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  Chemical weapons watchdog weighs Syria sanctions

  Agence France-Presse . The Hague | Updated at 11:51pm on April 20, 2021

  World powers urged the global chemical weapons watchdog on Tuesday to hit Syria with unprecedented sanctions for alleged toxic gas attacks and for failing to...

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  Saudi woman activist wins top Europe rights award

  Agence France-Presse . Strasbourg | Updated at 02:43am on April 20, 2021

  Saudi activist Loujain al-Hathloul was awarded a top European rights prize on Monday in recognition of her fight for women’s rights in the kingdom, including...

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  Rivals Saudi, Iran hold talks in Baghdad

  Agence France-Presse . