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Breaking: Iran Issues Arrest Warrant For United States President Donald Trump

Iran has just issued an arrest warrant for Donald Trump - the US President, over the drone strike that killed a top Iranian general (Qasem Soleimani) in January, the semi-official Fars news agency reported Monday. Trump is one of 36 people Iran has issued arrest warrants for in relation to the death of Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC), according to Fars, but the Tehran attorney general Ali Alqasi Mehr said Trump was at the top of the list. Fars reported that Mehr claimed Trump would be prosecuted as soon as he stands down presidency after his term ends. Furthermore, Iran also said it had asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for these 36 individuals, semi-official state news agency ISNA reported, though it was unlikely that Interpol would grant the request. Soleimani was killed in a US drone strike at Baghdad International Airport in January along with five others, including Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy head of the Iran-backed Iraqi Popular Mo

Flying Taxi: A Drone Big Enough To Carry Human Passengers Exhibited In China

The exhibition was held within the week in China for a drone big enough to carry human passengers. The manufacturer EHang hopes that the machine could soon work like a flying taxi. The EHang 216 has a top speed of 80mph and is autonomous, receiving signals via a 4G or 5G phone network from a command and control centre. It can carry a payload of up to 220kg and has a range of up to 20 miles. The flying taxi is fully electric-powered and can be charged off the mains in one hour, EHang says and i t requires no runway to take off.