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Middle East

Post-9/11 wars contributed to 4.5 million deaths: Report

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A new report has revealed that the wars initiated by the United States in the Middle East and North Africa following the September 11 attacks have directly or indirectly killed at least 4.5 million people and displaced millions of others worldwide.
Energy

Iran, Pakistan open electricity transmission line at joint border

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have inaugurated an electricity transmission line at the joint border between the two countries in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistans-and-Baluchestan.
Middle East

Security beefed up in Jerusalem ahead of “flag day” march amid violence

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Israeli authorities have beefed up security in Jerusalem ahead of the annual “flag day” march by Orthodox Jews and settlers amid an already tense situation in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Economy

Iran’s president, Pakistan PM inaugurate bazaar on joint border

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sherif inaugurate a joint border market at a border crossing linking the Iranian city of Pishin to the Pakistani city of Mand.
Foreign Policy

Raisi warns Afghan rulers not to withhold Iran’s share of Helmand River water

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President Ebrahim Raisi delivers a warning to the caretaker Taliban government in Afghanistan against ridding the people of Iran’s border province of Sistan and Baluchestan of their rights to get access to their share of water from the Helmand River.
Middle East

US says working on normalization of relations between S. Arabia and Israel

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The White House wants to make a diplomatic push for a Saudi-Israeli peace deal in the next six to seven months before the US presidential election campaign consumes President Joe Biden’s agenda, two US officials with knowledge of the issue told Axios.
Americas

US expresses concern over Iran-Russia cooperation on building railway line

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US State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel voiced Washington's concern over cooperation between Tehran and Moscow in a major railroad project, known as the Rasht-Astara railway.
Middle East

Syrian, Saudi FMs hold meeting ahead of Arab summit

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Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and his Saudi counterpart, Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, have met on the sidelines of preparatory meetings for the Arab League summit in the Red Sea port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Europe

Live Update: Russia’s “Special Operation” in Ukraine; Day 449

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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:
Tourism

Iran tourism: Saqalaksar in Iran’s littoral spells visitors

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Saqalaksar Village, 15 kilometers to the south of the Iranian city of Rasht, in Gilan Province, has a particular feature. An embankment dam in the village in northern Iran, has provided an exquisite tourist attraction, looking almost like a natural lake.
Security

Iranian Navy’s 86th Fleet returns back home

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Iranian Navy’s 86th Fleet, comprising the fully domestically developed Dena Destroyer and the IRIS Makran forward base ship, has returned to Iran’s territorial waters after eight months of sailing and 63,000 kilometers.
Foreign Policy

Iranian foreign minister stresses Helmand water rights in conversation with Afghan counterpart

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has emphasized that Iran’s water rights from Helmand River are a serious matter and would affect ties with the Taliban government.
Economy

Iranian economy minister’s trip to Saudi Arabia sign of bigger development: Report

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A recent trip by Iranian Economy Minister Ehsan Khandouzi to Saudi Arabia was a sign that Tehran and Riyadh are serious in their pursuit of rapprochement, a report says.
Religion

Iran leader says Hajj aims to unify Muslims against Israel, arrogance

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Hajj rituals aim to forge unity among the Islamic Ummah in the face of the Israeli regime and global arrogance.
Middle East

Turkey’s opposition says filed complaints over suspected irregularities at ballot boxes

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Turkey's main opposition party announced on Wednesday it had filed complaints over suspected irregularities at thousands of ballot boxes in Sunday's landmark elections, in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan performed better than expected.
Europe

Kremlin castigates CIA plot to “recruit Russian spies”

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Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov slammed a new ploy by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) “to recruit Russians” as spies and emphasized that foreign intelligence services have not let up in their efforts to that end.
Transportation

Iran, Russia sign Rasht-Astara railway agreement

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have signed an agreement on the construction of a 1.6-billion-dollar railway that would connect the railways of Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan, known as the Rasht-Astara railway.
Middle East

Syria’s presence in Jeddah summit ‘a new phase’ in Arab world: Arab League

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The Arab League has welcomed Syria’s readmission to the 22-member organization. It has said that the presence of Damascus in ongoing meetings in the Saudi port city of Jeddah is a new era in the Arab world.
Security

IRGC Navy chief: Iran has so far seized 35 ships in southern waters

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The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Navy says Iranian naval forces have so far seized 35 ships for violations of maritime law in the waters of the country’s southern coasts.
Asia

Pakistani police officer opens fire at girls’ school bus, killing 1

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A police officer tasked with protecting a private school for girls in northwestern Pakistan has opened fire at a bus carrying teachers and students, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring five others, officials have confirmed.
Nuclear

Iran nuclear chief: IAEA head Grossi in no position to comment on JCPOA revival talks

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The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran criticizes the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for making comments on the political process of negotiations on a revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
Europe

Russia’s oil exports climb to highest levels since start of Ukraine war

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Russia's oil exports have risen to their highest levels since the country attacked Ukraine more than a year ago.
Middle East

French judge issues arrest warrant for Lebanon’s central bank governor; he vows to appeal

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French prosecutors issued an arrest warrant for Lebanon’s central bank governor, Riad Salameh. The governor has slammed the move and promised that he would appeal against the decision.
Finance

Major Russian bank opens branch in Iran for first time

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Russia’s VTB Bank, the country’s second largest, opens a branch in Iran, as the two countries step up their financial cooperation in the face of Western sanctions.
Middle East

Erdogan calls on Turkish voters to support him in runoff vote

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has called on Turkish voters to support him in a May 28 election runoff “to maintain stability and security” in the country. Erdogan stood ahead of his main rival in Sunday election, but could not win 50 percent of the votes to secure a third term in office.
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