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- Italy’s Meloni Under ICC Probe for Gaza War Role
- World’s Pariah: How’s Gaza War Isolated Tel Aviv?
- Al-Barghouthi: Netanyahu’s Nightmare and a Second Sinwar
- PIJ leader: Resistance Willing to Negotiate, But Will Not Surrender
- FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff
- Italian PM Meloni, Two Ministers Reported to ICC Over Gaza Genocide Allegations
- Pezeshkian: US, EU Claims on Iran’s Nuclear Program Unfounded
- Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Torturing Her and Other Gaza Flotilla Activists
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FM Araghchi Rejects Any Contact with US Envoy Witkoff Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi stated that he has had no contact with Steve Witkoff, the US Special Envoy for the Middle East
Italian PM Meloni, Two Ministers Reported to ICC Over Gaza Genocide Allegations Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she and two of her ministers have been reported to the International Criminal Court
Pezeshkian: US, EU Claims on Iran’s Nuclear Program Unfounded Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian reaffirmed the country’s steadfast commitment to peace and security in West Asia
Greta Thunberg Accuses Israel of Torturing Her and Other Gaza Flotilla Activists Greta Thunberg alleges that she and fellow members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud Flotilla were mistreated and tortured in Israeli prisons
Iran Dismisses Claims Over Persian Gulf Islands, Warns Against EU Interference Iran has strongly dismissed a joint GCC-EU statement, reaffirming its “undisputed sovereignty” over the Persian Gulf islands
Iran’s Oil Exports Reach Highest Levels Since 2018 Iran’s oil exports hit a seven-year high of nearly 2 million barrels per day (bpd) in September
Two IRGC Personnel Killed and Three Wounded in Attack in Western Iran A terrorist attack in Iran’s western Kordestan province targeting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel has left two dead and three injured
Palestinian Fighters Clash with Israeli Forces in Gaza, Leaving Six Soldiers Wounded Israeli media report that at least six soldiers were injured after Palestinian fighters carried out an ambush against Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip
Hezbollah Acts Independently of Tehran, Says Iranian Representative Hezbollah’s representative in Iran affirmed that Tehran provides support to the Resistance but refrains from influencing its military or political affairs
Hamas Rejects Disarmament Claims, Blasts Media For pro-Israel Bias Palestinian resistance group Hamas rejected media reports claiming it had agreed to relinquish its weapons under a US-backed Gaza plan supported by Israel
Two Civilians Killed in Southern Lebanon by Israeli Drone Strike Two people were killed in southern Lebanon when an Israeli drone struck a civilian car
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Seven Palestinians Killed in Gaza by Israeli Forces Despite Trump’s Order to Stop Attacks Although US President Donald Trump instructed Israel to stop its assaults, the Israeli military has maintained its air and artillery operations
Iran Urges Countries Not to Comply with Reinstated E3 Sanctions Iran has criticized Britain, France, and Germany for seeking to reinstate UN sanctions through the so-called snapback mechanism
Iranian and Saudi Officials Hold Talks to Strengthen Bilateral Relations The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Iranian ambassador to Riyadh met with a senior Saudi official to discuss strengthening bilateral relations
Gaza Death Toll Hits 67,139 After 12 Killed Since Dawn Despite Netanyahu’s assurances of reducing airstrikes, Israel is still killing Palestinians throughout the Gaza Strip
Israeli Troops Carry Out Ground Raids in Southern Syria, Detain Three Reports indicate that Israeli forces carried out multiple incursions into southern Syria near the occupied Golan Heights
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Ansarullah
A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite
represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
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
A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban
Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
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 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
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
Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda
A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
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At Least 3 Killed, Dozens Injured as 6.1 Magnitude Quake Shakes Japan’s Osaka
Monday 18 June 2018
Osaka Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more. Alwaght- A strong earthquake rocked Japanese city of Osaka Monday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more.
The 6.1 magnitude quake shook Osaka in western Japan around 7:58 a.m. local time the Meteo ...
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Trump Threatens China with More Tariffs If President Xi Declines to Meet Him
Tuesday 11 June 2019
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Osaka — would result in the imposition of tariffs on the last 300 billion dollars in Chinese imports to the US, Trump said, “Yes, it would.”
Trump first threatened to impose those tariffs last week, saying he would decide whether to follow through with the threat following the G20 ...
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Russian President Blames West for Trying to ’Dictate’ Ideology
Friday 28 June 2019
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Osaka where he is for a meeting of the Group of 20 nations.
Relations between Moscow and the West have deteriorated since 2014, when Crimea rejoined Russia following a referendum where more than 90 percent of participants voted in favor of the move. The West brands the reunification ...
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Russia To Reciprocate Further US Sanctions: Putin
Saturday 29 June 2019
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Osaka on Saturday after meeting his American counterpart Donald Trump.
The Russian leader said his country will do all it can to improve relations with the US but will take countermeasures if somebody acts against it by imposing more sanctions.
In a statement released via a press pool report, ...
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Why Was G20 Summit Unsuccessful?
Sunday 30 June 2019
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Osaka. The gathering is one of the world’s most important annual summits discussing international economy and politics. Usually, the summit is overshadowed with differences among the members’ leaders over a set of issues. After Donald Trump’s assumption of the power in the US, the ...
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Was Interest in Peace behind Trump’s Kim Meeting?
Monday 1 July 2019
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Osaka city for G20 summit, in a Twitter message expressed an interest to meet Kim Jong-un.
“If he’s there we’ll see each other for two minutes,” his Twitter post read.
The two countries failed to go further in their talks after the two leaders met in Hanoi on February 27-28 ...
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Bin Salman New Saddam Hussein
Tuesday 9 July 2019
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Osaka, Japan, a week ago, they cheerfully clustered around him. Not just President Trump but also prime ministers and presidents from the big European democracies. And not just them but also the leaders of India, South Korea and Japan, all of whom have received Mohammed bin Salman warmly in the past ...
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China Files Complaint against US with WTO amid Trade War
Tuesday 3 September 2019
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Osaka,” said the ministry, referring to trade talks between the two sides in the Japanese city in June.
US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, had agreed to “fully engage” on trade when they met in Osaka during the G20 summit.
“The Chinese side i ...
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Japan Prime Minister Evacuated after Explosion at speech
Saturday 15 April 2023
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Osaka city.
PIPE THROWN
Kishida was being served local speciality seafood just before the explosion, media reported. News video showed Kishida looking behind him in surprise as shouts filled the area.
A man identified by the Asahi newspaper as a staffer of the fishery cooperative grabbed ...
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What Are Saudi Goals, Interests Behind Expo 2030 Bid?
Monday 26 June 2023
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Osaka in 2025.
The Expo is one of the largest non-commercial global events in terms of economic and cultural impact after the Football World Cup and the Olympic Games.
The first Expo exhibit was launched in London in 1851 under the title ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of the ...
