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detained in Vienna in connection with investigations into an alleged plot to strike a Taylor Swift concert in the Austrian capital, the interior ministry said on Friday. The Iraqi national is said to have come from the same circle as the main suspect, a 19-year-old Austrian with North Macedonian roots, according to the ministry. The main suspect, who had vowed loyalty to Islamic State (IS), was planning a lethal assault among the estimated 20,000 «Swiftie» fans set to gather outside Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium.

apparatchiks in Beijing had seemingly not realised that the ensuing prosperity would turn their society into a liberal democracy, given time. Newly democratic Russia was also headed beyond history: it was planning an underwater gas pipeline to Germany, the home of Wandel durch Handel (change through trade). Even the head of its security service at the time of Kosovo, one Vladimir Putin, would denounce communism as “a blind alley".

U.S. personnel were injured in an attack against a military base in Iraq on Monday, U.S. officials told Reuters, as the Middle East braced for a possible new wave of attacks by Iran and its allies following last week's killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah. Two Katyusha rockets were fired at al Asad airbase in western Iraq, two Iraqi security sources said. One Iraqi security source said the rockets fell inside the base. It was unclear whether the attack was linked to threats by Iran to retaliate over the killings. On Wednesday, Iran said the U.S. bears responsibility in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran because of its support for Israel.

Iran that escalation in the Middle East is not in their interest, a State Department spokesperson said on Monday, at what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called a «critical moment» for the region. Blinken said Washington was «engaged in intense diplomacy, pretty much around the clock» to help calm tensions amid fears Iran is preparing a retaliatory strike against Israel. «All parties must refrain from escalation,» Blinken said during a signing ceremony with his Australian counterpart in Washington.

Iran and its allies readied their response to the assassination of Hamas's political leader, blamed on Israel, spurring fears of a regional war. Israel ally the United States said it would move warships and fighter jets to the region, while Western governments called on their citizens to leave Lebanon — where the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement is based — and airlines cancelled flights. The killing this week of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, hours after the Israeli assassination of Hezbollah's military chief in Beirut, has triggered vows of vengeance from Iran and the so-called «axis of

Olympics 2024 schedule for football shows that the United States will take on FIFA World Cup 2022 semi-finalist Morocco in a mouth-watering soccer match at quarterfinals stage on Friday, August 2. Olympics 2024 soccer match between Team USA and Morocco is scheduled to kick off at 9 am (ET) at Parc des Princes stadium in Paris on Friday. Viewers in the US can watch the United States and Morocco's soccer game on Peacock. Morocco is likely to win the Olympics 2024 football quarterfinals against Team USA.

A father and son accused of planning a terrorist attack in Toronto had filmed a video of themselves holding weapons in front of the ISIS flag, sources told Global News.

Gaza Strip, Israel has fought a parallel, slower-paced conflict with Hamas' allies across the Middle East in which all sides have risked major escalation but ultimately avoided dragging the region into a bigger, multi-front war.

India is likely to cut the floor price for basmati rice exports and replace the 20% export tax on parboiled rice with a fixed duty on overseas shipments, government sources said, as rice inventories in the country jumped a record high. The world's biggest rice exporter imposed various curbs on exports in 2023 and continued them in 2024 in an effort to keep local prices in check ahead of the general elections held in April-May. New Delhi is expected to lower the basmati rice's minimum export price (MEP) to $800-$850 a metric ton, down from $950 a ton, to boost shipments, said the sources, who didn't wish to be identified as they are not authorised to talk to media.

Indian national was among six people killed in a rare shooting attack by Islamic State militant group near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital. The shooting on Monday night near the Imam Ali Mosque also claimed the lives of one policeman and four Pakistan nationals, while injuring 28 others. «Following the shooting incident reported in Muscat city on July 15, Foreign Ministry of Sultanate of Oman has informed that one Indian national has lost his life & another is injured,» Embassy of India in Muscat posted on X Tuesday. «Embassy offers its sincere condolences & stands ready to offer all assistance to the families,» it said.

