Daily Mail: US flags go up in flames as thousands of Iranians protest Trump's decision to abandon nuclear deal after Tehran DENIES firing missiles at Israel
* Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi said the claims were false
* Israel hit back with its own strikes on Iranian targets in Syria on Thursday
* Qasemi also condemned western nations for not speaking out against Israel
* He also denied that Iran had any of its military forces stationed within Syria at all
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Tehran to protest at the US decision to back out of the nuclear deal.
Hordes of enraged demonstrators could be seen pouring petrol on US flags and burning them as the protests became increasingly vitriolic in the Iranian capital.
The mass protests began as Iran denied firing rockets at Israel on Thursday - claiming the allegations were invented by Israeli politicians to justify attacks on Syria.
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MIDDLE EAST
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ASIA
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Pakistan answers U.S. with travel restrictions on diplomats.
AFRICA
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Hundreds of thousands of children close to dying of hunger in Congo, UN warns. UNICEF: 400,000 children on 'verge' of death in the DRC.
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Kenya will investigate dam disaster that killed at least 50.
Ebola outbreak: WHO puts 10 countries on 'high alert'.
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EUROPE
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AMERICAS
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Argentines haunted by memories of crisis oppose IMF’s help.
Canada divided over oil pipeline from tar sands to Pacific.
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