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Qatar calls for Gulf talks with Iran
Agence France-Presse . Doha | Updated at 10:30pm on January 19, 2021
Qatar has called for Gulf Arab countries to hold talks with Iran, the foreign minister said in an interview aired Tuesday, after Doha reconciled with...
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Yemen clashes kill 150 in a week
Agence France-Presse . Hodeida | Updated at 10:39pm on January 18, 2021
Some 150 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and Huthi rebels have been killed in a week of fighting south of the strategic port city of Hodeida, military...
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#MeToo moment in Greece as Olympic star reveals sex abuse
Agence France-Presse . Athens | Updated at 10:53am on January 17, 2021
Greece was experiencing a rare #MeToo moment Saturday after an Olympic sailing champion’s claims of sexual abuse prompted similar revelations by other athletes. Sofia Bekatorou,...
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Egypt makes ‘major discoveries’ at Saqqara archaeological site
Agence France-Presse . Cairo | Updated at 10:49am on January 17, 2021
Egypt announced on Saturday the discovery of a new trove of treasures at the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo, including an ancient funerary temple. The...
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EU urges Israel to facilitate Palestinian vote
Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 10:44am on January 17, 2021
The European Union on Saturday welcomed a promise by Palestinian leaders to hold their first elections in 15 years, urging Israel to facilitate the ballots....
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Iran test-fires ballistic missiles
Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 09:30pm on January 16, 2021
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day exercise, their official website reported Saturday. The...
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Iran advances research on uranium production
Agence France-Presse . Vienna | Updated at 11:19pm on January 14, 2021
Tehran told the UN nuclear watchdog Wednesday that it was advancing research on uranium metal production, in what would be a fresh breach of the...
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40 killed in deadliest Israeli strikes on Syria since 2018
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 11:17pm on January 13, 2021
Israeli raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least nine Syrian soldiers and 31 allied fighters, in the deadliest such...
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Saudi Arabia launches car-free city
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 10:38am on January 11, 2021
Saudi Arabia, the world’s top crude exporter, announced on Sunday the launch of an eco-city ‘with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions’ at...
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Twitter removes Khamenei vaccine tweet
Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 10:18pm on January 10, 2021
Twitter has removed a tweet by Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei suggesting coronavirus vaccines made in the United States and Britain are ‘untrustworthy’, saying...