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Iran says it destroyed MQ-9 drone over Ahvaz

July 19th, 2026

Sally Shakkour

ALBAWABA - The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) claimed to have shot down an MQ-9 drone in the skies over the city of Ahvaz in the southwest of the country, local ...

Iran says it destroyed MQ-9 drone over Ahvaz

Sally Shakkour

ALBAWABA - The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) claimed to have shot down an MQ-9 drone in the skies over the...

US escalates strikes against Iran in revenge for Americans killed in Jordan

Sally Shakkour

ALBAWABA - The United States escalated its airstrikes against Iran in revenge for the killing of American service members in...

The Iranian flight that never reached Sanaa: Why Yemen forced it to turn back?

Osama Ali

ALBAWABA -- Yemen's internationally recognized government claimed it barred an Iranian passenger plane from landing at Sanaa International Airport on...

Two US troops killed, one missing after Iranian attack in Jordan

Osama Ali

ALBAWABA – Two American service members were killed and a third is missing following Iranian assaults on U.S. forces in...

Mamdani vows to arrest Netanyahu upon arrival in NY for UN general assembly

Osama Ali

ALBAWABA - New York City Mayor **Zohran Mamdani** has renewed his vow to attempt to implement the International Criminal Court’s...

Video: US bombs IRGC missile base in Southern Iran

ALBAWABA — Iranian media reports and circulating internet videos said a site for missiles operated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was hit in a fresh wave

Devastating 7.4 earthquake strikes Mexico, Tsunami alertissued

Trump fires federal prosecutor just one hour after appointment

Explosions reported in Dubai as missile strikes hit near Bandar Abbas

Dubai denies false reports of explosions

Iranian parliament speaker declares "Existential War" with America

ALBAWABA- Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi threatened a major escalation against Saudi Arabia on Thursday, warning of a "different war" if Riyadh continues what he described as its blockade and ...

Deadly crowd crush at India’s Rath Yatra leaves one dead, over 100 injured

July 16th, 2026

Mansour Al-Maswari

ALBAWABA- At least one person was killed, and more than 100 others were hospitalized after a crowd crush during the annual Rath Yatra festival in the eastern Indian city of ...

Toronto records world’s worst air quality as Canadian wildfires rage on

July 16th, 2026

Mansour Al-Maswari

ALBAWABA- Smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning across Canada blanketed large parts of the country on Wednesday, pushing Toronto to the top of the global list for the world's worst ...

Syria foils major weapons smuggling operation to Hezbollah on Syrian-Iraqi border

July 16th, 2026

Mansour Al-Maswari

ALBAWABA- Syrian authorities announced they had foiled an attempt to smuggle a large shipment of weapons allegedly destined for Hezbollah across the Syrian-Iraqi border, prompting Iraq to launch an investigation ...

Protests in Kyiv over Defense Minister dismissal

Protests in Ukraine over removal of Defense Minister Fedorov

July 16th, 2026

P. Choiaqo

ALBAWABA - Large protests have erupted in several cities in Ukraine after Zelenskyy reshuffled his government; removing popular Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov. More than a thousand people took to the ...

Jew standing on monument on the Lebanese-Israeli border

Israel tells US Pentagon it’s keeping its forces inside ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria

July 16th, 2026

P. Choiaqo

ALBAWABA - Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, told U.S. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth that Israel is planning to keep its forces inside their ‘security zones’ in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria ...

Drone explosion hits US consulate in Erbil, northern Iraq

July 15th, 2026

Mansour Al-Maswari

ALBAWABA-A drone exploded at or near the U.S. Consulate in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, on Wednesday, according to local media reports and Agence France-Presse (AFP), as tensions ...

35 killed, over 300 injured in U.S. strikes on southern Iran

July 15th, 2026

Mansour Al-Maswari

ALBAWABA- At least 35 people have been killed and more than 300 injured since the United States intensified its airstrikes on southern Iran, Iran's Health Ministry said on Wednesday, as ...

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Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) talks with the President of the Chamber of Deputies Arthur Lira (L) during his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)

Supporters of Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather in the surroundings of the National Congress to follow his inauguration for a third mandate in Brasilia on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) stands with indigenous Brazilian leader and environmentalist Raoni Metuktire, known as Chief Raoni, after receiving the presidential sash from him and other community representatives, at Planalto Palace after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) waves at supporters as he arrives with his wife First Lady Rosangela 'Janja' da Silva (2-L), new Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin (R) and his wife Maria Lucia Ribeiro Alckmin at Planalto Palace after their inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

People react during Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s induction ceremony at Planalto Palace in Brasilia on January 1, 2023, after his inauguration ceremony. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Supporters of Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gather in the surroundings of the National Congress to follow his inauguration for a third mandate in Brasilia on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by CARL DE SOUZA / AFP)

Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L) gets emotional next to his wife First Lady Rosangela da Silva as he delivers an inaugural speech at Planalto Palace after his inauguration ceremony at the National Congress, in Brasilia, on January 1, 2023. Lula da Silva, a 77-year-old leftist who already served as president of Brazil from 2003 to 2010, takes office for the third time with a grand inauguration in Brasilia. (Photo by EVARISTO SA / AFP)

A protester wears an helmet with a caricature of European Council President Charles Michel reading "I'm handling the crisis" during a demonstration against surging energy prices and increased living costs during a national demonstration in Brussels on September 21, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

People from the USB union "Unione Sindacale di Base" burn their energy bills during a demonstration over the cost-of-living crisis especially the energy prices rising in central Rome, on October 3, 2022. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Marches are planned in several UK cities to bring attention to the cost of living crisis, with rising energy bills putting severe financial pressure on many across the country. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)

A protester holds up a sign reading: "Our country first" during a rally of far-right groups including the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party against rising prices in Berlin on October 8, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Protesters hold German flags with "We are the people" written on them during a rally of far-right groups including the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party against rising prices in Berlin on October 8, 2022. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Protestors burn up their energy bills during a demonstration organized by Italian's Unione Sindacale di Base (USB) against the high cost of living and energy price rising in Rome on October 3, 2022. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)

Environmental activists of the "code rouge" coalition block the entrance of the TotalEnergies Refinery in Feluy, near Brussels on October 8, 2022. (Photo by Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP)

Protesters threw rocks, firecrackers, bottles, eggs and tomatoes at the police line manning the headquarters of Czech power producer CEZ and the president's office to protest against sky-high January electricity bills in the EU's poorest country, as the government drags its feet on liberalising the energy market. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP)

People pay their respects for victims of the stampede at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java on October 4, 2022. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)

Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation on October 4 over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)

A woman reacts as people pay their respects for victims of the stampede at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java on October 4, 2022. (Photo by JUNI KRISWANTO / AFP)

Football supporters hold candlelight vigil for victims of a stampede, in Bekasi on October 3, 2022. (Photo by REZAS / AFP)

Football supporters hold candlelight vigil for victims of a stampede, in Medan on October 3, 2022. (Photo by ARIANDI / AFP)

Anger against police mounted in Indonesia on October 3 after at least 125 people were killed in one of the deadliest disasters in the history of football, when officers fired tear gas in a packed stadium, triggering a stampede. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP)

In this picture taken on October 1, 2022, a group of people carry a man after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java. (Photo by AFP)

At least 127 people died at a football stadium in Indonesia late on October 1 when fans invaded the pitch and police responded with tear gas, triggering a stampede, officials said. (Photo by AFP)

Akie Abe (L), wife of Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe, bows to Japan's current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd R) as she carries a cinerary urn containing her husband's ashes as she arrives to attend his state funeral at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by Kiyoshi Ota / POOL / AFP)

Jordan's King Abdullah II (R) walks from the altar after offering flowers during the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK ROBICHON / POOL / AFP)

A general view shows the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK ROBICHON / POOL / AFP)

Britain's former prime minister Theresa May (L) prepares to lay flowers during the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP)

Honour guards place a cinerary urn containing the ashes of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe on the altar during his state funeral in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by FRANCK ROBICHON / POOL / AFP)

Guests attend the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS / POOL / AFP)

Japan's late prime minister Shinzo Abe's widow Akie Abe (R) walks behind Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as she carries her husband's ashes during his state funeral in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by KIM KYUNG-HOON / POOL / AFP)

US Vice President Kamala Harris (C) and US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel attend the state funeral for Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe in the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on September 27, 2022. (Photo by LEAH MILLIS / POOL / AFP)

Thousands of Japanese and foreign dignitaries have gathered in Tokyo on September 27 to honour Abe, at a rare state funeral that has sparked controversy and protest. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP)

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on September 21, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. (Photo by AFP)

Mahsa Amini, 22, was on a visit with her family to the Iranian capital Tehran, when she was detained on September 13, 2022, by the police unit responsible for enforcing Iran's strict dress code for women, including the wearing of the headscarf in public. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

In the fifth night of street rallies, police used tear gas and made arrests to disperse crowds of up to 1,000 people, the official IRNA news agency said. (Photo by AFP)

Kurdish and Lebanese women take part in a rally in the downtown district of the capital Beirut on Spetember 21, 2022, days after the Iranian authorities announced the death of Mahsa Amini, who had been held in the capital Tehran for allegedly wearing a hijab headscarf in an "improper" way. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

An Iranian woman living in Turkey, burns a headscarf, during a protest outside the Iranian consulate in Istanbul on September 21, 2022, following the death of an Iranian Amini after her arrest by the country's morality police in Tehran. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran shows demonstrators gathering around a burning barricade during a protest for Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police", in Tehran on September 19, 2022. (Photo by AFP)

Fresh protests broke out on September 19 in Iran over the death of a young woman who had been arrested by the "morality police" that enforces a strict dress code, local media reported. (Photo by AFP)

A picture taken in Tehran on September 18, 2022 shows the front pages of Iranian newspapers featuring articles and photographs of Mahsa Amini, a woman who died after being arrested by the Islamic republic's "morality police" two days ago. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran on September 21, 2022, shows Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of the capital Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini, days after she died in police custody. (Photo by AFP)