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LIVE:Footage of Iranian Tanker Grace 1 a Day After its Release From Gibraltar

Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored awaiting a court ruling on whether it can be freed after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain, August 15, 2019.

00:54 17 August 2019 / updated: 06:54 US

US Issues Warrant to Seize Iranian Grace 1 Oil Tanker - Justice Department

Armed men ride on the back of a truck to attend a rally held by supporters of Houthi rebels and Yemen's former president Ali Abdullah Saleh to celebrate an agreement reached by Saleh and the Houthis to form a political council to unilaterally rule the country, in Sanaa, Yemen August 1, 2016

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A man enters the US Treasury Department building on Pennsylvania Avenue on January 24, 2017, in Washington, DC.

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A worker walks past oil pipes at a refinery in Wuhan, Hubei province, China

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In this video grab taken from a footage on Aug. 13, 2019, and distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a NATO F-18 warplane is viewed from the window of a passenger plane carrying Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu over the Baltic Sea.

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US Ban on Huawei Shrugged Off in Southeast Asia as Washington Locked in Trade War With China
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Middle East
Hezbollah Leader Says 'Axis of Resistance' Stops US From Going to War With Iran
Despite continuing tensions between Tehran and Washington both countries have denounced the option of going to war with each other. Iran has repeatedly cautioned the US that if it decides to attack the country, the whole region might turn against it.
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Russia Reserves Its Right to Retaliate In Case of US Forces Deployment in Poland- Lawmaker
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia reserves its right to retaliate in case of deployment of US armed forces in Poland, a member of the Russian parliament's upper house committee on defence and security, Frants Klintsevich, told Sputnik on Saturday.
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This AI Voice Generator Makes Jordan Peterson Say Whatever You Want
This is not the first time that Jordan Peterson has been an inspiration for AI researchers: just a few months ago, a special algorithm made the self-help guru rap like Eminem.
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Europe
UK Gov’t Discovered to Have Set up News Platform for Muslims to Counter Terrorism – Report
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