Iran Guards 'waiting' for US forces at Hormuz

TEHRAN, Feb 07 (AFP/Reuters): Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday they were waiting for US forces to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway where traffic remains strangled as the regional war rages."We are waiting for their presence," said Guards spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini, after the US energy...

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Russian strikes kill nine across Ukraine

KYIV, Mar 07 (AFP): Russia fired a volley of missiles and drones across Ukraine overnight on Friday to Saturday, killing nine and wounding more than a dozen, including children, and destroying an apartment block in Kharkiv.AFP reporters in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, saw rescuers sifting through the rubble of what...

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Flash floods in Nairobi kill 10

NAIROBI, Mar 07 (Reuters): Aid workers pulled bodies from floodwaters across Nairobi on Saturday after overnight flash floods killed at least 10 people, swept away dozens of cars and disrupted flights at East Africa's biggest airport, authorities said.In the industrial neighbourhood of Grogan, security guard John Lomayan, 34, looked at...

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