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Your proof proves you wrong: VIDEOS of Russian warship’s ‘aggressive approach’ actually show US Navy violating maritime law – MoD The Russian defense ministry has dismissed claims by the US Fifth Fleet that a Russian navy ship “aggressively approached” USS Farragut in the North Arabian Sea. It was the US vessel that broke the rules, it said. The US Naval Forces Central Command on Friday accused a “Russian Navy ship” of provoking a near-collision with the US Navy destroyer USS Farragut in the North Arabian Sea. In a statement, that was promptly picked up by many western outlets, the US Navy said that the Russian vessel had “aggressively approached” the American destroyer during the incident on Thursday. It claimed the Russian ship ignored its warning...

'Come on! Google it! We have time!' Jurgen Klopp forces reporter to Google search Jose Mourinho's playing position (VIDEO) It is fair to say that Jose Mourinho's coaching exploits have eclipsed whatever he was able to achieve on the pitch during his playing career, but a curious Jurgen Klopp clearly wants to learn more about his rival manager. Klopp's all-conquering Liverpool team travel to Mourinho's Tottenham on Saturday and while Liverpool's army of scouts will have run the rule over what awaits them at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the one figure that Klopp admits that they may have overlooked is the man standing in the opposition dugout. Of course, Mourinho's managerial CV is almost without equal in the modern game. He has won league titles in eve...

‘Love will prevail’: Spiritual guru Marianne Williamson drops out of 2020 election race Self-help author and activist Marianne Williamson has dropped out of the race to be the next US president, after running a longshot campaign advocating an “agenda for peace” and a “spiritual awakening” for America. In a statement posted to her website on Friday, Williamson said she had run for president to “forge another direction” for the country and to bring topics to the agenda which otherwise would not be discussed. The 67-year-old self-help guru and proponent of a more “mindful politics” was polling at around one percent support and had not qualified for the next Democratic debate – but said she stayed in the race to take advantage of every opportunity to sh...

Austrian chancellor calls US ‘unpredictable,’ brands EU not fully capable of acting despite Europe’s ‘unbelievable success’ Washington has become an increasingly unreliable partner for its European allies, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has said, adding that the European Union remains a “weak” player on the world stage. “The balance of power is shifting internationally,” Kurz told lawmakers as he presented his new government, formed after his conservative People’s Party struck a coalition deal with the Greens. The US still remains the strongest military and economic power in the world but it has become an unpredictable partner for us. The chancellor admitted that America’s global dominance is continuously being challenged by other resurgent p...

US won’t heed Iraq’s call for troop withdrawal, calls military presence there ‘appropriate’ The US is willing to discuss “recommitting to strategic partnership” with Iraq but not a troop withdrawal, the US State Department said, after the country’s prime minister told Washington to “prepare a mechanism” for pull back. In a statement on Friday, department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said that the US military presence in Iraq was ‘appropriate’ and that any delegation the US might send to Iraq to discuss arrangements between the two countries would not discuss the removal of troops. Ortagus acknowledged that there does “need to be a conversation” between US and Iraqi officials, “not just regarding security, but about our financial, economic, and diploma...

No kneeling, no hand gestures: Athletes banned from making protest or political statements at 2020 Tokyo Olympics Athletes have been banned from making visible statements of protest while competing at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, the International Olympic Committee has confirmed. The IOC's published guidelines regarding athlete protest have detailed what athletes are not permitted to do while competing at the Games. Under Rule 50 of the athlete guidelines, athletes are prohibited from making political statements akin to those made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos, whose "Black Power" protest was an iconic image of the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. Chairwoman of the IOC's Athletes Commission, Kirsty Coventry, said it was important to set the bound...

Risky pitch? Labour leadership hopeful calls for 'referendum' on British Royal family (VIDEO) Clive Lewis — the Labour politician bidding to become Jeremy Corbyn's successor — has suggested as part of his leadership pitch, that the British people should decide the future of the Royal family in a referendum. Following his speech in Brixton on Friday, the Norwich South MP was asked by a reporter to give his views on the state of the monarchy, with regards to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's recent decision to "step back" from senior royal duties. Lewis said that he respected the couple's decision due to the press treatment that they have received, along with "the racism that Megan has experienced in the British media." Moving on to the topic of democr...

'He was just trying to run away': Conor McGregor's teammate Dillon Danis lifts lid on UFC 229 brawl with Khabib Nurmagomedov The UFC 229 main event between Khabib Nurmagomedov and Conor McGregor is as infamous for what happened after the fight as what happened during it, as Dillon Danis gives his side of the altercation with the UFC champion. The rivalry between the two fighters spilled over to outside the cage following the Russian's fourth-round submission victory in October 2018, when Nurmagomedov leapt from the cage to confront members of McGregor's entourage.  The fracas also caused members of the Russian fighter's team to enter the cage where they came to blows with McGregor, landing several sanctions on those responsible courtesy of the Nevad...