Iran intends to enrich uranium to up to 20 percent purity: IAEA
Dubai (Reuters) – Iran has told the UN nuclear watchdog it intends to enrich uranium to up to 20 percent
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Iran execution of man convicted of murder when 16 draws UN condemnation
Dubai (Reuters) – Iran executed a man on Thursday who had been convicted of murder 12 years ago when he
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Soleimani’s killers will ‘not be safe on Earth,’ says Iran’s judiciary chief
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s judiciary chief warned on Friday that Qasem Soleimani’s killers will “not be safe on Earth”, as
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US to send home only Navy aircraft carrier operating in Middle East amid Iran tension
Pentagon (AFP) – The Pentagon has decided to send home the only Navy aircraft carrier operating in the Middle East,
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Syria War killed 6,800 in 2020, lowest annual toll: Monitor
Beirut (AFP) – The Syrian conflict claimed at least 6,800 people in 2020, the lowest annual death toll since it
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Iran to resume gas flows to Iraq after agreement on unpaid bills – Iraq ministry
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iran will resume normal gas flows to Iraq on Wednesday after reaching an agreement with Iraq on
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Twenty-two killed in attack on Aden airport after new Yemen cabinet lands
Aden (Reuters) – At least 22 people were killed and dozens wounded in an attack on Aden airport on Wednesday,
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Syrian state media says 28 killed in bus ambush in Deir al-Zor
Amman (Reuters) – Twenty-eight people were killed in an attack on a bus along a main highway in Syria’s Deir
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Iran allocates $150,000 for families of victims of Ukraine plane crash
Dubai (Reuters) – Iran’s Cabinet on Wednesday allocated $150,000 for the families of each of the 176 victims of a
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FBI found Beirut port blast caused by 500 tons of fertilizer, not 2,700 tons: PM Diab
Tripoli (AFP) – Lebanon’s outgoing premier Hassan Diab said Tuesday that an FBI investigation into an August 4 explosion at
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