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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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North Korea Threatens to Target America, "Cesspool of Terrorism "
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North Korea Threatens to Target America, "Cesspool of Terrorism "

Monday 22 December 2014
Barack Obama is “recklessly” spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyberattack of Sony Pictures, North Korea says, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and “the whole US mainland, that cesspool of terrorism", the Guardian reported.
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North Korea Blames America for Internet Outages
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North Korea Blames America for Internet Outages

Sunday 28 December 2014
Alwaght - North Korea called Barack Obama a "monkey" and blamed Washington on Saturday for Internet outages it has experienced during a confrontation with America over the hacking of the film studio Sony Pictures, Reuters reported.
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Palestine Statehood Rejection Leaves No Option but Resistance: Iran
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Palestine Statehood Rejection Leaves No Option but Resistance: Iran

Saturday 3 January 2015
Alwaght-The Islamic Republic of Iran says the UN Security Council’s rejection of Palestine statehood proposal leaves no “legitimate” option for the Palestinians but “resistance”, Press TV reports.
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US-North and South Korea-US Has No Interest in Resolving Tensions with North Korea: Analyst
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US-North and South Korea-US Has No Interest in Resolving Tensions with North Korea: Analyst

Monday 12 January 2015
Alwaght-North Korea said it would cancel any future nuclear test, if the US agrees to suspend joint military drills with South Korea, as Press TV reports.
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Libya Airline Halts Flights over Killing of 4 Crew in Tripoli
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Libya Airline Halts Flights over Killing of 4 Crew in Tripoli

Sunday 1 February 2015
Alwaght-A Libyan airline has announced the suspension of its flights following the killing of four of its crewmembers, including a French pilot, by gunmen who attacked a Tripoli hotel earlier in the week, as Press TV reports.
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North Korea Dismisses Talks with US
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North Korea Dismisses Talks with US

Monday 9 February 2015
Alwaght-North Korea has ruled out resuming negotiations with the United States, promising to respond in kind to any US aggression -- whether with conventional, nuclear or cyber forces, as Press TV reports.
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N Korea: No-Fly and No-Sail Zones in the East Sea
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N Korea: No-Fly and No-Sail Zones in the East Sea

Monday 6 April 2015
North Korea declared No-Fly and No-Sail Zones in the East Sea as US Secretary of Defense, Ashton Carter is set to visit South Korea this week.
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US Spy Nabbed in North Korea as Tensions Escalate
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US Spy Nabbed in North Korea as Tensions Escalate

Tuesday 12 January 2016
A US spy has been arrested in North Korea amid escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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Beijing Says US Dangerously Seeking Hegemony in South China Sea
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Beijing Says US Dangerously Seeking Hegemony in South China Sea

Monday 1 February 2016
China accused the United States of seeking maritime hegemony in the name of freedom of navigation after a US warship sailed within 12 nautical miles of a Chinese island in the South China Sea.
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North Korea Launches Rocket Carrying Earth Observation Satellite
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North Korea Launches Rocket Carrying Earth Observation Satellite

Sunday 7 February 2016
North Korea on Sunday successfully launched a rocket carrying an earth observation satellite ignoring warnings by the US and its allies not to launch the satellite.

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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.