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    Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims
    Dec30

    Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims

    Iran says its cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January …read more Source:: ABC...

    Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims
    Dec30

    Iran allocates payment to families of Ukraine crash victims

    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s cabinet has created a compensation fund to pay the families of the 176 victims of a Ukrainian passenger plane that was shot down by Iranian forces outside Tehran last January, the president announced Wednesday. Iran will pay $150,000 for each victim, state TV reported, without specifying a timeline...

    GREAT AGAIN: Donald Trump Will Leave a Legacy of Unprecedented Achievement
    Dec30

    GREAT AGAIN: Donald Trump Will Leave a Legacy of Unprecedented Achievement

    Donald Trump has allegedly been “defeated” in the 2020 election, but win or lose, he will go down in history as one of the most accomplished U.S. presidents since George Washington. As Trump’s first term in office comes to a close, it’s worth taking some time to look back and marvel at some of his most remarkable...

    Here are 5 events that made 2020 one of the most chaotic years in modern US history
    Dec29

    Here are 5 events that made 2020 one of the most chaotic years in modern US history

    2020 will go down in history as one of the most chaotic, disturbing years in United States history. The Trump era in general has been tumultuous; President Donald Trump thrives on chaos, and he was facing two articles of impeachment — one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress — when 2020 started. But Trump’s impeachment...

    Iran-Linked Ship to Aid Construction of Contested Russian Pipeline
    Dec29

    Iran-Linked Ship to Aid Construction of Contested Russian Pipeline

    A ship linked to the Iranian regime’s illicit activities is currently being repurposed to engage in work on a contested Russian-German gas pipeline that has been heavily sanctioned by bipartisan coalitions in Washington, D.C., and is broadly opposed across Europe. The U.S. government has information indicating Russia may attempt to acquire...

    Coronavirus-denying Russian monk detained by police
    Dec29

    Coronavirus-denying Russian monk detained by police

    MOSCOW (AP) — Russian riot police stormed into a monastery Tuesday to detain a rebel monk who has castigated the Kremlin and the Russian Orthodox Church leadership and denied the existence of the coronavirus. In the overnight showdown, police clashed with supporters of Father Sergiy at the Sredneuralsk monastery outside Yekaterinburg in the Ural...

    The source behind the New York Post’s dubious Hunter Biden story is suing Twitter for defamation
    Dec29

    The source behind the New York Post’s dubious Hunter Biden story is suing Twitter for defamation

    Hunter Biden, left, and President-elect Joe Biden, right, embrace after the latter won the 2020 presidential election on November 7, 2020. Andrew Harnik-Pool/Getty Images John Paul Mac Isaac, the laptop repairman behind the New York Post’s dubious exposé on Hunter Biden, sued Twitter for defamation on Monday. Isaac claims Twitter falsely...

    Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists after more than nine months of travel bans due to COVID-19
    Dec29

    Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists after more than nine months of travel bans due to COVID-19

    Authorities were forced to close the island nation’s airports in March. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte After nine months of travel bans imposed under the COVID-19 pandemic, Sri Lanka is reopening to tourists. Officials are implementing a pilot program working to attract visitors, starting with a special tourist flight from Ukraine on Monday....

    Asia Today: US begins vaccinating its troops in South Korea
    Dec29

    Asia Today: US begins vaccinating its troops in South Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States has started vaccinating its troops based in South Korea, as its Asian ally reported its highest daily COVID-19 fatalities amid surging cases in the country. The United States Forces Korea says in a statement it started inoculating military and civilian health-care workers, first responders and the USFK...

    Newly elected GOP ‘Freedom Force’ unites to fight socialism and the ‘Squad’
    Dec28

    Newly elected GOP ‘Freedom Force’ unites to fight socialism and the ‘Squad’

    Four incoming Republican members of Congress with personal experiences with communist or socialist countries are teaming up to form a “Freedom Force” to stand up to the radical left, and they want more members of the freshman class of lawmakers to join them. Reps.-elect Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Carlos Gimenez (R-Fla.), Maria...