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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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Sudanese Protesters Demand Army Hands Over Power to Civilians
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Sudanese Protesters Demand Army Hands Over Power to Civilians

Friday 12 April 2019
Protests have continued in Sudan after Thursday’s ouster of President al Bashir, with masses demanding that the military hands over power to a civilian authority.
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Russia Vows Continued Support for Syria in War on Terrorism
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Russia Vows Continued Support for Syria in War on Terrorism

Friday 12 April 2019
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the international community should cooperate to eliminate terrorism in Syria
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Israeli Regime Troops Kill Palestinian Teen in Gaza Protests
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Israeli Regime Troops Kill Palestinian Teen in Gaza Protests

Friday 12 April 2019
Israeli regime forces have shot dead a Palestinian and injured more than a dozen other in mass peaceful protests
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Pakistan Terrorist Attack Kills 20 in Quetta
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Pakistan Terrorist Attack Kills 20 in Quetta

Friday 12 April 2019
A terrorist bomb attack targeted an outdoor Pakistani market Friday, killing at least 20 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.
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Ibn Auf Resigns as Sudan’s Military Council
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Ibn Auf Resigns as Sudan’s Military Council

Saturday 13 April 2019
Sudanese Defense Minister General Awad Ibn Auf stepped down on Friday as the head of the country’s ruling military council after tens of thousands of people took part in deadly rallies to demand a civilian-led transition of power.
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Assange Arrest: Turning Point Is Here — Don’t Let Them Win
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Assange Arrest: Turning Point Is Here — Don’t Let Them Win

Saturday 13 April 2019
Will we wait until they come for us because our homes are built atop resources they wish to plunder, because we shared information online they found objectionable, because we dared to question why madmen are in control of our country and much of the world?
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Facebook Spent $22.6m in 2018 to Keep Zuckerberg Safe
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Facebook Spent $22.6m in 2018 to Keep Zuckerberg Safe

Saturday 13 April 2019
Facebook Inc spent $22.6 million on top executive Mark Zuckerberg’s security in 2018, a regulatory filing has showed on Friday.
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Kim Says US Must Stop ’Current Way of Calculation’ after Trump Suggests Third Summit
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Kim Says US Must Stop ’Current Way of Calculation’ after Trump Suggests Third Summit

Saturday 13 April 2019
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he will meet Donald Trump again only if the US stops "its current way of calculation," the country’s state media said on Saturday.
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Afghan Taliban Announce Spring Offensive despite Peace Talks with US
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Afghan Taliban Announce Spring Offensive despite Peace Talks with US

Saturday 13 April 2019
The Taliban militant group has announced on Friday the beginning of its spring offensive in Afghanistan despite involvement in peace talks with the US and ahead of planned meetings with Afghan representatives later this month.
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Iran, Iraq, Syria Consider Transnational Railway Project
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Iran, Iraq, Syria Consider Transnational Railway Project

Saturday 13 April 2019
Neighboring Iran, Iraq, and Syria are reportedly negotiating developing a transnational railway line linking the three countries.
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Saudi Arabia Supported Libya’s Haftar in Push to Seize Capital: WSJ
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Saudi Arabia Supported Libya’s Haftar in Push to Seize Capital: WSJ

Sunday 14 April 2019
Saudi Arabia has directly supported Libyan rebel commander General Khalifa Haftar in his new campaign to seize control of the capital Tripoli, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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US Offers $10bn Aid to Venezuela Once Maduro Is Out
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US Offers $10bn Aid to Venezuela Once Maduro Is Out

Sunday 14 April 2019
US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Washington was ready to negotiate a $10 billion trade aid package to give to Caracas while his country is choking off Venezuela’s economy with its ever expanding sanctions.
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Bloody Jewel in Crown of British Empire: How India Was Mistreated during Colonial Rule
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Bloody Jewel in Crown of British Empire: How India Was Mistreated during Colonial Rule

Sunday 14 April 2019
From the East India Company to the Raj, India was a British colony until the mid-20th century. And despite nostalgic imperialists extolling the virtues of the empire’s rule, it left behind millions of victims.
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New Palestinian Govt To Ease Way for US ’Deal of Century’: Hamas
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New Palestinian Govt To Ease Way for US ’Deal of Century’: Hamas

Sunday 14 April 2019
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has condemned the formation of the new Palestinian government dominated by the Fatah party, saying such a government will ease the way for the imposition of the United States’ yet-to-be-unveiled proposal on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Commemorating the 36th anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini (RA), the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran.