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Iraq probe: Drone strike caused explosion at Baghdad base
Indian PM raises Kashmir protests with British counterpart
The Amazon is burning and smoke from the fires can be seen from space

Iraq probe: Drone strike caused explosion at Baghdad base

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 06:17 AM PDT

A drone strike caused a massive explosion last week at a munitions depot run by an Iranian-backed militia near Iraq's capital, Baghdad, according to an Iraqi government report obtained Wednesday. The finding deepens the question of who is behind a string of at least three mysterious explosions that have hit militia bases in Iraq over the past month.

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Indian PM raises Kashmir protests with British counterpart

Posted: 21 Aug 2019 12:18 AM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has spoken to his British counterpart, Boris Johnson, about violent demonstrations over Kashmir outside the Indian embassy in London, the foreign ministry said. Modi's supporters and members of his ruling Bharatiya Janata Party said demonstrators had attacked Indian women and children with bottles and eggs and that British authorities had failed to thwart them.

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The Amazon is burning and smoke from the fires can be seen from space

Posted: 20 Aug 2019 09:20 PM PDT

Smoke from record wildfires raging in the Amazon rainforest blanketed São Paulo on Monday and could be seen from space.