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  Last update: 15:28 GMT 26.01.2020

  15:28 GMT 26.01.2020

  Middle East

  Iranian Plane Catches Fire After Leaving Gorgan Airport - Reports

  An incident has taken place on board of an Iranian passenger plane mere minutes after taking off from an airport in the administrative centre of Golestan province, the city of Gorgan, located in northern Iran.

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  Last update: 14:02 GMT 26.01.2020

  14:02 GMT 26.01.2020

  Africa

  French Defence Minister Reportedly Tries to Prevent US Withdrawal From Africa

  The US has been recently thinking about reducing its military presence in the Islamist-infested continent in order to focus more on countering Russia and China globally, despite the dire situation with terrorism in certain African countries.

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  Last update: 14:30 GMT 26.01.2020

  14:30 GMT 26.01.2020

  Tech

  Google User Spawns Antarctica Craze as He Spots 'Some Sort of Huge Building' Lurking in Snow

  Google Earth has long been uncovering intriguing objects - and truths - for its users, and a recent case is yet more proof.

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  Last update: 16:55 GMT 26.01.2020

  16:55 GMT 26.01.2020

  Middle East

  Israeli Forces Carry Out Strike in Gaza in Response to Rocket Fire - IDF

  The news comes as the Israeli military announced that it had struck several Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, targeting a weapons production site and a military compound.

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  Last update: 12:22 GMT 26.01.2020

  12:22 GMT 26.01.2020

  UK

  Ex-Speaker Bercow Blasted for His ‘Jekyll and Hyde Character’ That ‘Terrified’ Westminster

  Yet another ethics complaint has been launched against former Commons Speaker John Bercow, who was nominated for a peerage after he stepped down amid the pre-election Brexit limbo. In what appears to be by far not the first complaint, he is accused of constantly flying off the handle and using obscene language at work.

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  Last update: 14:40 GMT 26.01.2020

  14:40 GMT 26.01.2020

  Tech

  Probability of ‘Extinction-Like’ and ‘City-Killing’ Asteroids Hitting Our Planet Revealed

  While space debris is a common guest to our planet, with small rocks burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere every day, potential impacts of larger asteroids can lead to more dire consequences.

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  Last update: 12:33 GMT 26.01.2020

  12:33 GMT 26.01.2020

  Europe

  Store Selling 'Nazi Beer' Comes Under Police Investigation in Eastern Germany

  The investigators from the neighbouring state of Thuringia, where the sale of the controversial beer was launched, said that they did not find any legal violation with regard to the brand.

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  Last update: 14:56 GMT 26.01.2020

  14:56 GMT 26.01.2020

  Viral

  Scottish Model Reveals the Heartbreaking Reason Why She Stripped Naked at Rugby Final

  Heather McCartney was arrested shortly after her naughty stunt and spent the night in a police cell. The voluptuous model, who has more than 300,000 followers on her Instagram account, was fined $300.