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Time up for presidential campaign in Iran

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With one of the candidates dropping out of the presidential election race in Iran so far, the five remaining candidates should stop their campaign for the polls to be held on Friday.
Middle East

French court upholds arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad

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A Paris appeals court has upheld an arrest warrant issued for the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad over alleged complicity in war crimes committed during the foreign-imposed war in the Arab country, according to lawyers.
Middle East

Canadian university sues  own students over encampment for Gaza

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The University of Waterloo in Canada has filed a lawsuit against its students for continuing pro-Palestine encampment, urging the university to disclose and divest from Israel amid the war in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Local

Iran election candidates busy campaigning in final remaining hours

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Campaigning heats up across Iran two days ahead of presidential election.
Europe

NATO picks Mark Rutte as new Secretary General

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The outgoing Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, has been formally selected as the next NATO head, the military alliance announced Wednesday. The move comes at a pivotal time as the bloc grapples with supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Local

Presidential candidate Qalibaf: Iranians will no longer tie their life to JCPOA 

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Iranian presidential candidate Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf says the Iranian people will not tie their livelihoods to the 2015 nuclear deal known as JCPOA this time around when they elect their new president.
Energy

Iran and Russia sign strategic partnership deal for gas

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Iran and Russia sign a strategic energy deal to transfer Russian gas to the Islamic Republic.
Local

Research Center: Reformist candidate Pezeshkian front-runner in Iran presidential polls

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The Iranian Parliament’s Research Center released on Wednesday the results of its latest opinion poll on the country’s upcoming presidential election, putting reformist candidate Massoud Pezeshkian in the lead among the six hopefuls with 23.5 percent of the votes.
Middle East

WHO warns one in five Gazans facing extreme lack of food

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At least 20 percent of Gazans are facing an extreme lack of food as the risk of famine in the Palestinian enclave remains high, World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned.
Europe

Over 60 percent of Europeans support suspending free trade with Israel: Poll

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61 percent of people in Europe believe the European Union should suspend free trade with Israel enabled by the EU-Israel Association Agreement and uphold human rights, a survey released by corporate watchdog Eko showed.
Int'l Relations

Iran says unconditional withdrawal of US forces necessary for Syria’s peace

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Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani has stated the full and unconditional exit of US troops from Syria is necessary for the Arab nation’s stability and security, arguing that Washington continues to support terrorist groups instead of fighting terrorism.
Incidents

Roads to northern Iran blocked after flash floods, 18 injured, 2 missing

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Heavy rains in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran caused flooding and blocking off the roads on Tuesday.
Europe

ICC issues arrest warrants for Russia’s top military officials

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A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Russia’s former Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and current chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, the court announced in a statement on its website.
Local

Saudi gov’t refuses to allow Iranian Hajj pilgrims to vote in presidential election

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Iranian officials say Saudi Arabia has turned down a request by Iran to allow Iranian Hajj pilgrims to cast their votes in the snap presidential polls on Friday.
Americas

Pentagon chief urges diplomacy to avoid Israel-Hezbollah war

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United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has stressed that a diplomatic solution is needed to avoid a costly war between Israel and the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah.
Americas

US sanctions dozens of people, entities claimed to be linked to Iran military

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The United States has imposed a raft of new sanctions on nearly 50 entities, companies, and people that it claims have been helping the Iranian military transfer billions of dollars between various states.
Religion

Millions of Iranians hold nationwide celebrations on Eid al-Ghadir

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People in Iran marked Eid al-Ghadir on Tuesday night with festive rallies and celebrations across the country to mark the appointment of the first Shia Imam, Ali ibn Abi Talib, as the successor to Islam’s revered Prophet Mohammad.
Europe

EU says to send €1.4bn in Russian money to Ukraine amid war

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The European Union approved the transfer of €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in profits from Russia’s frozen assets as military assistance to Ukraine, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell has announced.
Middle East

Gazans forced to rely on contaminated seawater for daily needs: UN

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Thousands of families in the Gaza Strip are forced to rely on contaminated seawater for their daily needs as Israel continues to block most of the humanitarian aid into the war-torn Palestinian enclave, leaving the population hungry and thirsty, the United Nations has warned.
Europe

Russia expects to sign new co-operation pact with Iran in ‘very near future’

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Moscow expects to sign a new agreement on comprehensive cooperation with Tehran "in the very near future", Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko told Russia's RIA state news agency in an interview.
Europe

Moscow responds to EU sanctions

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Russia has expanded its travel ban list and vowed a “proper response” to any further unfriendly acts from Brussels after the EU announced an expansion of unilateral restrictive measures against Moscow.
Middle East

Lebanese officials visit Beirut airport after Israel’s claims of storing arms

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A group of senior Lebanese officials, alongside more than a dozen foreign diplomats, visited the Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, after The Telegraph daily published an article alleging that Iranian weapons were being stored there.
Middle East

US urges Israel to avoid Lebanon ‘escalation’

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Tel Aviv to avoid further escalation in Lebanon during a meeting with Israel’s Defense Minister Gallant as they discussed efforts to reach a deal to free captives in the Gaza Strip.
Local

Iranian presidential hopefuls seek to coax more voters in final debate

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The six presidential contenders who are running for office in the Friday presidential snap elections sparred in the fifth and final debate aired by the state broadcaster on Tuesday day.
Foreign Policy

Iran’s Leader says high voter turnout in presidential election disappoints foes

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has stated a high voter turnout in the upcoming presidential election in Iran makes the country proud and helps it overcome its enemies.
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