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  Last update: 22:57 24.04.2019

  22:57 24.04.2019

  Opinion

  US Faces ‘Test of Power’ in Trying to Enforce Iran Oil Sanctions - Ex-EU Consultant

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo face an uphill struggle to force other nations to abandon their oil trade with Iran, former European Union consultant Paolo von Schirach told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 00:28 25.04.2019

  00:28 25.04.2019

  Middle East

  Lebanon Threatens to Strike Israeli Airport if Military Conflict Erupts - Report

  The Lebanese defence minister ruled out the possibility of military conflict with Tel Aviv in the near future, however.

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  Last update: 03:18 25.04.2019

  03:18 25.04.2019

  US

  US Activists Plan to Call for Intl Probe of Odessa Massacre on 5th Anniversary

  WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Odessa Solidarity Campaign, a project of the United National Antiwar Coalition, will deliver a letter to the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington calling on Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky to launch an international investigation into the 2014 massacre in Odessa, campaign coordinator Phil Wilayto told Sputnik.

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  Last update: 03:07 25.04.2019

  03:07 25.04.2019

  Latin America

  Latin American Migrants Turn to Train Hopping Amid Govt Crackdown in Mexico

  Migrants from Latin American countries have once again resorted to illegal freight train hopping in an attempt to evade measures aimed at curbing illegal migration deployed by the Mexican government. The government measures have already proven their effectiveness, significantly complicating travel by other means of transport.

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  Last update: 22:03 24.04.2019

  22:03 24.04.2019

  Middle East

  Foreign Media Conducted Staged Filming of Family Death in Hama - Russian MoD

  MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Foreign media employees in the Syrian province of Hama conducted a staged filming of the "death" of a family due to alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian troops, Maj. Gen. Viktor Kupchishin, head of the Russian Centre for Syrian Reconciliation, said at a briefing Wednesday.

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  Last update: 00:39 25.04.2019

  00:39 25.04.2019

  Military & Intelligence

  WATCH: Turkish-Made Drone Becomes Flying Machine Gun

  Turkish technology manufacturer Asis Elektronik ve Bilişim Sistemleri A.Ş. has developed an armed drone system consisting of an automatic weapon fixed on a remotely controlled small drone.

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  Last update: 03:58 25.04.2019

  03:58 25.04.2019

  Opinion

  ‘War is the Ultimate Crime’: Coverup of US Navy SEAL’s Civilian Murders Par for the Course

  After one US Navy SEAL was accused of committing war crimes in Iraq, it revealed a larger system of coverups and a culture that discouraged reporting war crimes and other abuses. Two veterans-turned-anti-war activists told Sputnik that all wars are war crimes and that Americans need to stop romanticizing the military.

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  Last update: 04:00 25.04.2019

  04:00 25.04.2019

  Society

  Kids Under One Should Not be Exposed to Electronic Screens - WHO

  A new report released Wednesday by the World Health Organization (WHO) states that children under the age of five should not spend more than an hour per day using electronic screens, while infants less than one year old should not have any exposure to screens at all.