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January 11, 2020

Canada's prime ministe 'outraged and furious' over Iran's admission

Justin Trudeau called on Iran to take full responsibility for mistakenly shooting down the Ukrainian jetliner, killing all 176 civilians on board, including 57 Canadians.

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January 10, 2020

Video said to show plane on fire over Iran

A video has emerged said to show the moment a Ukrainian jetliner plummeted and crashed into the ground near Tehran on Wednesday.

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January 9, 2020

Trump suggests Iran responsible for downed plane

President Donald Trump says he has his "suspicions" about what happened to the Ukrainian jetliner that crashed in Iran Tuesday night, killing all 176 people on board.

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January 8, 2020

Lawmakers at odds on Iran threat post briefing

The Trump administration took its case for killing a powerful Iranian general to Capitol Hill Wednesday but appeared to change few minds among lawmakers, many of whom left the meeting with the same questions they had walking in.

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January 7, 2020

Iranian state TV: missiles launched at U.S. bases

Over a dozen surface-to-surface missiles were fired at U.S. troops housed at bases in Iraq

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January 7, 2020

Supporters of Liu Jingyao, a student at the University of Minnesota, who accused Chinese billionaire Richard Liu of rape, gathered in front of the Hen

Chinese from around the U.S. gather to support U undergrad who alleges rape by billionaire

Student's supporters say they want to counter Chinese social media which has sided with billionaire Richard Liu.

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January 7, 2020

Some Minnesota National Guard members on base near Iran missile attack

Early reports sent Wednesday morning Iraq time indicated the soldiers were safe.

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January 6, 2020

In this photo provided by the Australian Department of Defence, a child is helped onto a helicopter as the fire ravaged community of Mallacoota is eva

Weary Australians see no end to unprecedented calamity as wildfires rage

Little improvement is expected in conditions.

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January 6, 2020

Crowds in Tehran mourn slain General Soleimani

Hundreds of thousands gathered in Tehran's Enghelab square on Monday for the funeral procession of a top Iranian General killed in a US airstrike in Baghdad.

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January 5, 2020

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, front left, and Darren Chester MP tour the Wildflower farm owned by Paul and Melissa Churchman in Sarsfield,

Australia takes tally of damage after calamitous day

Prime minister deflects mounting criticism.

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January 5, 2020

Yvonne Herzan gets emotional every time she rubs a Celtic symbol for "breath" on her wrist, the same tattoo her daughter Sarah Riviere Herzan got befo

Families of Minnesota Guard members watch and hope as U.S., Iran tensions rise

Thousands of relatives and friends of soldiers anxiously await the next development, hoping hostilities ease and their loved ones stay safe.

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January 4, 2020

Mourners in Iraq grieve for top general

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi joined thousands of mourners in Baghdad on Saturday as a funeral procession was held for Iran's top general and Iraqi militant leaders killed in a US airstrike.

World

January 3, 2020

Trump: We took action to stop, not start a war

President Donald Trump said Friday the U.S. military at his direction executed a "flawless precision strike that killed the number one terrorist anywhere in the world, Qassem Soleimani."

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January 3, 2020

After general's killing, chances of salvaging the Iran nuclear deal are 'very small'

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December 31, 2019

Protesters in Iraq attack U.S. Embassy

Dozens of angry Iraqi Shiite militia supporters have broken into the U.S. embassy compound in Baghdad after smashing a door and storming inside, prompting tear gas and sounds of gunfire.

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December 30, 2019