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UN says 800k ‘forced to flee’ Gaza’s Rafah

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The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees announced that 800,000 people had been "forced to flee" Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah since Israel intensified bombing the city this month.
Incidents

Heavy rains continue to lash flood-hit Mashhad, northeastern Iran

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Heavy rains once again inundated parts of the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on Saturday afternoon, forcing authorities to warn residents to stay indoors and avoid stopping near rivers or in high places.
Tourism

Spring nature of Churat Lake in Sari, Iran’s Mazandaran Province

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Churat Lake is located 10 kilometers from Churat Village in the Chahardange district of Sari, in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.
Cultural Heritage

Achaemenid tablets unveiled in Iran

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3506 Achaemenid inscriptions were delivered to Iran in late September during the Iranian president's visit to the US.
Nuclear

Official: Iran to help Venezuela with defective hospital accelerators

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The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran says accelerators in Venezuela’s hospitals have stopped due to the sanctions by Western countries including the United States and Iranian experts are going to help the Venezuelan side resolve this problem.
Middle East

US officials say Washington focused on hunting down Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

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The United States is focused on tracking down Hamas chief, Yahya Sinwar, amid a new push by the White House to help Israel declare "total victory" so it can bring an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, American officials have told Middle East Eye.
Europe

NATO member states ‘considering’ sending troops to Ukraine: Report

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Several US allies within NATO are “inching closer” to sending military forces into Ukraine to train its armed forces, the New York Times has reported. Some American military contractors are already on the ground to repair Washington-supplied weapons systems.
Americas

Sixteen Democrats join Republicans to override White House’s halt on bomb transfers to Israel amid Gaza war

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Sixteen Democratic lawmakers have joined Republicans to pass a bill that would force the administration of President Joe Biden to expedite all approved arms shipments to Israel, including those that the White House has delayed over concerns about its attack on Rafah in the Southern Gaza Strip.
Europe

Ukraine calls on US to help locate targets in Russia

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Kiev has urged Washington to provide intelligence on targets on Russian soil, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose ground on the battlefield, the Wall Street Journal has reported, saying US administration officials have begun to review the request.
Sport

Iran’s national Taekwondo team stand on top of Asia

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Iran's national men's Taekwondo team won the Asian championship by scooping 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze medals.
Europe

French report slams Turkey for interference in New Caledonia unrest

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A popular French radio station has claimed that Ankara is suspected of stirring unrest in the overseas French territory of New Caledonia, an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean near Australia.
Europe

Most Britons support immediate ceasefire in Gaza, Israeli arms embargo: Poll

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More than 70 percent of British people back an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a new survey indicates as pressure rises on the government to adopt a firmer stance against Israel.
Energy

Iranian, Azerbaijani presidents to inaugurate dam on Aras River on Sunday

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Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi will jointly inaugurate with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev a dam on the Aras River on Sunday.
Sport

Iranian discus thrower Amiri stripped of silver medal at Tokyo world championship games

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Iranian discus thrower Hamed Amiri’s silver medal at the 2024 World Championships in Tokyo was stripped after several other competing athletes made technical objections.
Middle East

Hamas: US floating pier for Gaza aid publicity stunt

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The Palestinian group Hamas has rejected Washington's establishment of a temporary floating pier designed to increase the amount of aid getting into the besieged Gaza Strip as a publicity stunt “to beautify its ugly face".
Middle East

Egypt has destroyed over 2,000 Gaza tunnels: Report

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Secret military documents obtained by Middle East Eye revealed the scale of Egyptian operations to destroy tunnels between the Sinai peninsula and the Gaza Strip built to circumvent the Israel-imposed blockade of the enclave.
Americas

Official: Some 12% of US aid to Ukraine ‘delinquent or unaccounted for’

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Some 12 percent of US security aid provided to Ukraine from January 1 through March 31 was delinquent or unaccounted for, the US Defense Department Inspector General has announced in a quarterly oversight report of US support for Ukraine.
Middle East

Israeli military says bodies of three hostages found in Gaza

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The Israeli military has announced the discovery of the bodies of three Israeli hostages taken by Hamas in the October 2023 attack.
Europe

Putin says Russia has no plan to seize Ukraine’s Kharkiv

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Moscow has no intention of capturing the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which is close to the Russian border, President Vladimir Putin has claimed. The remarks came as the Russian armed forces have been making notable gains in the area in recent days.
Local

Huge rallies in Iran in tribute to Imam Reza

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Huge rallies took place in 10 cities across Iran to pay tribute the 8th Shia Imam Ali Ibn Moussa al-Reza, whose shrine is in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad.
Incidents

Heavy rains cause new flooding in northeastern Iran

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Torrential rains once again trigger flash floods in Iran’s northeast.
Foreign Policy

Iranian UN envoy: US spreads lies about Tehran to justify attacks on Yemen

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Iran’s permanent representative to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani strongly rejects US claims that the Islamic Republic is supplying arms to Yemen’s Ansarullah movement.
Foreign Policy

Republic of Azerbaijan to relocate embassy in Tehran; mission to resume work soon

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The Republic of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has announced it is moving it embassy in Tehran to a new location and will resume its diplomatic activities after it shut the premises over a year ago.
Cinema

Veteran Iranian actress Zahra Khoshkam passes away

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Renowned Iranian actress Zahra Khoshkam, whose acting career spanned over five decades, passed away at the age of 77 on Friday. The cause her death was not publicized.
Foreign Policy

Iran raps Arab League stance on three Persian Gulf islands

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The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nasser Kanaani, has condemned as unacceptable the clause related to the three Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf in the statement of the 33rd meeting of the Arab League leaders in Bahrain.
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