Day: January 3, 2020

South Asia counts losses from devastating monsoon floods

Indonesia flood rescuers hunt for missing after 43 killed

2:59 pm January 3, 2020

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers mounted a desperate search Friday for those missing after flash floods and landslides sparked by torrential rains killed at least 43 people across the Jakarta region, leaving whole districts under water and thousands homeless. Around a dozen people were still unaccounted for after record rains that started on New Year’s Eve pounded […]

Congress not notified ahead of Soleimani killing: senior US lawmaker

2:55 pm January 3, 2020

Washington: US lawmakers were not told in advance of the attack ordered by President Donald Trump that killed a top Iranian military commander, a senior House Democrat said late Thursday. The strike conducted in Iraq against Iran’s Qasem Soleimani “went forward with no notification or consultation with Congress,” House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Eliot Engel […]

US long watched Soleimani, but feared risks of a strike

Iran Guards ex-head vows ‘revenge’ on US over Soleimani death

2:51 pm January 3, 2020

Tehran: A former head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said revenge would be exacted on the United States for killing the commander of its Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, in Baghdad on Friday. “Soleimani joined his martyr brothers but we will exact terrible vengeance upon America,” Mohsen Rezai, who currently heads the Expediency Council, wrote on Twitter.

Iranian foreign minister arrives on 3-day India visit

Iran’s Zarif says Soleimani killing dangerous escalation

2:47 pm January 3, 2020

Tehran: Iran’s foreign minister slammed the killing on Friday of Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani as a dangerous escalation and warned the United States would bear responsibility for the consequences. “The US’ act of international terrorism, targeting and assassinating General Soleimani… is extremely dangerous and a foolish escalation,” Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on Twitter. “The […]

Trump ordered killing of Soleimani to protect US personnel abroad: Pentagon

2:43 pm January 3, 2020

Washington: President Donald Trump ordered for the US airstrike in Iraq that killed General Qasem Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, in a “decisive defensive action” to protect US personnel abroad and deter future attacks being planned by Iran, the Pentagon said Friday. General Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and […]

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