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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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FIFA Fines Scotland for Booing Israeli Anthem

FIFA Fines Scotland for Booing Israeli Anthem

Tuesday 9 November 2021
Scotland eventually won the match 3-2, effectively eliminating Israel from the World Cup. But this probably won’t be the last time Israel plays in Scotland. In 2018 the SFA itself banned fans from bringing any flags other than Scotland and Israel’s to a match between the two sides in th ...
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China Pledges 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa

China Pledges 1 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines for Africa

Tuesday 30 November 2021 ،
Scotland, Reuters said on Monday.  South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, also speaking via video link during the Monday’s summit, thanked China for its support and said African economies should be able to manufacture COVID-19 vaccines.  
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Omicron Leads Record Daily COVID Cases Across Europe and US

Omicron Leads Record Daily COVID Cases Across Europe and US

Wednesday 29 December 2021 ،
Scotland. The previous record high of daily infections was 122,186 on December 24. Portugal also reported record-high daily coronavirus cases on Tuesday, despite having one of the world’s highest vaccination rates, as did Cyprus, Italy, and Greece. In the US, too, things are never better. Ca ...
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Activists Storm Arms Factory in Scotland over Complicity in Israeli Apartheid

Activists Storm Arms Factory in Scotland over Complicity in Israeli Apartheid

Tuesday 12 July 2022 ،
Scotland, which belongs to one of the world’s leading suppliers of arms for its manufacturing of drones used in the surveillance of the Palestinian people. Alwaght- Activists from group Palestine Action group reportedly have targeted a factory in Glasgow, Scotland, which belongs to one of the world& ...
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British Teen Smuggled into Syria by Canadian Spy: Book

British Teen Smuggled into Syria by Canadian Spy: Book

Wednesday 31 August 2022 ،
Scotland Yard was informed that Begum and her two friends were trafficked from Bethnal Green into Syria by a smuggler who was a double agent working for both the IS group and Canadian intelligence, according to The Secret History of the Five Eyes, an upcoming book written by Richard K ...
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West in No Position to Give Moral Lessons to World: Infantino Defends Qatar

West in No Position to Give Moral Lessons to World: Infantino Defends Qatar

Saturday 19 November 2022 ،
Scotland. Here it has become a big thing, because it is a Muslim country? I don’t know why. We tried and that is why I give you the late change of policy. We tried to see if it was possible.” Infantino also insisted that any criticism of this World Cup should be directed at him. “ ...
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UK Teachers, Nurses Set to Stage More Strikes, Amid Sweeping Wave of Industrial Actions

UK Teachers, Nurses Set to Stage More Strikes, Amid Sweeping Wave of Industrial Actions

Tuesday 17 January 2023 ،
Scotland have already held strikes, which have closed many schools. Meanwhile, nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland are also due to resume strikes over Wednesday and Thursday. Thousands of the nurses staged their biggest-ever strike action in the profession's 106-year-old history on D ...
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Half a Million To Strike across UK as Talks Go ‘Backwards’

Half a Million To Strike across UK as Talks Go ‘Backwards’

Wednesday 1 February 2023 ،
Scotland will also be on strike on Wednesday, as part of rolling regional action by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the country’s largest teaching union. The NEU has predicted that 85% of schools will be affected, with one survey suggesting that up to one in seven schools will be ...
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Europe, Garden or Jungle?

Europe, Garden or Jungle?

Thursday 30 March 2023 ،
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and the participants rejected the racist and anti-immigration policies of the PM, himself an Indian-origin politician. The British government has recently submitted a bill to the parliament for tougher immigration rules.  But the European leaders are closi ...
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UK Rail Workers to Strike again Over Pay, Economic Woes

UK Rail Workers to Strike again Over Pay, Economic Woes

Saturday 22 July 2023 ،
Scotland, where staff are not directly in dispute. The final departure of long-distance trains is earlier in the afternoon, and West Coast Avanti runs one train per hour between major cities. Engineering work on the main line connecting London and Glasgow will affect services. LNER, CrossCountry an ...

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Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies

Farmers in Poland are on the streets again to protest EU agricultural policies