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Iran is al-Qaeda’s ‘new home base’: Pompeo

13-01-2021 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday al-Qaeda has a new home base in Iran, though he offered no evidence in a speech in Washington, DC, a claim Iran immediately rebuffed. Pompeo said al-Qaeda had centralized its leadership inside Tehran and that deputies of leader Ayman …

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US designating Yemen’s Houthis a “terrorist group”

11-01-2021 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A/ RIYADH: The United States will designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist group, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, a late-term move that aid groups fear will worsen the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. With just 10 days left before President-elect Joe Biden takes office, the announcement on …

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Power cut plunges Pakistan into darkness

10-01-2021 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: Electricity is gradually being restored in some areas of Pakistan following a huge power cut across the country, with every city reporting outages. Homes nationwide were suddenly plunged into darkness from about midnight. Officials appealed for calm but warned that …

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