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Pompeo's remarks came as Iran faced mounting international pressure to allow a "credible" investigation into Wednesday's Boeing 737 crash, which several Western governments have blamed on an accidental missile strike.

The Metropolitan Police force said the officer was injured in the head and neck with 'improvised bladed weapons' during the Thursday attack at Whitemoor prison in eastern England.

Rewards from police and other sources for information leading to the gunman's capture mounted Friday to 500,000 baht ($16,500).

Scientists at the University of Newcastle, Australia, reviewed data on the microscopic plastic fibres found in drinking water and staple foods like shellfish and honey to obtain the estimate publicized by the WWF on billboards and other advertising.

The Chinese nationals were arrested on December 23, 2019 on suspicion of using social media to swindle money from the rich, single and divorced Chinese women, running an illegal online gambling racket, operating Ponzi scheme and hacking private informatio...

The President made his comments shortly after the Democratic-controlled House approved a resolution asserting that Trump must seek approval from Congress before engaging in further military action against Iran.

The nuclear deal called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was reached between Iran and the P5+1, the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and the European Union in 2015.

The 'Phase 1' trade deal reached last month is expected to cut tariffs and boost Chinese purchases of US farm, energy and manufactured goods while addressing some disputes over intellectual property.

Iraq President Barham Saleh termed the development as a transformation of Iraq into a battlefield of warring sides, while Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi called for urgent measures to stop Iraq being turned into a proxy battlefield.

The Indonesian military said it had deployed eight warships and four jet fighters ahead of President Joko Widodo's visit in an apparent bid to assert its sovereignty over the region.

Travellers heard the man shouting 'Allahu Akbar', and panic broke out briefly, the police said on Twitter.

Pompeo reiterated that the decision to kill Soleimani was taken based on intelligence information, according to which there was an imminent attack.

This comes after Iran promised vengeance when a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran's most prominent military commander.

The head of the US military's Task Force Iraq, Brigadier General William Seely, informed his Iraqi counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that troops were preparing to leave.

The practice of escorting ships in the Strait of Hormuz was stood down in November, after being used during the fall-out from the seizure of the British-flagged Stena Impero tanker by Iran in July.

Ghosn, who was awaiting trial in Japan on financial misconduct charges, was last seen on surveillance video leaving his Tokyo home alone, on Dec. 29, presumably to board his getaway plane.