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UFC star’s stepdaughter confirmed dead as authorities identify remains The stepdaughter of UFC heavyweight Walt Harris has been confirmed dead after authorities in Alabama formally identified her remains following their discovery in a wooded area earlier this week. Officials from the the Auburn Police Department confirmed that the remains belonged to Aniah Blanchard, 19, who disappeared on October 23. She was last seen on CCTV footage at a convenience stores, and police later found her black Honda abandoned at an apartment complex in Montgomery, with Blanchard’s blood also discovered in the car.   The disappearance sparked a month-long search, with figures from the MMA community pledging support and financial reward for any assistance in helping con...

WATCH: Indian politicians try, and fail, to stay awake during parliamentary debate on economy A heated debate on the economy saw the opposition stage a walk-out from India’s parliament on Wednesday and those who remained behind were seemingly exhausted by the spectacle, falling asleep one by one. Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman gave a fiery address discussing the state of the Indian economy, saying sectors such as the automotive industry had already begun bouncing back since she released her first budget and adding that, while growth may have slowed, the country was not, in fact, in recession.  Many of her BJP colleagues seated around her would seemingly only hear her rousing words on the evening news, however, as they all drifted off to sleep. ...

Iran’s govt blames Baghdad for failing to protect Najaf consulate Iran said on Thursday that the Iraqi government is responsible for protecting its consulate in the holy city of Najaf, a day after Iraqi protesters attacked and set fire to the building, Reuters reports. “The Iraqi government is responsible to secure safety of diplomatic missions and diplomats in Iraq… Tehran strongly condemns the attack and demands the Iraqi government’s firm response to the aggressors,” state TV quoted Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying. In a new level of violence in demonstrations aimed at the downfall of an Iran-backed government, Iraqi protesters on Wednesday stormed and torched the Iranian consulate in the southern city of Najaf. Staff at the consulate, who had evac...

China summons US envoy to protest new legislation in support of Hong Kong protesters Beijing summoned US Ambassador Terry Branstad on Thursday to demand that the United States immediately stop interfering in its internal affairs, after Donald Trump signed a new law supporting Hong Kong protesters. China views the legislation as “strong interference” in its own internal matters, the Foreign Ministry said. Trump signed the Hong Kong Human Rights Act into law on Wednesday, after the bill received near-unanimous support in both houses of Congress. The legislation will allow Washington to impose sanctions or even suspend Hong Kong’s special trading status over alleged human rights abuses committed by China. Hong Kong protesters are expected to hold a pro-US rally on Thursday to tha...