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Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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North Korean Leader Order Military to Boost Strike Capability
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North Korean Leader Order Military to Boost Strike Capability

Friday 10 May 2019
KCNA) reported Friday. He noted genuine peace and security of the country are guaranteed only by the strong physical force capable of defending its sovereignty,” it said, adding Kim set forth important tasks for further increasing the strike ability. Kim’s call for full combat posture ...
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North Korea’s Leader Receives ’Excellent’ Letter  from Trump
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North Korea’s Leader Receives ’Excellent’ Letter from Trump

Sunday 23 June 2019 ،
KCNA said. Alwaght- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter of excellent content from US President Donald Trump, the Asian country's state-run news agency KCNA said. In a report published early on Sunday in Asia, KCNA did not give details on the letter, but said Kim described ...
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North Korea’s Missile Tests ‘Warning’ over Washington-Seoul Drills: Kim
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North Korea’s Missile Tests ‘Warning’ over Washington-Seoul Drills: Kim

Wednesday 7 August 2019 ،
KCNA) reported. The test “clearly verified the reliability, security and actual war capacity” of the projectiles, the report added. The latest launch was the fourth time North Korea has tested this type of missile in less than two weeks.  
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North Korea Carries Out ‘Very Important Test’
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North Korea Carries Out ‘Very Important Test’

Sunday 8 December 2019 ،
KCNA, citing a spokesman at the North Korean Academy of National Defense Science, reported on Sunday that the test had been conducted at the Sohae satellite launch site on the country’s northwest coast. “A very important test took place at the Sohae Satellite Launching Ground on the aft ...
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N Korea Carries out ‘Crucial Test’ to Bolster ‘Nuclear Deterrent’
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N Korea Carries out ‘Crucial Test’ to Bolster ‘Nuclear Deterrent’

Saturday 14 December 2019 ،
KCNA news agency reported Saturday. Pyongyang usually isn’t too shy to brag about their launches, but this report was light on detail. It only said that the test was a success, and the outcome of it will be used for “further bolstering… the reliable nuclear deterrent. This is th ...
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North Korea ‘to Develop New Strategic Weapon Soon’: Jong-un
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North Korea ‘to Develop New Strategic Weapon Soon’: Jong-un

Wednesday 1 January 2020 ،
KCNA news agency. “The world will witness a new strategic weapon to be possessed by the DPRK in the near future,” Kim said, using an abbreviation for North Korea’s official name. “We will reliably put on constant alert the powerful nuclear deterrent capable of cont ...
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Italy Locks down 5 Regions in North, Quarantines 16mn
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Italy Locks down 5 Regions in North, Quarantines 16mn

Sunday 8 March 2020 ،
KCNA news agency also announced on Friday that 221 out of the 380 foreigners who were under “strict medical monitoring” had been discharged from isolation. Pyongyang has banned tourists and suspended international trains and flights to and from the country. Maldives reports first coron ...
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Kim Never Sent ‘Nice Note’ to Trump: North Korea
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Kim Never Sent ‘Nice Note’ to Trump: North Korea

Monday 20 April 2020 ،
KCNA news agency. The diplomats promised they will try to figure out what Trump was looking to gain from “feeding the ungrounded story into the media.” Relations between the two leaders “are not an issue to be taken up just for diversion, nor should [they] be misused fo ...
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North Korea’s Kim Makes Public Appearance in Weeks
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North Korea’s Kim Makes Public Appearance in Weeks

Saturday 2 May 2020 ،
KCNA, and by South Korea’s news agency Yonhap, who said it “contradicted rumors” about Kim’s health. KCNA later posted photos from the event provided, showing a smiling Kim cutting the ribbon at the facility and touring the plant with local officials. None wore fac ...
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Russian President Awards WWII Medal to North Korea’s Leader
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Russian President Awards WWII Medal to North Korea’s Leader

Wednesday 6 May 2020 ،
KCNA) reported that the North Korean leader was well and had inaugurated a fertilizer plant in a region lying north of the capital, Pyongyang.  

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution