Model and Instagram star shot dead in spate of killings targeting females in Iraq
An Iraqi model and social media influencer has been shot dead by unknown attackers in Baghdad.

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Trump accuses Iran of sowing 'chaos and death'
Donald Trump launched a scathing attack on Iran yesterday, accusing its leaders of sowing "chaos, death and destruction" in a speech to the United Nations.

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Iran threatens vengeance for mass shooting at army parade
Iran's Revolutionary Guard vowed "deadly and unforgettable" vengeance yesterday for the mass shooting at a military parade as Iran's president blamed US-backed insurgents for killing 25 people in a hail of bullets.

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Putin snubs Israel with new Syrian air defences
Russia announced yesterday it will supply an S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria in two weeks despite strong Israeli objections, a week after Moscow blamed Israel for indirectly causing the downing of a Russian military plane in Syria.

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Iran blames US-backed Gulf states after attack on parade
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last night accused US-backed Gulf Arab states of carrying out a shooting attack on a military parade that killed 25 people, almost half of them members of the country's elite Revolutionary Guards.

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Syria accord strengthens the Russian hand in world affairs
A ceasefire seldom gets a good press. If it ends violence or defuses a crisis, the media get bored and lose interest. If the fighting goes on, then those who have called the ceasefire are condemned as heartless hypocrites who either never intended to bring the killing to an end or are culpably failing to do so.

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