Tehran police move in to restore normalcy in exchange market
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January 24, 2018
Police in Tehran have shut down several currency exchange shops and arrested a number of money changers suspected of being behind a rece...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018
Trump drowning in the swamp he came to drain
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January 24, 2018
Donald Trump campaigned to drain the Washington swamp. It appears as though he is drowning in it. Whether the billionaire truly intended...
Turkey says will foil border 'games' as offensive against Syria continues
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January 24, 2018
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey will “thwart games” along its borders, starting with the northwestern Syrian city of Manbij...
Russia says eyeing Aramco IPO
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January 24, 2018
A top Russian official says the country’s pension funds are considering investing in Saudi Arabian state oil major Aramco when it lists ...
US behavior toward Iran under Israeli influence: Analyst
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January 24, 2018
US Vice President Mike Pence behaves like a “Christian Zionist” who extremely pursues Israeli strategies, especially when it comes to Ir...
Israeli forces shoot, wound Palestinian youths
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January 24, 2018
Israeli forces have shot and wounded two Palestinian youths in the northern part of the occupied West Bank over an alleged stabbing atta...
Prison guards blockade fails to stop Paris attack conspirator reaching court
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January 24, 2018
Prison guards have blocked the entrance of Fresnes prison just outside Paris on Wednesday, as anger grows following a series of attacks ...
Iran fails to win berth in 2019 World Men's Handball Championship
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January 24, 2018
The Iran men’s national handball team has slumped to a narrow defeat against South Korea at the main round of the 18 th edition of Asi...
Azerbaijan holds Iran to three-all draw in 2018 AFC Futsal Championship warm-up match
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January 24, 2018
Azerbaijan had held the Iranian men’s national futsal team to a draw in a friendly played as part of preparations for the 2018 Asian Foo...
US drone attack kills three in northwest Pakistan
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January 24, 2018
Three people have been killed in northwestern Pakistan after a house was struck by two missiles fired by a US drone, Pakistani security ...
Tuesday, 23 January 2018
China remains likely to attack Taiwan: Taiwanese president
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January 23, 2018
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen says the likelihood remains for China to launch an attack on the self-ruled island, which is recognized ...
Turkey arrests 42 over ‘Syria offensive propaganda’
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January 23, 2018
Turkey has detained 42 people on accusations of “spreading terrorist propaganda” on social media about the country’s offensive against a...
US bid to change Iran deal unlikely to yield positive results
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January 23, 2018
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says a new US push aimed at changing the terms of the 2015 multilateral nuclear deal is u...
Iran facing race against time to tackle water crisis
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January 23, 2018
Some major Iranian cities are facing water rationing and other mandatory restrictions if the worst dry spell in more than 50 years persi...
US Navy tracking ‘Russian spy ship’ off North Carolina
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January 23, 2018
The US Navy has started tracking a Russian spy ship off North Carolina, US officials say, days after the vessel departed a port in Trini...
Powerful quake off Alaska prompting Tsunami warning
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January 23, 2018
A powerful earthquake of 7.9 magnitude struck off the coast of Alaska early Tuesday, prompting tsunami warnings or watches as far away a...
Turkey extradites suspect linked to Lebanon car bomb attack against Hamas official
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January 23, 2018
Turkish officials have handed over to Lebanese authorities a suspect in the car bomb explosion in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon ...
UAE air force ordered to avoid escalating airspace dispute with Qatar: Official
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January 23, 2018
The air force of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been instructed “not to escalate” a growing civil aviation row with regional rival...
Kabul attack leaves multiple Americans killed, injured: State Department official
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January 23, 2018
A US State Department official has said that Americans were among the dead and injured in the weekend attack by Taliban militants on a l...
EU ministers remove Panama and seven others from tax haven blacklist
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January 23, 2018
European Union finance ministers agreed on Tuesday that eight jurisdictions, including much-criticized Panama, should be removed from th...
56,000 Filipinos flee volcanic lava, ashes
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January 23, 2018
The Philippines' most active volcano spewed fountains of red-hot lava and massive ash plumes anew Tuesday in a dazzling but increa...
Laxatives may increase cancer risk: European watchdog
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January 23, 2018
European food safety officials issued a warning on Tuesday about potential health problems, including an increased risk of some cancers,...
Rouhani assures Iran's currency fluctuations would not last long
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January 23, 2018
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has sought to soothe concerns about fluctuations in the rate of the Iranian rial against foreign curren...
US, Israel decisions on al-Quds threat to Palestine: Hamas chief
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January 23, 2018
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has warned against the “rash decisions” of the US and Israel with regard to Jerusalem al-Quds as a historic ...
Saudi airstrike kills more Yemeni children in Sa'ada
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January 23, 2018
Saudi warplanes have carried out a fresh deadly attack on civilian areas in Yemen’s northern province of Sa’ada to bring the toll from c...
