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Car bomb in Turkey’s restive southeast wounds several police officers: Officials

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Several Turkish police officers have been injured after a car bomb exploded as their minibus was passing on a highway in the southeastern province of Diyarbakir, Turkish officials have confirmed.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 296

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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

Turkey’s Erdogan proposes trilateral meeting with Russia and Syria leaders

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Middle East

Irish soldier on UN mission killed in Lebanon

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An Irish soldier has been killed on a United Nations peackeeping duty in Lebanon after a convoy of two armoured utility vehicles carrying eight personnel travelling to Beirut came under fire, Ireland’s defence forces have confirmed.
Int'l Relations

Iran: US-led resolution to cancel UN body membership political move

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Naser Kanaani strongly condemned the approval of a resolution drafted by the United States to remove Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). He described the move as political without legal basis.
Middle East

Saudi-led coalition seizes two Yemen-bound fuel tankers

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The Saudi-led coalition has seized two more Yemen-bound fuel ships, preventing them from docking at the strategic western port of Hudaydah.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 295

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:
Asia

Bomb blast kills 3, injures several in Pakistan border area

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A roadside bomb targetting security forces killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in Pakistan’s northwest near the Afghan border on Wednesday, police confirmed.
Europe

EU Parliament sacks VP over corruption scandal

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The European Parliament has voted to dismiss its vice president over claims that she took bribes from an unnamed Persian Gulf country.
Middle East

Yemeni official blames UN inaction for Saudi crimes in Yemen

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A Yemeni official has denounced the United Nations inaction on Saudi Arabia’s crimes in Yemen, saying the world body only talks about statistics and does not take any steps to tackle the humanitarian crisis in the war-ravaged country.
Europe

Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 294: Blasts hit Kyiv, emergency services dispatched

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:
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Enemies will seize Iran’s Persian Gulf islands ‘over our dead bodies’

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The chief commander of the Navy of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says extra-regional countries will seize Iran’s three Persian Gulf islands, to which Arab regimes lay claim, only over the dead body of the country’s Armed Forces.
Asia

China says relations with Iran, PGCC never target third party

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin has reaffirmed Beijing’s traditional friendly relations with Iran. Wenbin added China’s ties with Iran and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council do not target any third party.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 293

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

US says 2 Daesh ‘officials’ killed in Syria raid

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The US forces have killed two members of the Daesh terror group in in a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the US military announced in a statement on Monday without specifying the location of the overnight operation.
Middle East

Over 11k children killed or maimed in Yemen war: UNICEF

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More than 11,000 boys and girls have been killed or injured in Saudi-led war in Yemen - an average of four a day since fighting escalated in 2015, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has reported.
Middle East

Palestinian kid killed in Israeli raid on Jenin

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Israeli troops killed a Palestinian child during a raid on the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
Europe

Russia rejects UK claim of Tehran-Moscow military deal

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The Russian embassy in London has roundly dismissed the “inappropriate statements” of British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly over military deal between Tehran and Moscow. Cleverly has claimed that Iran was sending armament and munitions to Russia for its military campaign in neighboring Ukraine.
Middle East

Israel, UAE ink comprehensive economic partnership agreement

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Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have officially signed a comprehensive economic partnership deal two years into a widely-bashed normalization agreement.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 292

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

Yemen warns foreign companies against “plundering energy resources”

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The minister of oil and minerals in Yemen’s National Salvation Government has warned foreign firms against looting energy resources of the war-wracked Arab country. The Yemeni official stressed that Sana’a will spare no effort to defend its national sovereignty and safeguard Yemen’s public interests and wealth.
Middle East

Israel detained 6,500 Palestinians, including minors, in 2022: Report

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Israeli military forces have arrested 6,500 Palestinians, including hundreds of women and children, across the occupied West Bank, since the beginning of the current year, according to a report.
Foreign Policy

Iran foreign minister stresses sovereignty over 3 Persian Gulf islands

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated that the three Iranian islands of Abu Musa as well as the Greater and Lesser Tunbs in the Persian Gulf are inseparable and eternal parts of Iran.
Foreign Policy

Iran condemns [P]GCC-China communique as interference in its internal affairs

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The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry has condemned as baseless allegations in the final communiqué issued at the 43rd session of the Supreme Council of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 291

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:
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