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‘Undeniable role in defeating ISIS’: Russian MOD says Iran’s Soleimani organized anti-terrorist fight ‘long before US was there’ Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US airstrike, had played a vital role in fighting terrorists in Syria and Iraq, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that his death would harm international security. The ministry slammed the assassination of the Iranian general, carried out on orders from Washington, calling it a “short-sighted” move that would lead to a “rapid escalation” of tensions in the Middle East. It also described Soleimani as a talented and experienced commander, who enjoyed “well-earned authority” throughout the Middle East. It was under Soleimani’s direct command that military resistan...

VIDEO shows US strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani in Baghdad A security camera video, purporting to show the US air strike that killed Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and several leaders of the Iraqi Shia militia outside the Baghdad airport, has surfaced online. The 11-second clip, first posted by the Iraqi TV station Ahad, shows an explosion ripping through the parking lot outside the Baghdad International Airport on Thursday evening. لحظة العدوان الامريكي الغاشم و اغتيال القائدين الشهيدين قاسم سليماني و ابو مهدي المهندس pic.twitter.com/vbBmAonbV5— قناة العهد (@AhadTv) January 3, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Ahad TV described the short recording as “the moment of brutal American aggression and the a...

'Feels like the old Conor is back': UFC star Darren Till expecting to see vintage Conor McGregor against Donald Cerrone at UFC 246 Darren Till knows exactly what it takes to defeat Donald Cerrone having done just that in Poland two years ago and says that Conor McGregor appears poised for a similarly emphatic performance against the man known as 'Cowboy'. Liverpool native Till captured the attention of the world's mixed martial arts community with a one-round shellacking of the popular Cerrone in the headliner of a UFC event in Gdansk and writing in long social media post on Friday, he says that McGregor is more than capable of taking advantage of the same advantages that he did against the American fighter. Also on rt.com ...

‘De facto state of war’: DeBlasio warns New Yorkers of ‘new reality’ in wake of the killing of Iran’s Soleimani New York mayor Bill de Blasio warned the city that attempted terrorist attacks may follow the US strike on Iranian commander Soleimani, anticipating never-before-seen threats would be unleashed – but told citizens not to panic. After the strike on Baghdad airport “we are dealing with a different reality,” de Blasio told a press conference on Friday, admitting that “none of us know how this will play out,” as it has been decades since the US confronted “the reality of a war with the government of a large country with an international terror network at its behest.” Previous terror attacks on New York, he pointed out, came from “non-state actor...

3,000 more US troops headed to Middle East after Baghdad strike that killed Soleimani Another 3,000 US airborne troops will be deploying to Kuwait, to join the 750 already there, even as Washington warned Americans to leave Iraq after the airstrike that assassinated a top Iranian general. The entire 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 82nd Airborne Division is now headed to the US base in Kuwait, multiple outlets reported, citing anonymous Pentagon officials on Friday. The deployment does not appear to be directly in response to the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, however, but rather part of the build-up set in motion on Tuesday, following the siege of the US embassy in Baghdad.  Also on rt.com US sending 750 ...

Money on Merseyside: Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov eyes investment in Premier League Everton Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has reportedly said that he's keen to invest in Premier League club Everton and team up with the club's majority shareholder, his friend and business partner Farhad Moshiri. According a report by the Financial Times, former Arsenal investor Usmanov, who sold a 30 percent stake in the London club to American rival Stan Kroenke in August 2018, is scoping out potential methods of investment into Everton. The Russian tycoon's holding company USM have sponsored Everton's Finch Farm training ground since 2017 but Usmanov said he was also interested in the naming rights of their proposed new Bramley-Moore Dock stadium. "It's ...

Ready to challenge: Fallon Sherrock handed 'challenger' spot in 2020 Premier League Darts Fallon Sherrock, the female darts player who took the world by storm with a historic run to the third round of the PDC World Darts Championships, has been handed the chance to star in the 2020 Premier League Darts. The Premier League features the top nine players in the world, who compete head to head in a league format over the course of 16 weeks before the finals at London's O2 Arena in late May. Also on rt.com Queen of the oche: Fallon Sherrock makes history with first female win at PDC World Darts Championships Joining them at each event will be one specially-selected "challenger" player, who will complete the lineup...

‘We can break America, but won’t lead Iran to war’ IRGC commander says after US embassy standoff Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are not leading the country into a war with the US, but will not hesitate to wage one if forced to, the commander of the paramilitary service said amid a row over US embassy in Baghdad. The US blames Teheran of orchestrating mass protests at the US embassy in the Iraqi capital, which involved partial takeover of the massive compound. The protest was led by an Iran-backed militia group in response to US airstrikes on its forces. Speaking on Thursday, Brigadier General Hossein Salami said the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) was not moving towards an open war with the US, but would not shy away from one. “We are not leading ...

Cutting it close: NASA just detected two asteroids headed towards the Earth… with two more right behind NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS) is currently monitoring a miniature swarm of four asteroids currently heading towards Earth, two of which were only detected on January 1. CNEOS is tasked with watching the skies for any potentially hazardous asteroids, but given the vastness of space, that’s a lot of sky to check which may explain why two of the four asteroids were only spotted yesterday.  2020 AC, with a diameter of roughly 89 feet and traveling at approximately 13,000 miles per hour, will lead the charge, flying past the Earth at 1:56 am EST.  It will be followed soon after by the 72-foot-wide 2020AD, which is traveling at a bli...