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USA officials told VOA they were close to confirming that an Iranian-made drone shot down by an American fighter jet early Tuesday in Syria was being operated by the IRGC. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it had fired six missiles from western Iran into northeastern Syria on Sunday, targeting "terror bases". Sunday's strike came amid rising tensions between Riyadh and Tehran .

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt want Qatar to meet the 13-point ultimatum in return for an end to a almost three-week-old diplomatic and trade "blockade" of the emirate. His warning comes hours after Qatar disclosed the 13 demands, presented by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and Egypt through Kuwait that is acting as a mediator to defuse the crisis.

In a statement the parents said: "Sadly, he is in a coma and we have been told he has been in that condition since March 2016". The president of an American university where a student attended before being imprisoned by North Korea says the school is "deeply concerned and saddened" to learn that he is in a coma .

Russian military believes Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State , may have been killed in an airstrike . "We can not confirm these reports at this time", Col. "This is coming from the ministry of defense [in Moscow], so there is reason to view it with caution", added the official, who suggested Russian military officials may be trying to take credit for killing the ISIS leader without absolute evidence that he's dead.

Among US goods affected were solar and information technology products, telecommunications equipment and biotechnology products, they said . Appreciating the villagers for declining the government aid and constructing the toilets in the village on their own, Modi said that such cases were best examples of clean India (Swatchh Bharat).

Trump will host Modi at the White House tomorrow and the two leaders would spend about five hours together in various settings beginning with their bilateral discussion, delegation level talks, a reception and a working dinner, the first of its kind hosted by this administration.

A US F-15E fighter jet shot down a pro-Syrian regime drone near At Tanf, Syria , on Monday, two U.S. officials told CNN , the third downing of a pro-regime aircraft this month. It marked the second time in three days United States forces have shot down an aircraft operated by Damascus or its allies in Syria , and reflected mounting tensions over a stretch of the Syrian-Iraqi frontier where USA forces have established a base.

She became just the seventh player to reach 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in women's ODIs in February, becoming the first South African to reach the latter figure. It is not new for official cricket accounts on Twitter to have specialised emojis for major events, but to have personalised ones for women cricketers is something new.

It is understood she will explain the UK's "principles" on the issue of citizens' rights - a key early topic in the Brexit negotiations. Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel then had his quick retort. "I have to say, first of all, it will create damage. He has been utterly humiliated", added the Liberal Democrat leader. George Soros warned Britain was approaching a tipping point, with the economy set to slow so much that Brexit might even be reversed.

Hate crimes and Islamophobia has been causing concerns for British citizens after the recent incident in London where a group of Muslim worshippers at Finsbury Park Mosque. "There was this white van stopped outside Finsbury Park mosque that seemed to have hit people who were coming out after prayers had finished". The attack has raised tensions in London , which had suffered three previous extremist attacks in the last three months.

He stated that on the occasion we should also remember the less- privileged and poors so that they could also celebrate the Eid. In the Philippines, fighting between government forces and rebels in the southern town of Marawi eased on Sunday as the military sought to enforce a temporary truce to mark the Eid holiday.