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Top 10 world news: Navalny pictured walking, shooting in Rochester and more

WION Web Team
New Delhi, IndiaUpdated: Sep 19, 2020, 08:49 PM IST
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Navalny, the leading opponent of Russian President Vladimir Putin, fell ill in Siberia last month and was airlifted to Berlin. Read more...

Navalny

UNSC members Britain, France and Germany have contested the US sanctions and informed the UN body that they favour sanctions relief for Iran. Read more...

Iran sanctions

TikTok, which has over 100 million users in the United States, said the ban would "irreversibly destroy the TikTok business in the US." Read more...
 

TikTok

Students belonging to Bangkok's Thammasat University took an active part in the protests as police said at least 5,000 people had gathered outside the campus. Read more...

Thailand Protest

Two of the victims, a man and a woman, have reportedly died. Read more...

Rochester shooting

Trump has boasted about revitalizing the U.S. armed forces with increased defense budgets but has seen his political support slip among troops. Read more...

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Beirut Port was devastated in a huge blast on August 4. More than 2 thousand tonnes of Ammonium Nitrate went up in flames and caused a blast that killed at least 190 people and injured more than 6000 people. Read more...

Lebanon
 

The officer involved has since been removed from operational duties. Read more...

Dominic Raab

Soleimani, who headed the Guards elite Qods Force, was killed in an American airstrike near Baghdad airport in January. He was an influential person and key to Iran's defence apparatus that projected influence in the region beyond its borders. Read more...

Soleimani
 

Appearing by video on Tuesday will be Russia's Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping, who in the past have let their top diplomats speak for them; and US leader Donald Trump. Read more...

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