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Americas

US senator Robert Menendez indicted on Egypt corruption charges, says he will not resign

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US Senator Robert Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, were indicted on charges of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars, gold bars, a luxury car, and other bribes in exchange for corrupt acts that benefited the government of Egypt.
Security

Iran navy parade held in Persian Gulf 

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Iranian armed forces hold naval parade in Persian Gulf, marking the Sacred Defense Week. 
Security

Iran insists Iraq must disarm terror groups in Kurdistan

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Chairman of Iran’s Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri says Iraq has missed a 19 September deadline to disarm separatist terrorist groups taking sanctuary in the Kurdistan region. 
Security

Iran makes world’s longest-range drone 

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The Iranian Army has put on display the world’s longest-range drone during a parade marking the Sacred Defense Week. 
Cultural Heritage

Iran president brings back thousands of Achaemenid tablets from US

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Tehran from New York where he took part in the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, bringing back home 3,500 historical clay tablets of the Achaemenid Empire.
Finance

Iranian expert calls for resolving FATF-related concerns

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An Iranian foreign policy expert says before pursuing India-Europe trade routes, Iran should resolve the issue of sanctions and addressing the FATF (Financial Action Task Force) concerns.
Americas

Iran-US prisoner swap will not change relations between two countries: Russia

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Moscow believes that the exchange of prisoners between Iran and the United States will not radically change anything in the relations between Tehran and Washington, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told Sputnik on Thursday.
Transportation

Iran Resumes flights to Azerbaijan and Armenia following peace agreement

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The spokesperson for Iran's Civil Aviation Organization confirmed that flights between Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan as well as Armenia have recommenced.
Europe

Wagner boss grave under 24/7 guard: Report

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Security measures have been stepped up at the grave of former Wagner private military company chief Evgeny Prigozhin, a cemetery worker has told the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper.
Foreign Policy

Iran president Raisi says establishment of ties with Egypt possible

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Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has suggested that the establishment of ties between Tehran and Cairo is possible.
Judiciary

Main defendant in Iran’s Shah Cheragh terror attack case sentenced to death

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The main defendant in the case against masterminds and perpetrators behind a recent deadly attack on a holy shrine in southern Iran has been sentenced to death.
Foreign Policy

Iran rejects (P)GCC-US statement on Tehran’s nuclear program, three Persian Gulf islands

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The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a joint statement issued by the US secretary of state and foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in New York regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as well as the three “Iranian islands” in the Persian Gulf.
Middle East

Syria president arrives in China for first visit in almost 20 years

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in the east Chinese city of Hangzhou, kicking off his first visit to the Asian country since 2004 as he makes further strides to end over a decade of diplomatic isolation amid Western sanctions.
Americas

Guantanamo prisoner files lawsuit against CIA torture architects

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Lawyers for one of Guantanamo's "forever prisoners" filed a lawsuit against the two psychologists who helped conceive the CIA's enhanced interrogation techniques, which have been widely seen and condemned as torture.
Middle East

Shots fired outside US Embassy in Lebanon, no Injuries reported

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Shots were fired near the US diplomatic mission in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, late on Wednesday but no injuries were reported, embassy spokesperson Jake Nelson has confirmed.
Middle East

US commander in Mideast concerned of ‘burgeoning’ Iran-Russia ties

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The US air force commander in the Middle East has warned of “burgeoning” military relations between Iran and Russia, saying shared drone technology was a particular concern.
Sport

Iran finishes 2nd at 2023 World Wrestling Championships

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Iran’s national freestyle wrestling team has ended its campaign at the 2023 World Wrestling Championships in Serbia at the second place — winning one gold medal, two silvers and one bronze.
Foreign Policy

Football a platform for further expansion of ties between countries: Iran president

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with FIFA's chief Gianni Infantino in New York. Raisi described sports, especially football, as one of the suitable platforms for closer relations between countries.
Human Rights

Release of 5 American prisoners showed true face of Iran’s humanitarian motives: President Raisi

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that a decision to release five US prisoners from Iranian jails was a testament to Tehran’s humanitarian motives.
Middle East

Saudi-Israel normalisation getting ‘closer’: MbS

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Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) has said that Riyadh was moving steadily closer to normalising relations with Tel Aviv, following similar moves by other Persian Gulf countries and amid a big push by the United States for a Saudi-Israeli deal.
Middle East

Netanyahu tells Biden Israel-Saudi normalisation agreement reachable

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed confidence that a “historic” US-brokered deal to establish formal diplomatic relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia can be reached, as the Israeli prime minister held talks with US President Joe Biden.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 575

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Russia, wary of NATO’s eastward expansion, began a military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022 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:
Incidents

Water, electricity and gas restored in Iran’s Astara after heavy flood 

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An official in the northern Iranian province of Gilan says authorities have managed to restore water, electricity and gas in all areas affected by the recent flood in the city of Astara along the Caspian Sea
Europe

Moscow confirms Russian peacekeepers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh

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A group of Russian peacekeepers were killed in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday, when their vehicle came under small-arms fire, the Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed.
Europe

Russian president confirms trip to China

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he will travel to China next month on his first foreign trip of 2023. During the visit, Putin will meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
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