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The national outcry following the murder could lead to new laws against honour killing.

Panicked Iranians drank bootleg or industrial alcohol after they heard rumours that drinking alcohol can cure the disease.

The Islamic republic is scrambling to contain COVID-19 a week after announcing the first two deaths in Qom.

Iranian government forces homosexual people to choose between unwanted gender reassignment surgeries or public execution

Solskjaer indicated he would instead give his players some time off to spend alone during the winter break.

The blurry film, shot from a rooftop in a village four miles from an Iranian military site, shows the Kiev-bound plane on fire.

The Kiev-bound plane was knocked out of the sky hours after Tehran had launched a wave of missiles at US troops in Iraq.

In an interview, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Trump was still willing to hold talks with Iran's leaders.

Iran's official IRNA news agency had published a statement from the military saying the Boeing 737 was mistaken for a "hostile plane."

Investigators are pursuing several possibilities, including engine failure, a missile strike or an act of terror.

Trump signaled Wednesday he was stepping back from the brink of war with Iran after a US drone strike that killed commander Qasem Soleimani.

Wall Street's three main indexes racked up fresh records and Asia broadly followed suit, though the gains were light.

Both Canada and the United States called for a full investigation to determine the cause of Wednesday's crash.

The Iranian Civil Aviation Organisation said it had questioned witnesses both on the ground and on board a second aircraft.

Trump in a televised address from the White House emphasised there were "no Americans harmed" in the ballistic missile salvo aimed at two bases.

The main US contract rocketed by more than 4.5 percent as fears over supplies in the tinderbox Middle East sent prices soaring.

The premium smartphone market has also grown fiercely competitive with buyers waiting longer before upgrading to new models.

There were no immediate casualties but the Pentagon said it had been ready, after days of steadily mounting tension and exchanges of threats of war.

Traders were able to turn their attention back to the global economic outlook and the US-China trade deal signing planned for January 15.

The strike on the outskirts of Baghdad's airport killed Iranian General Qasem Soleimani and top Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.

The crisis has jolted investors, who had been in an upbeat mood as China and the US prepare to sign their mini trade deal next week.

Trump said he would regard cultural sites as fair game if Iran resorted to deadly force against US targets.

The Hashed's deputy chief was also killed in the attack, the force added, which comes after a pro-Iran mob this week laid siege to the US embassy.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the attack was "orchestrated by terrorists."

Baghdad said it would summon the US ambassador while Washington responded by accusing Iraqi authorities of having failed to "protect" US interests.

Four US service members and Iraqi security forces were wounded in Friday's attack at the K1 Iraqi military base in Kirkuk, an oil-rich region north of Baghdad.

Its reported epicentre is 45 kilometres east of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, on the southwest Gulf coast.

The US effectively dismantled and rebuilt the Iraqi state, ushering in a new class of political elites with whom it crafted close personal links.

The explosions come just weeks after two of Saudi Arabia's biggest oil installations were hit

A 22-year-old Instagrammer has been arrested for charges of blasphemy for her highly edited photographs.