Thursday, 18 January 2018
Bus catches fire in Kazakhstan, 52 killed
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January 18, 2018
A bus caught fire in a remote part of Kazakhstan on Thursday, killing 52 citizens of neighboring Uzbekistan, the Kazakh Interior Minis...
Tehran museum showcasing portraits of 100 Iranian sports stars
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January 18, 2018
Portraits of 100 Iranian sports stars are put on display in an exhibition at Sa’dabad Cultural Historical Complex in the northern part o...
US administration approves $500mn missile system deal with Saudi Arabia
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January 18, 2018
The US State Department has approved a possible $500-million sale of missile system support services to Saudi Arabia in defiance of glob...
Rogue Venezuelan pilot killed in operation, government confirms
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January 18, 2018
Venezuela has confirmed that a rogue pilot who had orchestrated attacks on government sites last year was among a group of militants kil...
Qatar inks security agreement with NATO
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January 18, 2018
Qatar has signed a security agreement with the NATO military alliance amid severe diplomatic tensions in the Persian Gulf region which...
Snow blankets much of the US east coast
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January 18, 2018
A cold winter snap continues to cause chaos in the US east coast and the south. The second snowstorm of the season in New England has ...
Trump presidency ‘blow to human rights’: Human Rights Watch
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January 18, 2018
US President Donald Trump’s rise to power and his knack for populist policies has dealt a blow to the global campaign for human rights, ...
US decision to remain in Syria 'profound mistake'
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January 18, 2018
An analyst believes Washington’s decision to maintain its military presence in Syria is a “profound mistake,” adding that it runs contra...
Iraq, Syria terror fatalities almost halved in 2017
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January 18, 2018
A new study has found a sharp drop in the number of people killed in Iraq and Syria due to terror attacks in 2017, which saw the territo...
UN chief call for preserving JCPOA 'highly important'
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January 18, 2018
An analyst believes United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres' call for preserving the Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint...
Humidity, heat may have caused die-off of Kazakh antelopes: New study
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January 18, 2018
A mysterious die-off of tens of thousands of critically endangered Saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan in 2015 could have been triggered by ...
Athletes from five foreign countries to attend Asian Paraskiing Cup
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January 18, 2018
President of Iran’s Paraskiing Association, Isa Savehshemshaki, says alpine and snowboard skiers from five foreign countries have alread...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Police arrest three bomb makers in Edo after a bomb explosion in their factory, recovers IEDs
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January 17, 2018
The Edo state police command has arrest three suspected bomb makers after a bomb explosion which led to the death of one person in Okpel...
BREAKING NEWS: Four killed in fresh suspected herdsmen attack in Benue
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January 17, 2018
Four persons have been killed in a fresh attack carried out by suspected herdsmen in Logo and Guma Local Government Areas of B...
13-year-old boy killed after his father tried to avoid hitting a child crossing the road
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January 17, 2018
A 13-year-old boy has been killed in an accident which occurred when his father swerved suddenly to avoid hitting a child crossing t...
Mother hen dies after killing a snake in a battle to save its chicks
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January 17, 2018
Bujua-based Facebook user, Abubakar posted the photos and wrote:
Iranian tanker ‘leaves two oil slicks in East China Sea’
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January 17, 2018
An Iranian oil tanker that collided with another vessel and went down after more than a week of burning in the East China Sea has produc...
Ex-CIA officer arrested for retaining secret info on spy network in China
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January 17, 2018
A former CIA officer has been arrested on charges of unlawfully retaining highly-classified information about a US spy network in China,...
World through the aperture
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January 17, 2018
A selection of photos shot recently from around the world.
Senate advances bill to renew NSA spying program
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January 17, 2018
The US Senate has advanced a bill to extend the controversial surveillance program by the National Security Agency for another six years...
Iran rejects Financial Times’ claim on accepting missile talks
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January 17, 2018
Iran has categorically dismissed a claim by The Financial Times that it accepted to enter negotiations over its national missile progr...
Abbas: Jerusalem al-Quds can be gate to peace or war; Trump must choose
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January 17, 2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the holy city of Jerusalem al-Quds can be the gate to either peace or war, and that it is up ...
US cutting of aid for UNRWA censured
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January 17, 2018
A United Nations agency aiding Palestinian refugees in the Middle East, UNRWA, has censured the United States over its decision to cut f...
Yemeni snipers shoot three Saudi soldiers dead in Jizan
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January 17, 2018
Yemeni army soldiers, supported by fighters from allied Popular Committees, have shot dead three Saudi soldiers in the kingdom’s southwe...
Chinese aircraft carrier sails by Taiwan amid tensions
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January 17, 2018
China's sole operational aircraft carrier passed through the Taiwan Strait Wednesday, the island's defense ministry said, as B...
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