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[Agenda] Two elections and 'Macron's club' in focus Next WEEK: MEPs at the Strasbourg plenary are expected to discuss Russia, Iran, Hungary ...
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[Agenda] Two elections and 'Macron's club' in focus Next WEEK: MEPs at the Strasbourg plenary are expected to discuss Russia, Iran, Hungary ...
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[Agenda] Two elections and 'Macron's club' in focus Next ...
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Shadow war in Syria: Israel is said to have carried out heavy air strikes on Aleppo - apparently dozens dead
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Shadow war in Syria: Israel is said to have carried out heavy air strikes ...
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is Israel’s Worst Prime Minister Ever: One man’s ambition has undermined Israel’s security and consumed its politics.
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Benjamin Netanyahu Is Israel’s Worst Prime Minister Ever
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Celebrating UNSC resolution: Hamas and Islamic Jihad chiefs in Tehran: Hamas leader Haniyeh welcomed the UNSC resolution demanding a ceasefire but failed to ...
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Celebrating UNSC resolution: Hamas and Islamic Jihad chiefs in Tehran
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How China ended up financing the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks: By purchasing Iranian oil, Beijing is helping disrupt the trade on which its economy depends.
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How China ended up financing the Houthis’ Red Sea attacks
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Will Pakistan Go Ahead and Build the Gas Pipeline With Iran?: Iran has threatened to take Pakistan to court over its failure to complete the pipeline project ...
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Will Pakistan Go Ahead and Build the Gas Pipeline With Iran?
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Israel raids Gaza hospitals, as poll shows Americans disapprove of Israeli war conduct
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Israel raids Gaza hospitals, as poll shows Americans disapprove of Israeli ...
Quick Glance: Israeli hospital raid in Gaza escalates
  • Israeli military operation at Gaza's main hospital Al-Shifa continues targeting militants.

  • Concerns raised over civilian casualties, including displaced individuals sheltering at the hospital.

  • The raid has left the hospital in ruins, with reports of mass arrests and deteriorating conditions for patients.

