Eurasia Press & News
US and Chinese officials began hurling accusations at one another over the genesis of the new coronavirus last month, with Western media and some officials now accusing the People’s Republic of attempting to “cover up” the pandemic. China has rejected the suggestion, accusing the US and its allies of spouting …
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April, 2020
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7 April
Trials of IS Fighters in Syria Suspended Indefinitely
“It’s like we are holding a ticking bomb in our hands,” a guard in a prison in northeastern Syria told us in February. The facility holds roughly 5,000 accused Islamic State militants from all over the world.
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1 April
Germany's Luftwaffe Looks to Replace Tornado Aircraft With Eurofighters, Super Hornets
The German air force has settled on replacements for its aging Panavia Tornado fleet, agreeing to buy Eurofighter Typhoons and Boeing F/A-18E/F Hornets in both Super Hornet and Growler configurations. However, the Hornets will need a new certification to wield the nuclear weapons the Tornados once carried.
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March, 2020
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31 March
Iran to Increase Explosive Power of Its Missile Warheads – Defence Minister
Earlier this month, following attacks on a base holding US troops in Iraq, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned that Iran will continue to respond to America’s assassination of Commander Qasem Soleimani on 3 January.
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31 March
North Macedonia Officially Joins NATO
North Macedonia has officially become NATO’s 30th member, the military alliance says.
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31 March
Houthi leader proposes prisoner exchange of Hamas members detained in Saudi Arabia
In a recent address marking the 5-year anniversary of the start of Yemen’s current civil war, the leader of the Houthi movement, Abdel Malik al Houthi, offered to exchange a captured Saudi pilot for Hamas members currently awaiting trial in Saudi Arabia.
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31 March
Kazakhstan says foils Islamic State bomb attack
Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee has detained a man suspected of planning a bomb attack in the capital, Nur-Sultan, on behalf of Islamic State, the security body said on Thursday. The man had an improvised explosive device, it said in a statement without providing any other details. Hundreds of Kazakhs joined …
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31 March
Tunisian handed ten years for ricin bomb plot in Germany
A German court sentenced a 31-year-old Tunisian to ten years in prison Thursday for planning a foiled biological bomb attack with the deadly poison ricin.
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31 March
'Manifestation of the wrath of God': Jihadists see coronavirus as call to duty
Jihadists and other militant extremists are seeing a world health crisis as a window of opportunity.
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31 March
State designates Iran-backed League of the Righteous as Foreign Terrorist Organization
The U.S. Department of State has added Asaib Ahl al Haq, an Iranian-backed Iraqi Shia terror group also known as “League of the Righteous,” to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Additionally, the group’s leader, Qais al Khazali, and his brother, Laith al Khazali, have been listed as Specially Designated …
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