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Russia and China conduct joint naval drills in Sea of Japan

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Russia and China have staged large-scale naval drills in the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Pacific Fleet announced in a statement to journalists. The three-day exercise involved a wide range of activities, including joint firing drills, a simulated naval battle, and air defense training.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 516

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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:
Religion

Iranian Armenian Archbishop condemns Quran burning in Europe

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Sebouh Sarkissian, Prelate and Archbishop of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran, has strongly condemned the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark. 
Security

Iran Air Force military maneuver kicks off in Esfahan

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The Iranian Air Force is holding a new drill in the central province of Esfahan. The drill code-named Fadaiyan Harim Velayat (The Devotees of Velayat Sanctum) was launched at Shahid Babaee airbase following an order from Commander of the Air Force General Hamid Vahedi.
Middle East

Yemen says won’t transfer oil and gas revenues to Saudi bank

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Yemen has rejected a proposal by Riyadh to transfer oil and gas revenues to the Saudi National Bank in return for the kingdom to pay public sector wages in the war-torn country.
Energy

OPEC says Iran’s oil revenues up 67% in 2022

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Figures by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) shows that Iranian oil export revenues rose by 67% last year despite continued pressure of US sanctions on Tehran.
Religion

Iraq says OIC to hold emergency meeting over Quran sacrilege in Europe

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Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the desecration of the Holy Quran in Europe. However, it did not specify the exact time and venue of the OIC’s emergency meeting.
Security

Terrorist attack kills 4 traffic police officers in Sistan and Baluchestan, southeastern Iran

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Four traffic police officers have been killed in a terrorist attack in Iran’s southeastern Zahedan City.
Foreign Policy

Iran studying ‘non-diplomatic’ ways to restore right to water share from Helmand: Lawmaker

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An Iranian lawmaker says Iran is studying “non-diplomatic” ways to restore its right to water shares from the Helmand River, which the Taliban government in Afghanistan is currently not allowing to be fulfilled.
Middle East

Netanyahu to be fitted with pacemaker overnight

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be fitted with a pacemaker overnight between Saturday and Sunday, he stated in a video statement released by his office.
Middle East

Turkey to give in to EU demands over immigration rules: Report

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Turkey will amend its immigration policy to make it more difficult for asylum seekers to gain Turkish citizenship, as Ankara seeks to meet European Union requirements and boost its bids to join the bloc, Turkish newspaper Hurriyet has reported.
Religion

Emirati FM welcomes Iran’s initiative to hold OIC meeting over desecration of Quran

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The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has welcomed a proposal by the top Iranian diplomat to hold an emergency ministerial meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation over the recent desecration of the Holy Quran in Sweden and Denmark.
Environment

Wildfires extinguished in western Iranian forests

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Local authorities say that a series of wildfires that had been burning in forests in Iran’s western Kurdistan Province have been successfully contained.
Religion

Mourning ceremonies held as Iranians mark Muharram

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It’s Muharram, that month of the year on the Islamic lunar calendar when Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam, and his companions in 680.
Tourism

Iran Tourism: Colored mountains of Aladaghdar

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Watch the spectacular Aladaghdar mountains in Iran! The hued mountains are located along the Zanjan-Tabriz road, in Iran’s north and northwest.
Middle East

Islamic countries should cut diplomatic, economic relations with Sweden: Hezbollah leader

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Leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has called on Muslim countries to sever their relations with Sweden in reaction to the desecration of the Holy Quran in the European country.
Middle East

Palestinians call for international investigation into Israeli killing of teenager

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Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called for an international probe into the Israeli killing of a teenager in the occupied West Bank town of Sebastiya. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the start of 2023.
Middle East

Huge crowds march in Israel as vote on judicial curbs nears

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Tens of thousands of Israelis opposed to a judicial overhaul sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched to Jerusalem on Saturday as pressure mounts on his rightwing government to scrap a bill that would curtail the supreme court’s powers.
Religion

President Raisi says Sweden should bring insulters of Holy Quran to justice

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has stated that mere condemnation of sacrilege of the Holy Quran by the Swedish government is not enough, and that Stockholm should bring the perpetrators of the heinous act to justice.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 515

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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:
Religion

Danish envoy to Tehran summoned to Iran Foreign Ministry over desecration of Quran

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Following the desecration of the Holy Quran in Copenhagen, Danish Ambassador to Tehran Jasper Vahr was summoned to the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday.
Middle East

Pentagon files reveal flaws in US claims about Syrian casualties in Daesh leader raid

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Confidential documents provided new details about one of the most celebrated US military operations in recent history — and revealed flaws in the Pentagon's claim that deadly airstrikes on the Daesh leader in Syria did not hit civilians.
Religion

IRGC commander warns of revenge against desecrators of Quran

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The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has warned that those who insult the Holy Quran will have no security.
Middle East

Iraqis attempt to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over Quran burning

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Hundreds of people in Baghdad have attempted to storm the city’s Green Zone, a heavily fortified area with a number of foreign embassies and the seat of Iraq’s government, over the sacrilege of the Holy Quran in Denmark.
Religion

Ayatollah Khamenei urges highest punishment for, handing over of criminal who violated Holy Quran

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Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the highest punishment for the individual behind the sacrilege of the holy Quran in Sweden.
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