  • Criticism of Israel's actions and calls to end the siege on the hospital emerge, while IDF defends the operation as necessary to damage Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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First humans out of Africa stopped at Persian Plateau on way to Eurasia, study suggests
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First humans out of Africa stopped at Persian Plateau on way to Eurasia ...
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WHO worker and Iranian adviser among several killed in Syria air strikes: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus ‘heartbroken’ by killing of engineer ...
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WHO worker and Iranian adviser among several killed in Syria air strikes
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America, Iran, and the Patron’s Dilemma: The Backers of Israel and Hamas Didn’t Start the War in Gaza—but They Can End It
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America, Iran, and the Patron’s Dilemma: The Backers of Israel and Hamas ...
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Iran’s currency hits a record low: Iran’s currency fell to a record low on Sunday, plunging to 613,500 to the dollar, as its people celebrated the Persian New ...
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Iran’s currency hits a record low
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S. Africa is an Iran diplomatic proxy, Africa faces terrorism - rabbi: Around 287 children were kidnapped from a Nigerian school on March 7 by Islamic State ...
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S. Africa is an Iran diplomatic proxy, Africa faces terrorism - rabbi
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Iran considering sending humans to space, minister says: Iranian Minister of Communications Isa Zarepour said that Iran would also be working on improving ...
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Iran considering sending humans to space, minister says
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US military says it destroyed four Houthi long-range drones: The US military said on Wednesday it had destroyed four long-range drones launched by Iranian-backed ...
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US military says it destroyed four Houthi long-range drones
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Strikes in Syria kill 15 including Iranian IRGC member, WHO worker: Strikes in Syria on Tuesday killed 14 pro-Iran fighters including a member of Iran’s Islamic ...
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Strikes in Syria kill 15 including Iranian IRGC member, WHO worker
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Netanyahu vows Israel will kill Yahya Sinwar, 'just like Haman': After again stressing that the IDF would carry out its invasion of Rafah ...
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Netanyahu vows Israel will kill Yahya Sinwar, 'just like Haman'
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Poverty Forces Nearly 1 Million Iranians Out Of School, Data Shows: Some 930,000 Iranian children and adolescents were forced to abandon their education in the ...
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Poverty Forces Nearly 1 Million Iranians Out Of School, Data Shows
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A Night on the Red Sea Shows US Stymied in Stopping Attacks on Ships: This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s ...
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A Night on the Red Sea Shows US Stymied in Stopping Attacks on Ships
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Houthi cruise missile breaches Israeli air defences for first time: Iran-backed group fired volleys of long-range missiles at Israel from about 1 ...
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Houthi cruise missile breaches Israeli air defences for first time
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Previously undisclosed documents reveal 2020 arson at Iran nuclear facility: This sabotage operation is not the first one carried out at Iranian nuclear ...
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Previously undisclosed documents reveal 2020 arson at Iran nuclear ...
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Iran: Meet the ultra-conservative election winners taking over parliament: Iran's recent parliamentary elections have seen prominent ultra-conservatives secure ...
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Iran: Meet the ultra-conservative election winners taking over parliament
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Israeli strike injures 2 in Damascus suburb: Syrian state media - Region - World: Two people were injured on Thursday in an air strike on a residential building ...
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Israeli strike injures 2 in Damascus suburb: Syrian state media - Region - ...
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Iran reassures Hamas of continued support as Haniyeh visits Tehran: The meetings in Tehran were held as Iranian officials celebrated a moment of triumph for ...
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Iran reassures Hamas of continued support as Haniyeh visits Tehran
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Iran vows retaliation against tanker seizures as it bolsters naval presence: Iran has in recent months been flexing its naval capabilities in the Persian Gulf in ...
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Iran vows retaliation against tanker seizures as it bolsters naval ...
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How can we get the US-Israel relationship back on track?: To make meaningful progress, Biden must face facts about the current state of Palestinian leadership.
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How can we get the US-Israel relationship back on track?
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Minister Faeser: Danger from Islamist terror also acute in Germany: Following the serious attack near Moscow that left more than 130 people dead ...
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Minister Faeser: Danger from Islamist terror also acute in Germany
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Gravitas: Hamas leader Haniyeh meets Iran's President | Tehran reaffirms support
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Gravitas: Hamas leader Haniyeh meets Iran's President | Tehran ...
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Did Russia, Iran provoke Niger walkout from US military pact?: Niger’s ruling military angered by US accusations of ‘secret deals’ with Iran and partnering with ...
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Did Russia, Iran provoke Niger walkout from US military pact?
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Houthis boast of ‘advanced’ capabilities: The Houthis have adopted a new narrative in which they now interpret their war in Yemen as part of a regional struggle ...
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Houthis boast of ‘advanced’ capabilities
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Moscow terror attack: ISIS-K takes responsibility but Putin looks at Ukraine: The battle over who committed an attack that killed more than 130 people will have ...
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Moscow terror attack: ISIS-K takes responsibility but Putin looks at ...
Quick Glance: The remarkable evolution of ISIS-K's leader into a formidable group
  • Sanaullah Ghafari, in his role as the leader of the Afghan branch of Islamic State, played a significant role in the transformation into an extremely menacing branch of the global Islamist network, capable of conducting operations far from their bases in the border regions of Afghanistan.

  • The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow that resulted in the deaths of at least 137 people. U.S. officials indicated that the Afghan branch, Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), was responsible.

  • Ghafari has enhanced the group's strength through his firm ideology and notable attacks. He has made repeated attempts to target Russia in response to its involvement in the Syrian civil war, which contributed to defeating ISIS' regional operations.

