S. air strike targets Iraqi militia north of Baghdad: state TV

A United States air strike targeted an Iraqi militia late on Friday on Taji road north of Baghdad, state TV said. It did not name the militia or provide further details.

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Qasem Soleimani: Iran Quds force leader reportedly killed

There is no official confirmation that Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's elite Quds force, is dead.

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Iran's Soleimani and Iraq's Muhandis killed in U.S. air strike: militia spokesman

Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed early on Friday in an air strike on their convoy at Baghdad airport, an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters.

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Baghdad rocket attack kills Iranian military leaders including Gen. Qassim Soleimani, reports say

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Rockets hit Baghdad airport, killing 5 Iraqi paramilitary members, 2 'guests'

Three rockets hit Baghdad International Airport killing five members of Iraqi paramilitary groups and two "guests", Iraqi paramilitary groups said on Friday.

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Iran's Soleimani and Iraq's Muhandis killed in air strike: militia spokesman

Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force, and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis were killed late on Thursday in an air strike on their convoy in Baghdad airport, an Iraqi militia spokesman told Reuters.

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Strikes against two targets linked to Iran: U.S. officials

Strikes have been carried out against two targets linked to Iran in Baghdad on Thursday, U.S. officials told Reuters.

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Iraqi paramilitary groups: five members, two 'guests' killed in Baghdad airport attack

Iraqi paramilitary groups said five of their members and two "guests" were killed in an air strike on their vehicles inside Baghdad International Airport, militia sources reported on early Friday, after Iraq's Security Media Cell announced that three katyusha rockets had targeted Baghdad Airport.

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Australian tennis tournament relocated due to bushfire threat

A professional tennis tournament scheduled to take place in Canberra next week has been moved to the city of Bendigo because of the likelihood of disruption caused by smoke from the bushfires raging around southeast Australia.

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Australian Prime Minister jeered by angry bushfire victims

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced enraged hecklers and an angry firefighter in a town ravaged by bushfires, piling pressure on the leader amid an unprecedented crisis that has killed at least 18 people.

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Tackling the Earth's orbiting space junk

How the Japanese firm Astroscale is set to start cleaning up the Earth's orbiting space debris.

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Australians flee massive bushfires as new fire threat looms

The Australian navy on Friday began the evacuations of some of the thousands of people stranded on the east coast of the fire-ravaged country as a searing weather front was set to whip up more blazes across the states of Victoria and New South Wales (NSW).

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Rockets fall on Baghdad airport, Popular Mobilization Forces says official killed

Three Katyusha rockets fell on Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military-run Security Media Cell said early on Friday.

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Tokyo 2020: Why some people want the rising sun flag banned

For some, it is a reminder of Japanese atrocities - so should it be banned at Tokyo's Olympics?

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At least 7 dead after rocket attack near Baghdad airport, official says

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Rockets fall on Baghdad International Airport injuring several people: security unit

Three Katyusha rockets fell on Baghdad International Airport, the military-run Security Media Cell said in a statement on early Friday.

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Climate change has brought parts of Zambia to the brink of famine

Zambia is wrestling with a devastating drought caused, according to experts, by a dramatic shift in weather patterns.

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Australia's temperate mountains evacuated as bushfires approach

Hundreds of residents and holiday-makers have been ordered to evacuate Australia's temperate Snowy Mountains region in the state of New South Wales as fierce fires threaten from two sides, authorities said on Thursday.

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Hundreds arrested in Hong Kong in New Year's Day protests: police

About 400 people were arrested in New Year's Day protests in Hong Kong after what started as a peaceful pro-democracy march of tens of thousands spiraled into chaotic scenes with police firing tear gas to disperse the crowds.

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Plane crash fatalities fell more than 50% in 2019

The high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March accounted for more than half of those deaths.

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Sacked vegan brings landmark discrimination case

A tribunal will decide for the first time if veganism is a "philosophical belief" akin to a religion.

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Plane crash fatalities fell more than 50% in 2019

The high-profile Boeing 737 Max crash in Ethiopia in March accounted for more than half of those deaths.

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Australia fires: Race to flee 'leave zone' as fresh threat looms

Tourists on a vast stretch of Australia's coast are told "you need to leave" before conditions worsen.

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At least 16 people have died in the Indonesian capital amid record-breaking rainfall.

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