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Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no retaliation
DUBAI/JERUSALEM, April 19 (Reuters) – Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources said was an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation – a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. Iran’s foreign minister said the drones, which the sources said…
Biggest trackway of dinosaur footprints found in Oxfordshire quarry
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Russia, Iran and China to hold warship drills in Gulf of Oman
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U.K. Prosecutors: Some Bible Verses “No Longer Appropriate” to Be Quoted in Public
British prosecutors declared recently that certain Bible passages are “no longer appropriate” to be uttered in public. “There are references in the bible which are simply no longer appropriate in modern society and which would be deemed offensive if stated in public,” lawyers from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) told the court. The statement occurred…
Putin ‘losing’ war in Ukraine, forcing annexation referendum to secure ‘political victory,’ Keane says
Keane says forced annexation referendums in Ukraine are a ‘sham’ Russian President Vladimir Putin is aware he’s “losing this war” against Ukraine and is forcing an annexation referendum vote to score a “political victory” with the Russian people, according to retired four-star Army Gen. Jack Keane. “He’s got to conclude that at least right now…


