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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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South Koreans Return to Work, Crowd Parks, Malls as Social Distancing Rules Ease
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South Koreans Return to Work, Crowd Parks, Malls as Social Distancing Rules Ease

Monday 20 April 2020
South Koreans are returning to work and crowding shopping malls, parks, golf courses and some restaurants as South Korea relaxes social distancing rules amid a continued downward trend in
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North Korean Leader ‘Alive, Well’:  South Korea
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North Korean Leader ‘Alive, Well’: South Korea

Monday 27 April 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un reportedly is “alive and well”.
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North, South Korea Exchange Gunfire across Demilitarized Zone
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North, South Korea Exchange Gunfire across Demilitarized Zone

Sunday 3 May 2020
South Korea’s military said Gunshots fired from North Korea struck its guard post on Sunday forcing Seoul’s military to “return fire”.
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South Korea ‘Stonewalling’ Iran Attempt to Use Oil Money
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South Korea ‘Stonewalling’ Iran Attempt to Use Oil Money

Wednesday 27 May 2020
South Korea is holding the largest sum of Iran’s oil money frozen under US pressure and yet it is reportedly stonewalling attempts to repatriate it at a time when the Islamic Republic badly needs the billions of dollars to put its economy in order and fight a new coronavirus outbreak.
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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point
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Tensions in Korean Peninsula Reach Breaking Point

Wednesday 17 June 2020
North and South Koreas have been engaged in a new escalation of hostilities, threatening each other with military action
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S Korea Accepts ‘Meaningful Increase’ in Payouts for US Troops’ Presence
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S Korea Accepts ‘Meaningful Increase’ in Payouts for US Troops’ Presence

Monday 8 March 2021
South Korea and the US and reached an agreement on “sharing costs” for stationing American personnel, in a bid to resolve a big source of friction between the nations during Donald Trump’s presidency who demanded that Seoul to quintuples its spending for the privilege.
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S Korean Premier Says Iran’s Frozen Money Should be Quickly Released
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S Korean Premier Says Iran’s Frozen Money Should be Quickly Released

Tuesday 13 April 2021
South Korea’s Prime Minister confirmed that Seoul should "quickly" return Iran’s billions of dollars of frozen money as tensions between the two countries ease.
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S Korea Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
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S Korea Test-Fires Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

Tuesday 7 September 2021
South Korea successfully has test-fired submarine-launched ballistic missile, becoming the world’s eighth country to have developed SLBM technology.
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South Korea Offers Aid Package to North in Exchange of Denuclearization
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South Korea Offers Aid Package to North in Exchange of Denuclearization

Monday 15 August 2022
Seoul has offered a wide-ranging aid package to North Korea on the condition of its denuclearization, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Monday.
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South Korea, US Discussing Joint Nuclear Exercises: President Yoon
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South Korea, US Discussing Joint Nuclear Exercises: President Yoon

Monday 2 January 2023
South Korea and the US are mulling joint exercises involving US nuclear assets, allegedly to counter North Korea’s growing atomic and missile programs, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said.
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Tehran Slams South Korean President’s ‘Interventionist’ Remarks on Iran-UAE Relations
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Tehran Slams South Korean President’s ‘Interventionist’ Remarks on Iran-UAE Relations

Tuesday 17 January 2023
Iran denounced as "invalid" the South Korean president’s remarks on the Islamic Republic’s relations with the United Arab Emirates saying Tehran expects an explanation from Seoul.
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South Koreans Call for Peace on 70th Anniversary of Korean War Armistice
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South Koreans Call for Peace on 70th Anniversary of Korean War Armistice

Tuesday 25 July 2023
Thousands of people marched and rallied in Seoul on Saturday to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Korean War Armistice
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Frozen Iranian Funds Transferred to Swiss Bank: Media
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Frozen Iranian Funds Transferred to Swiss Bank: Media

Monday 21 August 2023
Iranian funds that had been blocked in South Korea were transferred to Switzerland’s central bank last week for transfer to Iran, South Korean media reported on Monday.
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South Korea Continues Efforts to Transfer Iranian Funds: FM
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South Korea Continues Efforts to Transfer Iranian Funds: FM

Tuesday 5 September 2023
The comments follow a conversation with Iran’s FM Amir-Abdollahian.
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The world in an era of turmoil and upheaval
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The world in an era of turmoil and upheaval

Tuesday 13 February 2024
The globe faces the grimmest circumstances of warfare and strife in the last fifty years

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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