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At least 32 killed in stampede at funeral of slain Iranian commander

Reuters
Posted at Jan 07 07:34 PM

A stampede among mourners during the funeral ceremony for a slain Iranian commander killed 32 people in the southeastern city of Kerman on Tuesday, semi-official Fars news agency reported, citing an emergency services official. Read more »

Fact-check: No, a 'red flag' of revenge was not raised for the first time on an Iran mosque

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 09:44 AM

TEHRAN - Massively shared online publications claim that a red flag calling for revenge was raised for the "first time" above a mosque in the Iranian city of Qom, after the death of general Qassem Soleimani, killed by a US air strike. However, this red flag often flies above this mosque, as in the rest of the Shia Muslim world Read more »

Millions attend Soleimani funeral

Nazanin Tabatabaee, West Asia News Agency via Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 08:41 PM

People attend a funeral procession for Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on Monday in Tehran, Iran. Read more »

A typical Trump vacation, with a momentous result

Maggie Haberman, The New York Times
Updated as of Jan 06 05:21 PM

PALM BEACH, Florida — Beneath wind-swept palm trees and gilded chandeliers, President Donald Trump dined with Rush Limbaugh and congratulated Keith Hernandez, the New York Mets announcer and former first baseman, on his wedding. He consulted with his national security and campaign advisers while basking in 80-degree weather, and, as always, he tweeted.   Read more »

Filipinos join anti-war protests in Los Angeles

Steve Angeles, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau
Updated as of Jan 05 11:53 PM

A thousand activists hit the streets in downtown Los Angeles to stage anti-war protests days after US forces killed Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani and deployed more troops to the Middle East.   Read more »

Trump says US targeting 52 sites in Iran, as tension mounts

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 05 10:17 AM

President Donald Trump warned Saturday that the US is targeting 52 sites in Iran and will hit them "very fast and very hard" if the Islamic republic attacks American personnel or assets.   Read more »

Locsin on evacuating Filipinos in Iran: ‘Let’s wait where the situation goes’

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 09:36 PM

The foreign affairs secretary said evacuating Filipinos in the region at this point "is like a sign of no faith in the intelligence of the countries involved." Read more »

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in US air strike

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 04:30 PM

Friday's attack on Baghdad airport, authorized by Trump, was a major escalation in a "shadow war" in the Middle East between Iran and the US and its allies. Read more »

US killing of Soleimani 'tantamount' to war, Iran's UN ambassador says

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 01:49 PM

The United States' killing of Iran's most prominent military commander, Qassem Soleimani, is virtual to starting a war and "the response for a military action is a military action," Iran's UN ambassador said on Friday. Read more »

USA Soccer cancels plans for men's team to train in Doha

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 12:35 PM

LOS ANGELES, United States - The US Soccer Federation said Friday it had cancelled plans for the men's national team to train in Doha, Qatar, this month "due to the developing situation in the region."   Read more »

New air strike on pro-Iran convoy in Iraq ahead of Soleimani funeral

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 10:41 AM

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A fresh air strike hit pro-Iran fighters in Iraq early Saturday, as fears grew of a proxy war erupting between Washington and Tehran a day after an American drone strike killed a top Iranian general. Read more »

US says 'terminated' top Iran general to thwart attack on Americans

Ahmed Rasheed, Ahmed Aboulenein and Idrees Ali, Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 10:37 AM

Iran promised vengeance after a US air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, Tehran's most prominent military commander and the architect of its growing influence in the Middle East. Read more »

Iran tells UN it reserves right to self-defense over Soleimani killing

Reuters
Updated as of Jan 04 11:36 AM

WASHINGTON - Iran told the United Nations Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday that it reserves its right to self-defense under international law after the United States killed Qassem Soleimani, the top commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guards.  Read more »

DFA warns Pinoys not to travel to Iraq, as tensions in region escalate

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 04 01:46 AM

The DFA has advised Filipinos in Iraq to coordinate with the Philippine Embassy there and their employers in the event that a mandatory evacuation is necessary. Read more »

Iraqi PM says US killing of Iranian commander will 'light the fuse' of war

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 06:33 PM

The United States killed Soleimani, head of the elite Quds Force and architect of Iran's spreading military influence in the Middle East, in a strike at Baghdad airport. Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also killed. Read more »

US embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately - statement

Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 05:14 PM

BAGHDAD - The United States embassy in Baghdad urged on Friday all citizens to depart Iraq immediately, hours after the U.S. killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an air strike. Read more »