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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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Oxfam Warns of ‘Massive Resurgence of Cholera’ in Yemen
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Oxfam Warns of ‘Massive Resurgence of Cholera’ in Yemen

Saturday 20 April 2019
Yemen is facing “massive resurgence of cholera” amid an escalation of violence in the war-torn state, and ahead of the rainy season, which is expected to accelerate the spread of the disease, warned Oxfam International, a confederation of 20 independent charitable organizations.
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Huawei Funded by Chinese State Security: CIA Claims
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Huawei Funded by Chinese State Security: CIA Claims

Saturday 20 April 2019 ،
US spy agency has accused Chinese technology giant, Huawei, of being funded by the country’s state security, The Times newspaper reported on Saturday.
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Turkey Slams France for Hosting Syria’s Kurdish Militants
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Turkey Slams France for Hosting Syria’s Kurdish Militants

Saturday 20 April 2019 ،
Turkey condemned French President Emmanuel Macron’s hosting a delegation of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) whom Ankara considers as a "terrorist" group.
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China to Show New Warships on Navy Anniversary
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China to Show New Warships on Navy Anniversary

Saturday 20 April 2019 ،
China will showcase new warships, including nuclear submarines and destroyers, at a parade next week, marking the 70th anniversary of its navy’s founding, a senior army commander says.
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Iran Eyes Beating US Ban Via Persian Gulf-Mediterranean Railroad
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Iran Eyes Beating US Ban Via Persian Gulf-Mediterranean Railroad

Saturday 20 April 2019 ،
The project is rivaled by another project designed by the Israeli regime and meant to link Haifa port to Arab states in the Persian Gulf.
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Moscow-NATO Cooperation at its Last Station
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Moscow-NATO Cooperation at its Last Station

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
The two power poles are experiencing intensification of their competition.
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Terrorist Attacks Targeting Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka Leave Over 207 Dead
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Terrorist Attacks Targeting Churches, Hotels in Sri Lanka Leave Over 207 Dead

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
At least 207 have been killed following several explosions targeting churches and hotels in Sri Lanka.
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Four Killed in Attack on Saudi Police Station
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Four Killed in Attack on Saudi Police Station

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Four people have been killed as an attack on a police station in Saudi Arabia’s central Riyadh province.
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Iran Slams Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka
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Iran Slams Deadly Terrorist Attacks in Sri Lanka

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned today’s deadly terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka
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Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan Arrives in Iran for Landmark Visit
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Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan Arrives in Iran for Landmark Visit

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has arrived in Iran for a landmark visit aimed at boosting ties between the two neighboring countries.
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Iran’s Leader Appoints New IRGC Top Commander
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Iran’s Leader Appoints New IRGC Top Commander

Sunday 21 April 2019 ،
Leader of the Islamic Revolution has appointed Hossein Salami, as the new chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
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Sri Lanka Lifts Curfew after Bomb Attacks Kill 290
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Sri Lanka Lifts Curfew after Bomb Attacks Kill 290

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Sri Lanka lifted a curfew on Monday, after a string of bombings killed 290 people and injured about 500 others on Easter Sunday.
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Comedian Wins Ukraine’s Presidential Vote
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Comedian Wins Ukraine’s Presidential Vote

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Volodymyr Zelensky, a Television Comic, has won Ukraine’s presidential runoff vote, defeating incumbent President Petro Poroshenko with more than 73 percent of the vote against about 25, according to official preliminary results.
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year
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Before Ousting Assange, Moreno Govt Spied on Him for Over a Year

Monday 22 April 2019 ،
Like the proverbial “shot heard round the world,” the U.K.’s arrest and imprisonment of publisher and journalist Julian Assange officially signaled the Western world’s war on a free press. The Australian who founded WikiLeaks, but stepped down as editor-in-chief last year, was ousted from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London last week after Ecuador President Lenin Moreno revoked his political asylum, and arrested by the U.K.’s Metropolitan Police. He was seen holding a copy of Gore Vidal: History of the National Security State while men dressed in suits — perhaps in a futile effort to make the arrest look a bit less repugnant — dragged the publisher out, handcuffed and resisting.

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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.