  • By using high-profile attacks as a tool for recruitment, the group has focused on ethnic Tajiks and Uzbeks in Central Asia. ISIS-K is planning to escalate its foreign operations, including attacks against the United States.
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4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say: A small stone vial found in southeastern Iran contained a red cosmetic that was likely ...
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4,000-year-old vial contains ancient red lipstick, archaeologists say
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Iran sentences police officer to death for killing protester: An Iranian court has sentenced a police chief in northern Iran to death after he was charged with ...
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Iran sentences police officer to death for killing protester
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Iran’s Khamanei believes US will 'leave' Middle East: Overall, Iran will exploit the war in Gaza to try to reduce US influence.
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Iran’s Khamanei believes US will 'leave' Middle East
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Iran: UN exposes 'crimes' committed against protesters: A UN fact-finding mission says Iran's brutal crackdown against women's rights protesters ...
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Iran: UN exposes 'crimes' committed against protesters
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Sanctions: The USA and the EU are currently punishing a dozen countries worldwide
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Sanctions: The USA and the EU are currently punishing a dozen countries ...
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Iraqi court acquits police officer convicted for murder of a government adviser: BAGHDAD: An Iraq court has acquitted a police officer previously convicted and ...
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Iraqi court acquits police officer convicted for murder of a government ...
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US sanctions three Iran weapons-procurement networks: WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on three procurement networks that are ...
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US sanctions three Iran weapons-procurement networks
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Iran’s Arms Industry Goes Mainstream at Qatar Expo With Advanced ‘Gaza’ Drone: Tehran pitched its products, including its new “Gaza” drone, to the international ...
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Iran’s Arms Industry Goes Mainstream at Qatar Expo With Advanced ‘Gaza’ ...
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In Face Of Record-Low Election Turnout, Iranian Cleric Says Believers Matter, Not Majority
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In Face Of Record-Low Election Turnout, Iranian Cleric Says Believers ...
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US sanctions shipping firm accused of links to Iran, Yemen’s Houthis: The measures come as Washington tries to curb the Yemeni group’s attacks on Red Sea ...
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US sanctions shipping firm accused of links to Iran, Yemen’s Houthis
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G7 nations warn Iran against sending ballistic missiles to Russia: The United States and allies are warning of new economic sanctions should Tehran equip the ...
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G7 nations warn Iran against sending ballistic missiles to Russia
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Without a ceasefire deal, Houthi attacks will increase - Intelligence expert: Some sources have told the Post that the Yemen terror group has gone beyond its ...
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Without a ceasefire deal, Houthi attacks will increase - Intelligence ...
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Has Iran become a de facto nuclear state?: Did the events of October 7, and the subsequent war in Gaza, give Tehran a golden opportunity to cross all the ...
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Has Iran become a de facto nuclear state?
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Iran frees all Filipino crew members of seized oil tanker: Manila: The Philippines said Wednesday that Iran has freed all 18 Filipino crew members of an oil ...
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Iran frees all Filipino crew members of seized oil tanker: Manila
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Persia From Above, A Century Ago: In 1924, Swiss aviator and photographer Walter Mittelholzer captured an extraordinary series of images of today’s Iran from the ...
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Persia From Above, A Century Ago
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Why are the US and Japan pushing to ban nuclear weapons in space?: Washington and Tokyo sponsor a UNSC resolution calling on countries not to deploy or develop ...
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Why are the US and Japan pushing to ban nuclear weapons in space?
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At Least 42 Killed In Israeli Strikes In Syria's Aleppo, Says War Monitor: "Israeli strikes" targeted "a rockets depot belonging to ...
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At Least 42 Killed In Israeli Strikes In Syria's Aleppo ...
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World's oldest lipstick found in Iran. It dates back to Bronze Age : In a stunning discovery, the researchers recently found a 4,000-year-old lipstick which is ...
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World's oldest lipstick found in Iran. It dates back to Bronze Age
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The unwanted: High Court to determine the fate of another 127 in limbo: The detainees from Iran, Iraq and Sudan are at the heart of a new test for the government ...
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The unwanted: High Court to determine the fate of another 127 in limbo
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What’s behind Iran’s $13B investment in domestic oil industry?: Iran’s oil exports are on the rise, particularly to China, though the country faces challenges in ...
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What’s behind Iran’s $13B investment in domestic oil industry?
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Is Al-Qaeda now in Moscow?: The sudden resurgence of Al-Qaeda has thrust its name back into the global spotlight, this time as a prime suspect ...
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Is Al-Qaeda now in Moscow?
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(LEAD) U.S. general voices concerns over 'increasingly advanced' long-range N.K. missiles
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(LEAD) U.S. general voices concerns over 'increasingly advanced' ...
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Switzerland condemns deterioration in human rights in Iran - SWI swissinfo.ch: A group of 54 countries, including Switzerland, has condemned the “deteriorating” ...
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Switzerland condemns deterioration in human rights in Iran - SWI swissinfo ...
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Donald Trump claims Jews voting for Democrats hate 'their religion,' 'should be ashamed'
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Donald Trump claims Jews voting for Democrats hate 'their religion ...
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Iran-Azerbaijan ties still off track despite diplomatic gestures: Azerbaijan's energy minister visited Tehran for preparations to reopen his country's embassy ...
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Iran-Azerbaijan ties still off track despite diplomatic gestures
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Scale of human rights violations in Iran slammed at UN meeting: Several countries Monday condemned the extent of human rights violations in Iran during a UN ...
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Scale of human rights violations in Iran slammed at UN meeting
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‘Prince of Persia’ Is Back With a New Sound, Straight Outta Iran: How Iranian artist Mentrix collaborated with award-winning composer Gareth Coker to create an ...
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‘Prince of Persia’ Is Back With a New Sound, Straight Outta Iran