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  Last update: 21:28 25.08.2019

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  Middle East

  Yemeni Houthis Say Attacked Saudi Arabia's Jizan Airport Firing 10 Ballistic Missiles - Reports

  The Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition, which supports Yemen’s internationally recognised government in its fight against the movement, often exchange fire. Yemen's Houthis Fire 10 Ballistic Missiles Towards Saudi Arabia's Jizan Airport - Reports

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  Last update: 17:55 25.08.2019

  17:55 25.08.2019

  Middle East

  US Aircraft Carrier Deployed to 'Deter' Iran Stays 600 Miles Away From Strait of Hormuz

  The United States sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East in May in a "clear message" to Iran that any attack on American interests or those of its allies would be met with "unrelenting force" in response to what Washington described as a "number of troubling and escalatory indications".

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  Last update: 21:09 25.08.2019

  21:09 25.08.2019

  Middle East

  ‘Kill ’em First’: Netanyahu Warns ‘Any Country’ Involved in Anti-Israeli Attack of ‘Consequences’

  The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stated last night that they had attacked what they described as Iranian forces and "Shiite militia targets" in Syria. According to the Israeli military, they were aimed at stopping a "pending, large-scale attack of multiple killer drones on Israel". Hours after the strike, the head of the Israeli government toured the Golan Heights.

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  Last update: 18:46 25.08.2019

  18:46 25.08.2019

  Africa

  South Africa Seizes Tanzanian Airbus Amid Land Expropriation Compensation Case

  While South Africa is set to start confiscating land from the white farmer minority and redistribute it among the rest of the population, Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has ordered the seizure of an aircraft leased by Tanzania's national carrier, as Dodoma has failed to compensate a farmer for taking his land decades ago.

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  Last update: 14:32 25.08.2019

  14:32 25.08.2019

  World

  Prince Andrew Reportedly Flew on Epstein's Jet With Ex-Miss Russia Who Allegedly Dated George Soros

  Following weeks of media speculation, Prince Andrew has denied being aware of any "behaviour of the sort" that led to the arrest and conviction of the now-deceased US financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Despite his statement, new details about their 20-year "friendship" continue to surface.

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  Last update: 20:30 25.08.2019

  20:30 25.08.2019

  Tech

  Rise of Sex Machines: Doll Collector Warns AI-Steered Models Could Kill Their Owners

  While some enjoy rapid leaps in technology, aging their photos or ordering all kinds of stuff on the Internet, some are embracing AI-powered sex dolls with human-like responses. They do not argue or break up with their owners, but this seeming robotic idyll could turn into a nightmare, a sex doll collector known under the pseudonym Brick Dollbanger warns.

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  Last update: 15:47 25.08.2019

  15:47 25.08.2019

  Tech

  Jordan Peterson Deepfake Voice Generator Taken Down After He Suggested Legal Action ASAP

  Jordan Peterson has called on lawmakers to take measures and make the production of deepfakes a felony offense after an audio spoofing website, based on a neural network, appeared to mimic the voice of the Canadian professor, thus making him say things he never said.

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  Last update: 19:31 25.08.2019

  19:31 25.08.2019

  Europe

  Migrant Rapist, Spared Deportation by Plane Mutiny, Claims to be 'Suicidal', Seeks to Stay in UK

  Somalian Yaqub Ahmed, who was part of a gang that raped a 16-year-old girl, should have been deported from Britain last October; however, a revolt by people on board the plane scuppered his removal.