MILWAUKEE—A group of foreign ambassadors and other diplomats gathered here between second and third base at America Family Field, home of the Milwaukee Brewers, for an event focused on luring foreign investments to southeastern Wisconsin. But on everyone’s mind was GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s selection of JD Vance—a leading critic of U.S. support for Ukraine—as his running mate on the first night of the Republican National Convention.

Musk took the comment section of the post and reacted with laughing-out-loud emoticon.Senator JD Vance is former US President Donald Trump’s running mate and Usha Chilukuri Vance is his Indian-origin wife. The couple was trending on social media. X users have been flooding social media with posts on Chilukuri’s Indian connection.

Donald Trump announced Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate for the upcoming U.S. presidential election. Vance, once a vocal critic of Trump, has since become a staunch ally, marking a significant turnaround in their political relationship. Trump made the announcement via his social media platform, Truth Social, during a Republican Party convention in Milwaukee, which was heightened by the recent attempt on Trump's life. Born James David Bowman in 1984 in Middletown, Ohio, Vance's upbringing in the struggling Appalachian coal country shaped his perspective. After serving in the Marines and earning degrees in political science and philosophy from Ohio State University and Yale Law School, Vance gained national attention with his memoir "Hillbilly Elegy."

An Israeli drone strike on a car near the Lebanon-Syria border HAS killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close ties to the government of Syria’s President Bashar Assad

Iraq after being convicted for committing various crimes in Iraq and Syria when the terror organization headed by her husband occupied large parts of the Levant region. According to the Supreme Judicial Council, a criminal court in Karkh convicted a woman who has been identified as Asma Mohammed for working in a terror organization and detaining Yazidi women. The first wife of the slain commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is also known by the name of Umm Hudaifa.

Indian imports rose to 42% in June from 37% in May and was more than the combined share of the next four largest suppliers, according to energy cargo tracker Vortexa. Crude imports from Russia jumped 13% in a month to 1.92 million barrels per day (mbd) in June. Russia's share in Indian imports exceeded the combined share of Iraq (16%), Saudi Arabia (8%), the UAE (8%) and the US (7%). Supplies from Iraq dropped 22% in a month to 754,000 barrels per day (bpd) in June and imports from Saudi Arabia fell 36% to 386,000 bpd. Supplies from the US, however, rose 63% to 330,000 bpd.

AC 130-J is large according to CNN who has reported this. Nicknamed the Ghost rider, it has the ability to pick on objects which are located 50,000 feet away. It has powerful cameras that can easily capture the photographs before relaying it back the command center. It is also equipped with the biggest gun ever mounted on a fixed wing plane. Recently, the aircraft was spotted in the South Korean air space where it was conducting joint exercises with a key Asian ally. This aircraft is critical to the US Air Force and its aircraft mounted gun missions in places such as Iraq and Somalia.

Turkmenistan and Iran have signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship to Iraq

Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal was announced by Turkmenistan's foreign ministry, which did not state the monetary worth of the contract. The ministry's statement said Iranian companies will construct a new 125-kilometer (77-mile) pipeline to Iran to expand Turkmenistan's delivery capacity. The ministry said Turkmenistan plans to increase its gas supplies to Iran to 40 billion cubic meters a year.

security forces was helping families of eight SIMI activists killed in an encounter with police in 2016, a senior official of the Madhya Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad said on Monday. The ATS last week arrested Faizan Sheikh, a mechanic who was influenced by the ideologies of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and the Islamic State (IS), from the communally-sensitive Khandwa town. «Sheikh was bringing together and helping the families of SIMI activists killed in an encounter with police. He conducted recees to carry out lone-wolf attacks on police personnel in Khandwa town,» Inspector General (IG-ATS) Ashish told PTI. The accused was arrested on July 4 and remanded to ATS custody for five days, he said.