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The chief suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State (IS) is thought to be British man Siddhartha Dhar, the BBC understands. An official source told the BBC Mr Dhar was the focus of investigations into the video, which purports to show the killing of five men IS says were spies. “A lot of people think it is ...

 A prominent Iranian lawmaker says Saudi Arabia’s decision to sever diplomatic ties with Iran likely will force the Islamic Republic to stop sending pilgrims to the annual hajj. Lawmaker Mohammad Ali Esfanani, spokesman of the Judicial and Legal Committee of the Iranian parliament, made the comments on Monday. The semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Esfanani as saying: “When a country ...

Iran’s navy conducted rocket tests last week near US warships and other commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, the American military has said. The tests threaten to cause new tensions between the two nations following their landmark nuclear deal. Iran fired “several unguided rockets” about 1,370m (1,500 yards) from two US vessels and a French frigate, US military spokesman ...

Floodwater from the Bourbeuse River surrounds a McDonald’s restaurant on December 29, 2015, in Union, Missouri. Missouri is bracing for some of the worst flooding seen in a generation. Floodwaters had killed at least 13 people in Missouri — and 20 total in the region — as of Wednesday at 8 am local time Missouri Governor Jay Nixon late Tuesday ...

In a stern warning to top Communist Party leaders, Chinese President Xi Jinping has told them to strictly manage the people close to them to prevent corruption or they will meet the fate of fallen leaders like Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang who were jailed for life. At the latest “democratic life meeting” of the 25-member politburo, top cadres of ...

Katrina Pierson on Tuesday fired back at social media criticism over her bullet necklace Katrina Pierson, Donald Trump’s national spokeswoman, is seen in her CNN interview wearing a necklace made of bullets. Donald Trump’s spokeswoman has threatened to wear an aborted foetus on live television following outrage over a bullet necklace she wore in a recent CNN interview. Katrina Pierson ...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government of “mercilessly” killing 400,000 people and criticized Russia for backing him. Erdogan was speaking to reporters on Tuesday before departing for Saudi Arabia for a visit that wiykd focus on Syria, the fight against terror and energy cooperation. Turkey is intensifying efforts to diversify its energy supplies ...

Pakistani police say a bomb has gone off outside a government office in the northwestern city of Mardan, killing at least 12 people and wounding 35. Senior police officer Saeed Khan Wazir says Tuesday’s attack took place outside the regional office of the National Database and Registration Authority, which issues identity cards to Pakistanis. He says the police are still ...

Sixty-nine journalists were killed around the world on the job in 2015. Twenty-eight of them were slain by Islamic militant groups, including al-Qaida and the Islamic State group, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The New York-based organization says Syria again was the deadliest place for journalists, though the number of deaths there in 2015 — 13 — was ...

 At least 14 people were killed and dozens wounded in large bomb blasts Monday in the central Syrian city of Homs, state media reported. “The preliminary toll in simultaneous terrorist explosions that hit the city’s Al-Zahraa neighbourhood is 14 dead and 132 wounded,” state television reported in a news flash. It said two explosions caused by car bombs and a ...