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Iranian woman sentenced to 10 years for spying for UK
Reuters . London | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
Iran said on Monday it had sentenced an Iranian woman to 10 years prison for spying for Britain, as tension rises between Tehran and some...
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Clashes in northwest Syria kill 35 fighters
Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
Clashes on the edge of a jihadist bastion in northwestern Syrian have killed 35 fighters in 24 hours, a war monitor said Monday, after weeks...
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Qatar distributes Gaza funds after flareup
Agence France-Presse . Gaza City | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
Qatar began distributing millions of dollars in aid in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a fresh bid to restore calm after a flareup with...
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Europe warns US against further escalation of tensions over Iran
Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 12:00am on May 14, 2019
Europe on Monday urged the US not to further escalate tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, with Britain issuing a stark warning of the risk...
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Yemen govt blasts rebel for policy of ‘deception’ over port pullout
Agence France-Presse . Dubai | Updated at 12:00am on May 13, 2019
Yemen’s government on Sunday accused rebels of a ‘policy of deception’ after they announced a pullout from a string of Red Sea ports in a...
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Gaza crossings reopened as calm restored
Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 01:39pm on May 12, 2019
Israel on Sunday reopened its crossings with the blockaded Gaza Strip after closing them during a deadly escalation earlier this month...
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Eight ‘terrorists’ killed in KSA
Agence France-Presse . Riyadh | Updated at 12:55pm on May 12, 2019
Eight members of a ‘terrorist’ cell were killed on Saturday in a police raid in Saudi Arabia’s eastern Qatif region, a Shiite minority stronghold...
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Palestinian killed by Israeli fire
Agence France-Presse . Gaza City | Updated at 12:00am on May 12, 2019
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire during new clashes on the Gaza border Friday, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled enclave said.Abdullah Abd al-Aal,...
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US sends naval strike group as tensions rise with Iran
Agence France-Presse . Washington | Updated at 12:00am on May 12, 2019
The United States is deploying an amphibious assault ship and a Patriot missile battery to bolster an aircraft carrier and B-52 bombers already sent to...
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Iran rejects talks with US after Trump offer
Reuters . Dubai/ London | Updated at 12:00am on May 11, 2019
Revolutionary Guards said on Friday Tehran will not negotiate with the United States and denied any US attack was likely, a day after US president...
