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Israel OKs hundreds of new settler units in al-Quds

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Israeli authorities have approved plans for the construction of more than a thousand new settler units in al-Quds in flagrant defiance of the international outcry against Tel Aviv’s illegal settlement expansion and land grab policies in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Middle East

Turkey summons envoys of 9 western countries over security alerts

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Ankara summoned ambassadors of nine Western countries including the United States on Thursday, slamming their decisions to temporarily shut diplomatic missions and issue security alerts following Quran-burning incidents in Europe.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 345

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Asia

US imposes visa restrictions on Taliban officials

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The US has announced additional visa restrictions on the Taliban regime in response to thei bans on women's rights in Afghanistan.
Middle East

Israel carries out air raids on Gaza Strip

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The Israeli military has launched airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip as fears continue over escalating violence across the Palestinian occupied territories.
Int'l Relations

Iran to UN: Israel behind recent terrorist attack in Isafahn

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Iran’s representative to the United Nations has in a letter to the world body’s chief and the president of the UN Security Council said the Zionist regime was behind the recent terrorist attack on a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan.
Middle East

Report: Saudi Arabia executions rate almost doubled under MbS, King Salman

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The rate of executions in Saudi Arabia since King Salman and his son Mohammed bin Salman came to power in 2015 has almost doubled annually, according to a new report.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 344

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Middle East

Report reveals Bush ordered CIA to find replacement for Yasser Arafat

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Former US President George W Bush had ordered the CIA to search for a replacement for Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat after the escalation of the second Intifada in 2001, recently released British documents has revealed.
Middle East

Turkish base in northern Iraq comes under rocket attacks

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Unidentified attackers fired eight rockets at a Turkish military base in northern Iraq on Wednesday, the Counter-Terrorism Group, a security organisation in Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region, has announced.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia overtakes India as world’s fastest growing major economy

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Saudi Arabia has topped India as the fastest growing major economy in the world, with its non-oil sector growing at the fastest rate in more than one year.
Foreign Policy

Iranian FM praises Mauritania’s effort in fighting terror in Sahara

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The Iranian Foreign Minister who is in Mauritania on an official visit has praised efforts by the African county to establish peace and fighting terrorism in the Sahara region.
Americas

US slams Israeli settlements but stresses Washington’s support for Tel Aviv

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has criticized Israeli policies, including settlement expansion and home demolitions, as detrimental to the two-state solution. Still, at a news conference at the end of his trip to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, he reasserted Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to Israel.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 343

IFP Media Wire -
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Int'l Relations

Iran warns US against triggering war

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Iran's Permanent Mission to the UN has warned that American military action against Tehran would risk starting an open-ended war. There has been speculation surrounding Washington’s possible involvement in a recent failed drone strike on an Iranian military workshop in Isfahan.
Middle East

Russia says decided to involve Iran in discussions among Moscow, Ankara and Damascus

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There is a principle agreement to engage Iran in the trilateral discussions among Russia, Turkey and Syria over the situation in the Middle Eastern Arab country, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday.
Asia

Pakistan says Iran has asked for $18bn in compensation over gas pipeline project

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Tehran has asked Islamabad to construct a portion of the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gasline project on its territory till February-March 2024, or be ready to pay a penalty of $18 billion, a Pakistani official has said.
Europe

Ukraine responds to Iran over failed drone strike

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The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has accused Tehran of “supporting aggression”, claiming that the reported blast at a military industrial facility in Isfahan was “legitimate punishment.”
Europe

Ukraine admits cannot defend against Iranian ballistic missiles

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Should Russia obtain Iranian ballistic missiles for use in its war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Air Force has warned that it does not have the means to defend against them.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 342

IFP Media Wire -
Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine on February 24 after the Western-leaning Kiev government turned a deaf ear to Moscow’s calls for its neighbor to maintain its neutrality. In the middle of the mayhem, Moscow and Kiev are trying to hammer out a peaceful solution to the conflict. Follow the latest about the Russia-Ukraine conflict here:
Middle East

Israeli soldiers shoot dead Palestinian man in Hebron

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Israeli forces killed a Palestinian man in the West Bank city of Hebron on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry confirmed.
Asia

Dozens killed in Blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar

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Around three dozen people have been killed and scores more wounded in an explosion at a mosque in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, according to officials.
Middle East

Iranian aid trucks targeted on Iraqi-Syrian border

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A convoy of Iranian trucks carrying aid items, came under drone attacks in eastern Syria Sunday night shortly after it crossed into the country from Iraq. Sources told Al-Mayadeen three Iranian aid trucks loaded with flour and rice were hit in the ambush.
Middle East

Erdogan says Iran likely to join talks on Turkey-Syria normalization

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Iran may join talks on the normalization of relations between Ankara and Damascus, in which Moscow is taking part, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said.
Middle East

Iraq says Iran, Saudi Arabia foreign ministers to hold meeting soon

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Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister is scheduled to visit Baghdad in near future to resume negotiations with his Iranian counterpart on bilateral ties, an Iraqi diplomat has confirmed.
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