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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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Amnesty International Urges India to End Repression in Kashmir
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Amnesty International Urges India to End Repression in Kashmir

Sunday 4 September 2022
Amnesty International has called on the Indian government to end oppression against Kashmiri people amid a rise in human rights violation in the Indian occupied Kashmir (IOK)
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India and China Agree Plan to Withdraw Troops from Border Area
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India and China Agree Plan to Withdraw Troops from Border Area

Friday 9 September 2022
The two countries deployed forces to a friction point in Ladakh region 2020 May when violent clashes erupted between border guards.
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India Will Buy Oil ’From Wherever It Has To’
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India Will Buy Oil ’From Wherever It Has To’

Saturday 8 October 2022
India will continue to buy oil from wherever it has to, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri has said.
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Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison
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Pro-Independence Kashmiri Activist Dies in India’s Prison

Tuesday 11 October 2022
A Kashmiri pro-freedom activist, Altaf Ahmad Shah, who was imprisoned at India’s Tihar Jail for the past five years, died on Monday night, days after being diagnosed with late-stage renal cancer.
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India Criticized over Barring Kashmiri Journalist from Leaving for US to Receive Pulitzer Prize
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India Criticized over Barring Kashmiri Journalist from Leaving for US to Receive Pulitzer Prize

Saturday 22 October 2022
Indian government has been criticized after Indian authorities have barred Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo from flying to the United States to receive the Pulitzer Prize.
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Toll from Cable Bridge Collapse in India Reaches 132
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Toll from Cable Bridge Collapse in India Reaches 132

Monday 31 October 2022
The death toll from collapse of a pedestrian suspension bridge in India has grown to at least 132 people, authorities said as rescue personnel recovered more bodies from the Machchhu river on Monday.
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Syrian FM Arrives in India to Boost Bilateral Ties in a Bid to Return to Int’l Fold
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Syrian FM Arrives in India to Boost Bilateral Ties in a Bid to Return to Int’l Fold

Friday 18 November 2022
yrian foreign minister Faisal Mekdad has arrived in New Delhi to hold talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar in order to strengthen bilateral cooperation as Damascus seeks to revive its ties with other countries.
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How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years
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How British Colonialism Killed 100 Million Indians in 40 Years

Sunday 4 December 2022
Recent years have seen a resurgence in nostalgia for the British empire. High-profile books such as Niall Ferguson’s Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, and Bruce Gilley’s The Last Imperialist, have claimed that British colonialism brought prosperity and development to India and other colonies. Two years ago, a YouGov poll found that 32 percent of people in Britain are actively proud of the nation’s colonial history.
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Pakistan’s Army chief Visits Kashmir, Says Will Defend ’Every Inch of Motherland’
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Pakistan’s Army chief Visits Kashmir, Says Will Defend ’Every Inch of Motherland’

Sunday 4 December 2022
Pakistan’s new army chief said on Saturday his military is ready to defend "every inch of our motherland" if attacked by India.
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China Trying to ‘Change Status Quo’ on Border with India: New Delhi
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China Trying to ‘Change Status Quo’ on Border with India: New Delhi

Wednesday 14 December 2022
India says China is trying to "unilaterally change the status quo" on their disputed Himalayan border following a fresh stand-off last week.
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How India Abandoned Palestine amid Rise of Hindu Nationalism
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How India Abandoned Palestine amid Rise of Hindu Nationalism

Monday 9 January 2023
On December 30, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling on the Haque-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) to offer its view on the legal consequences of the Israeli regime’s “prolonged occupation” of Palestinian territories, with 87 countries voting in favor of it.
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Indian Doctors Eye Using Iranian Made CDP in 10 Hospitals
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Indian Doctors Eye Using Iranian Made CDP in 10 Hospitals

Tuesday 10 January 2023
Indian investors and surgeons visited to be briefed on a domestically-made Cancer Diagnostic Probe (CDP) at Imam Khomeini Hospital in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.
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India to Buy Oil from ‘Wherever Beneficial’ despite Western Pressure: Minister
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India to Buy Oil from ‘Wherever Beneficial’ despite Western Pressure: Minister

Wednesday 8 February 2023
New Delhi will buy the oil it needs from wherever it is beneficial and will not give in to Western pressure, Indian energy minister said, defying pressure from the West to join in on the US-led sanctions and stop imports of Russian oil.
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India Raids BBC Offices after It Airs Documentary Critical of Modi’s Handling of Anti-Muslim Riots
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India Raids BBC Offices after It Airs Documentary Critical of Modi’s Handling of Anti-Muslim Riots

Wednesday 15 February 2023
Indian tax authorities raided the BBC’s offices in the country on Tuesday a few weeks after the British broadcaster aired a two-part documentary investigating Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s handling of deadly anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat in 2002 when he used to serve as the state’s chief minister.

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Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

Another epic from the Iranian people on the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution