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Residents horrified as WILDFIRE consumes all around them in nightmarish scenes in Argentina (VIDEOS) Evacuations are underway and firefighters have been deployed en masse after a wildfire broke out near the town of Esquel in Argentina’s Chubut province. Residents watched in despair as their homestead became a fiery hellscape. At least 90 firefighters are working tirelessly to extinguish the flames before the outbreak can spread any further. Firefighting planes, helicopters, along with numerous fire engines and tankers have been scrambled to help battle the blaze, which is spreading rapidly across the dry grasslands in the area. An eyewitness video shows the nightmare unfolding. Esta pasando en Esquel chubut estan evacuando 20 familias ya ...

Erdogan accuses Europe of ‘trampling’ on refugees’ rights, demands help in Syria European states must support Turkey’s “solutions” in Syria if they want to resolve the migration crisis, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday, accusing Europe of “trampling” on refugees’ rights. “If European countries want to resolve the issue, they must support Turkey’s efforts for political and humanitarian solutions in Syria,” Erdogan said in a televised speech. “All European countries closing their borders to refugees today, trying to push them back by hitting them and sinking their boats, in fact even shooting at them, are trampling over the universal declaration of human rights,” AFP quoted the president as saying in Ankara. Erdogan also criticized the Greek response to the crisis. Tu...

Tehran has ‘no obligation’ to let UN nuclear watchdog into certain sites – envoy Iran has no obligation to grant the UN’s nuclear watchdog access to sites in Iran when it deems that requests are based on “fabricated information,” Iran’s ambassador to the UN in Vienna said Wednesday. “Intelligence services’ fabricated information… creates no obligation for Iran to consider such requests,” said a statement from Kazem Gharib Abadi. It came a day after a report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reprimanded Iran for refusing access to two sites which diplomats believe could be connected to the country’s nuclear activity. Gharib Abadi also accused the US and Israel of trying to “exert pressure on the agency… in order to distort the proactive and constructive cooperati...

Coronavirus has affected almost all Iranian provinces, President Rouhani says An outbreak of novel coronavirus has affected almost all of Iran’s provinces, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. His statement was published on the official presidency website. “This disease is a widespread disease,” he said. “It has reached almost all our provinces and in one sense it’s a global disease.” Deputy Health Minister Alireza Raisi was quoted on Tuesday as saying that 2,336 cases of COVID-19 had been confirmed in Iran.  On Wednesday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said that 92 people have died in Iran from the novel coronavirus, while 2,922 have been infected. Coronavirus has affected almost all Iranian provinces, President Rouhani says