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Israel’s US ambassador slams Turkey, Qatar for attempting to ‘ruin’ Saudi-US relationship
TEHRAN: Seventy-year-old Heidar Fekri has been selling industrial equipment from his small store in a Tehran bazaar since before the revolution, but for the first time he is not sure he can survive.He means
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Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Trump has disgraced US prestige
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that US President Donald Trump has "disgraced" US prestige and would be the ultimate loser from re-imposing sanctions on Tehran. The United States restored sanctions on
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Gun economics: The weaponisation of the US
On October 27, 11 people were killed when a heavily armed gunman opened fire at a baby-naming ceremony at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. Police said he used a legally purchased assault rifle and three
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Saudi Arabia denies involvement in death of sisters in New York
Saudi Arabia has denied any involvement in the death of two Saudi sisters studying in the United States, a spokesperson for the kingdom's embassy in Washington, DC, said. The two young women, identified as
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’I won’t survive’: Iranians reel from sanctions
MOSUL, Iraq: Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes stuffed with cash.This is how salaries
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Money moves again in Iraq’s Mosul, but not via banks
MOSUL, Iraq: Since jihadists were ousted from Mosul last year, taxi driver Abu Aref has ferried more than just people into Iraq’s second city: he regularly smuggles envelopes stuffed with cash.This is how salaries
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Angry Copts mourn Egypt bus attack victims
JEDDAH: When the clocks strike midnight on the US east coast on Sunday, Iran will become the world’s economic pariah state. US President Donald Trump will reintroduce tough sanctions on Iran’s vital oil sales
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‘Sadness and pain’ as Egypt’s Copts bury bus attack victims
Coptic Christians in Egypt have buried the victims of an attack on buses carrying visitors to a monastery in a northeastern province. Seven people were killed on Friday and at least 18 others wounded when
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Russia, China, Norway sink landmark Antarctic ocean reserve plan
A proposal to create one of the world's largest marine reserves in a vast area of pristine Antarctic waters has been rejected, prompting concern among conservation groups about the ecosystem's future. After two weeks of deliberations,
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Turkey begins drilling in search of oil, gas in Mediterranean
A Turkish ship has launched drilling in search of oil and gas in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time. The five-month-long exploration off the coast of Cyprus threatens another showdown in the disputed


