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ISIS militants riot in Tajikistan prison; 29 inmates, 3 security guards killed
International Business Times 20 May 2019
Convicted Islamic State (ISIS) militants started a riot at a prison in Tajikistan on Sunday, May 19, leading to the death of at least 29 inmates and three guards. The riot broke at a prison in Vakhdat, which is situated 10 kilometres from Dushanbe, the capital city of Tajikistan ... ....
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Philippines Diplomat Says Chinese Cash Preferable To U.S. South China Sea 'Confusion'
WorldNews.com 21 May 2019
The United States is projecting“strategic confusion” in the South China Sea, the Philippines’ top diplomat said, prompting the country to deepen its ties with China, the South China Morning Post reported ... There’s no question about that.”Tensions have flared between the U.S....
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Judge Upholds House Democrat's Subpoena For Trump Financial Records From Mazars USA
WorldNews.com 20 May 2019
A congressional subpoena seeking U.S. President Donald Trump’s financial records from an accounting firm was upheld Monday by a federal judge, Politico reported. U.S ... Responding to the judge’s decision, Trump’s personal attorney Jay Kekulow said. “We will be filing a timely notice of appeal to the D.C....
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Polish Leader Says Restitution For Jews Would Be Like Declaring Nazi Victory
WorldNews.com 21 May 2019
Poland will not pay restitution to Jews who had their property taken during World War II because to do so would be akin to handing Adolf Hitler a victory, Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said over the weekend, Newsweek reported.“If someone says that Poland is to pay any compensation to anyone, we say ... ....
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As Iran and U.S. Accuse Each Other of Terrorism, Who’s Telling the Truth?
WorldNews.com 20 May 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Within the context of a more heightened state of affairs between the U.S ... As a result, Iran has reminded the U.S ... Defined by U.S ... Iran denied the charges, saying they have no links to such terrorist organizations ... To be sure, crimes against peace and the murdering of innocent civilian needs no explanation....
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Chinese Pranksters' Subway Landmine Stunt Blows Up In Their Faces
WorldNews.com 20 May 2019
Three young men have been detained by police in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen after they caused panic on the subway as part of a prank, the South China Morning Post reports.Surveillance footage shows passengers on the city’s subway caught up in a mini-stampede on Friday ......
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UN Team Unearths 12 Mass Graves Of IS Victims In Iraq
WorldNews.com 21 May 2019
A United Nations team investigating the massacre of Iraq's Yazidi minority and other atrocities has excavated 12 mass graves and is collecting witness accounts that could be used in Iraqi and other national courts, according to a U.N ... ....
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Brexit: EU says there is ‘nothing we can do’ on deal, after May says agreement ...
The Independent 20 May 2019
The EU Commission has confirmed that it will be making no changes to the Brexit withdrawal agreement following a claim by Theresa May that MPs would be voting on a new, better deal. ... We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... ....
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Taiwan furious after China attempts to take credit for LGBT marriage win
CNN 20 May 2019
Beijing (CNN)Taiwan has lashed out at China's state media for attempting to take credit for the island's historic decision to legalize same-sex marriage. On Friday, Taiwan's legislators passed a bill making same-sex marriage a reality, the first place in Asia to give LGBT couples many of the same rights as their heterosexual peers ... Read More ... ....
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Scientists Find Spot Where Cannabis May Have Originated
WorldNews.com 21 May 2019
High on the Tibetan Plateau, there's Qinghai Lake – the largest lake in all of China. Now, researchers believe this high-altitude region may be the origin of the cannabis plant, IFL Science reports ... They gathered 155 fossil pollen studies and used other plants as a proxy to guess which genus the pollen belonged to ... WN.com, Jim Berrie . ....
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Trump warns Iran not to threaten US or it will face ‘end’
Artesia Daily Press 20 May 2019
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump warned Iran early on Monday not to threaten the United States again or it’ll face its “official end,” shortly after a rocket landed near the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad overnight ... U.S ... Embassy, causing no injures. Iraqi military spokesman Brig. Gen ... Since the withdrawal, the U.S ... U.N....
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Men jailed for planning to join Isis in Syria after checking TripAdvisor
The Guardian 20 May 2019
Safwaan Mansur and Hanzalah Patel used travel website to look at area near Syrian border Two friends who planned their journey to Syria on TripAdvisor have been jailed for 14 years for preparing to join Islamic State ... .......
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French drug smuggler Felix Dorfin gets death penalty in shock ruling by Indonesian judge
South China Morning Post 20 May 2019
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Cohen Testified Trump Lawyer Told Him To Lie To Congress About Moscow Project
WorldNews.com 20 May 2019photo: ABr / Rovena Rosa
More than 500 people told to get HIV tests after visiting dentist in Hertfordshire town
The Independent 20 May 2019
We’ll tell you what’s true. You can form your own view ... Subscribe now ... UK news in pictures. Show all 50 ... PA ... Getty ... PA ... In a letter to patients PHE said concerns have been raised about "an individual hygenist who no longer works at the practice and how dental instruments, which may have been used by the individual in your treatment, haven't been cleaned."....
