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A βgruesomeβ massacre against farmers in northeastern Nigeria killed at least 110 people, the United Nations has said, raising tolls initially indicating 43 and then at least 70 dead.
The killings took place in the early afternoon of Saturday in the village of Koshobe and other rural communities in the Jere local government area near Maiduguri, the capital of the conflict-hit Borno state.
The assassination of Tehranβs top nuclear scientist is a ploy by Israel to compel the likely US president-elect to reject diplomacy and choose military action to deal with Iranβs nuclear ambition. Which option will he choose?
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the shadowy father of Iranβs nuclear program; his existence, let alone his work, was barely acknowledged by Iran. A brigadier general with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Command, Fakhrizadeh was involved in the academic aspects of Iranian national security, eventually heading up the Physics Research Center, where he masterminded the design and material acquisition in support of Iranβs uranium enrichment effort.
The eruption of one of Indonesiaβs most dangerous volcanoes has caused panic and the evacuation of almost 2,800 people, with authorities warning nearby areas may be affected by βhot clouds, lava avalanche[s] and poisonous gas.β
A video by RTβs Ruptly video agency has captured a massive four-kilometer-tall (13,123 feet) plume of ash and smoke coming out of the Lewotolo volcano on the Indonesian island of Lembata. The island is located some 2,600km east of the countryβs capital, Jakarta.
With a significant number of Britons skeptical of a Covid vaccine, the army has reportedly deployed an βinformation warfareβ unit to stamp out anti-vaxx propaganda online. Offline, citizens still protest lockdowns in the streets.
The British government is expected to greenlight a coronavirus vaccine and begin its distribution next month. In addition to the logistical challenge of getting millions of doses to the public, the government also faces the hurdle of convincing them to take it. According to a recent poll by the British Academy and the Royal Society, more than a third of people in Britain say theyβre either uncertain or very unlikely to take the vaccine.
Hours after calling Fox News βunwatchable,β President Trump phoned in to his once-favorite network to fire allegations of fraud at the Democratic Party and accuse the FBI and Justice Department of ignoring a βrigged election.β
As Fox News continues its drift away from its usually sympathetic coverage of Donald Trump, the embattled president ranted about the network on Saturday, calling its programmingΒ βvirtually unwatchable,βΒ and advising his followers to tune in toΒ βalmost anything elseβΒ instead.
The Siniya refinery was reopened in 2017 after damages caused by Daesh* terrorists had been repaired. It has a capacity of 20,000 barrels per day.
Daesh* has claimed responsibility for the attack on an oil refinery in Iraq, a statement released by the group says.
Two Katyusha rockets were used in the attack, the statement added.
Earlier in the day, Sky News Arabiya reported that aΒ rocket hit an oil refinery in northern Iraq, causing a fire.
Iran’s senior nuclear physicist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed on 27 November in a shooting and bombing attack in the town of Absard. No country has claimed responsibility for his killing, but high-ranking Iranian officials have blamed the assault on Israel.
An anonymous Israeli official, who has allegedly been involved in tracking Mohsen Fakhrizadeh for years,Β has toldΒ the New York Times that the world should thank Israel for the assassination of the scientist, described by Tel Aviv as the head of Iranβs purported nuclear weapons programme.
