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Europe

De-dollarization of Russia-China trade complete: Official

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The de-dollarization of Moscow-Beijing trade is practically complete, according to Georgy Zinoviev, the director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s First Asian Department, as cited by RIA Novosti.
Energy

Iran’s oil exports to China hit all-time record in August: Report

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Iran’s exports of oil to China hit a historic record in August despite Washington pressure on Tehran, according to a report published in the local media citing data from a major international energy data company.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 565

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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:
Environment

Wars imposed by extraregional powers source of dust storms in West Asia: Iran

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Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has stated one of the main reasons behind sand and dust storms in West Asia is the wars imposed on the region by extraregional powers.
Foreign Policy

Iranian envoy: Tehran views Riyadh as strategic partner

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Iran considers Saudi Arabia as a strategic partner with a special significance and that Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi seeks to push “neighborly ties” with the kingdom after years of frozen ties, the Islamic Republic’s newly-appointed ambassador to Saudi Arabia says.
Europe

Azerbaijani, Turkish presidents discuss Nagorno-Karabakh situation

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Issues of the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan, as well as the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh were the focus of a telephone call between Azerbaijani and Turkish Presidents, Ilham Aliyev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the press service of the Azerbaijani leader has announced.
Security

Iran’s Intelligence Minister: 400 bombs discovered, defused in country

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Iran's Minister of Intelligence, Seyyed Ismail Khatib, has revealed the recent discovery and successful neutralization of 400 explosive devices in the country.
Views

Expert: Geopolitical concerns rise as Azerbaijan’s advances threaten Iran’s connections

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Hossein Alaei, a former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy and a university professor, has issued a dire warning about Iran's geopolitical vulnerabilities in light of Azerbaijan campaign to capture Armenia's Sivnik province.
Middle East

Over 300,000 people affected by Morocco earthquake: WHO

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that more than 300,000 people have been affected by the devastating quake that struck Morocco Friday night. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake has claimed 2,122 lives so far— making it the deadliest the country has seen in decades.
Europe

Turkey warns any grain route plans leaving out Russia bound to fail

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Turkey is placing enormous importance on ensuring food security in Africa, but any alternatives to the grain deal excluding Russia are bound to fail, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cautioned on Sunday.
Europe

Moscow calls West’s ultimatum to Russia in G20 declaration ‘ridiculous’

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The assertions that Western states presented an ultimatum to Moscow in the G20 meeting declaration are ridiculous, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference after the G20 summit in India.
Foreign Policy

Saudi envoy submits credentials to Iran foreign minister

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Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Tehran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi submitted a copy of his credentials to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian on Sunday, cemencing his new mission in the Islamic Republic.
Asia

UN cautions Afghanistan meth trade increases as Taliban clamps down on heroin

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Methamphetamine trafficking in and around Afghanistan has surged in recent years, even as the Taliban have curbed heroin trafficking since taking power, according to a United Nations report on Sunday.
Middle East

Turkey’s Erdogan, Egypt’s Sisi meet in person, 1st in decade

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held face-to-face talks with his Egyptian counterpart Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on the sidelines of the G20 summit in India's capital New Delhi on Sunday, following a decade-long rift between Ankara and Cairo.
Europe

Armenia says ready for ‘urgent’ talks with Azerbaijan

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has signaled that he is ready to hold de-escalation negotiations with neighboring Azerbaijan to defuse rising tensions over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Europe

Putin would not be arrested in 2024 G20 meeting: Brazil

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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has stated that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will not be detained in Brazil if he attends the Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro next year.
Incidents

Gas leak at Iran refinery leaves one dead, two injured

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A gas leak at a refinery in the South Pars field in southern Iran has left one person dead and two injured.
Judiciary

Iran’s Shah Cheragh terror attack suspects go on trial

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The first court session has been held in the trial of those charged with involvement in a deadly terrorist attack on a holy shrine in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz.
Europe

Iran Paris embassy operating normally after attack: Official

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The embassy of Iran in the French capital is functioning normally in the wake of an attack on its building by a group of anti-Revolution elements, an embassy spokesperson has confirmed.
Security

Iran president: Any provocation threat to regional security, stability

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that any act of provocation by terror and separatist groups undermines regional security and stability and will not be tolerated.
Middle East

Mass protests held in Israel against Netanyahu’s judicial reforms for 36th straight week

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Tens of thousands of demonstrators have held huge rallies across the occupied Palestinian territories for the 36th straight week in protest against Israeli far-right cabinet's extremist policies, including the judicial overhaul scheme.
Middle East

Four killed in Palestinian clashes in Lebanon refugee camp

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Four people were killed as clashes between Palestinian groups returned to a Lebanon refugee camp on Saturday, the official Lebanese National News Agency (NNA) has reported.
Healthcare

Specialist warns of growing number of Covid cases in Iran

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A contagious diseases specialist has warned of a rising number of coronavirus cases in Iran.
Europe

G20 leaders soften stance on Russia-Ukraine war

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Defying all doomsday predictions, leaders of the Group of 20 managed to stitch together a consensus statement on the first day of the two-day summit, even as deep divisions were on display with the watered-down stance on the war in Ukraine, experts say.
Middle East

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen in raid on West Bank refugee camp

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Israeli soldiers have fatally shot a Palestinian teenager during a raid on the al-Arroub refugee camp, near the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil, also known as Hebron.
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