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Biden said Trump used a "haphazard" decision-making process to order the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassim Suleimani and has failed to communicate the rationale to Congress or US allies around the world. Biden said Trump instead offered "tweets, threats and tantrums" that prove the Republican president to be "dangerously incompetent and incapable of world leadership." from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/36yOQtl

Engine failure caused the crash of a Ukrainian airliner in Iran, rather than a missile attack or act of terrorism, the Ukrainian embassy to Iran said on Wednesday, citing preliminary information. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T2fbfb

Donald Trump once warned Barack Obama against “playing the Iran card” to boost his political prospects by starting a war. Eight years later, Trump is showing no reluctance to capitalize politically on his order to kill Qassem Soleimani, as a cudgel against the president's Democratic political rivals and to divert attention from his impending impeachment. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2tDZoZz

Trump's campaign has used the killing of Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard's elite Quds Force, as a cudgel against the president's Democratic political rivals and to divert attention from his impending impeachment trial in the Senate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2tDZoZz

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Tiger burns in Australia's bushfires? It's a 2012 photo from Indonesia. Young girl rescues koala? Actually an artist's impression. Social media is packed with powerful images of Australia's bushfires -- but many are fake. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FwNoLS

Denmark has about 130 soldiers at the base as part of the international coalition fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Iran launched missile attacks on the Al-Asad air base and another Iraqi facility hosting US-led coalition personnel, in retaliation for the killing of an Iranian commander that sparked fears of a wider war in the Middle East. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N7bFMZ

"We have the votes, once the impeachment trial has begun, to pass a resolution (setting up) what could best be described as a phase one," that lays out arguments of the prosecution and defense, and a period of written questions by senators, McConnell said. No action can be taken, though, until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmits the articles of impeachment -- one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress -- to the Senate. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N1TGHC

"We have the votes, once the impeachment trial has begun, to pass a resolution (setting up) what could best be described as a phase one," that lays out arguments of the prosecution and defense, and a period of written questions by senators, McConnell said. No action can be taken, though, until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi transmits the articles of impeachment -- one for abuse of power, the other for obstruction of Congress -- to the Senate. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N1TGHC

Cars, cots and plastic chairs became temporary beds for hundreds of families who lost their homes in southwest Puerto Rico as a flurry of earthquakes struck the island, one of them the strongest in a century. The magnitude 6.4 quake that struck before dawn on Tuesday killed one person, injured nine others and knocked out power across the U.S. territory, and a majority of Puerto Ricans remained without electricity early Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35xYM4T

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will host Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wed to inaugurate a new gas pipeline, with tensions in Libya and Syria also on the agenda. Russia's leader will seek to boost his credentials as a regional powerbroker at the symbolic opening of the TurkStream pipeline. from Europe News Headlines, Latest Europe News and Live Updates - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QTYakF

Tensions between Iran and the United States have been steadily escalating for months. After a US strike killed a top Iranian commander last week and Iran launched retaliation strikes on Wednesday, here is a review: from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/304KZlk

Mega-spending on delayed, unpopular and controversial projects will be very much the focus when finance minister Sajid Javid unveils his new budget on March 11. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/39HEoBw

Some of the estimated 500 Canadian troops in Iraq will be moved temporarily to neighbouring Kuwait to ensure their safety amid rising tensions in the region, a top Canadian military official said Tuesday. Gen. Jonathan Vance, chief of defence staff, announced the "operational pause" in a letter posted on Twitter to families of deployed military personnel. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2N6gTbD

Iraq's outgoing prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, said Tuesday that the United States has no alternative and must pull its troops out of the country, or else face an impending crisis, as the remains of a senior Iraqi militia commander killed in a US drone strike was brought to Iraq from Iran for burial. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2sUMupO

Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro, whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QWhwG0

Democratic White House hopeful Elizabeth Warren rallied a raucous crowd of thousands in New York City on Tuesday alongside former rival Julian Castro, whose endorsement a day earlier could boost her candidacy at a critical moment in the campaign. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2QWhwG0

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President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that "all is well" following a retaliatory Iranian missile attack on US-led forces and that he would make a statement on the situation on Wednesday morning. Iran said it had launched the missile attack on two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel as retribution for the US killing of Suleimani. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35BaOue

The US has increased its force "protection postures" in the Middle East in view of Iran's aggressive stance, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said, amid tensions over top Iranian general Qassim Suleimani's killing last week. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/300aZOr

After Iran launched missile attacks on US targets in Iraq, the country's telecommunication minister tweeted: "Get the hell out of our region" in Iran's first official reaction to the attacks. Iran said it launched missile attacks on US-led forces in Iraq in the early hours of Wednesday in retaliation for killing Iran's Quds Force commander Qassim Suleimani. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2FwcH0C

he US Federal Aviation Administration said it would ban US carriers from operating in the airspace over Iraq, Iran, the Gulf of Oman and the waters between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Iran launched a missile attack on US-led forces in Iraq. Tehran fired more than a dozen ballistic missiles from Iranian territory against at least two Iraqi military bases hosting US-led coalition personnel, the US military said on Tuesday. from US News Headlines, Latest USA News, America Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2T0DASs

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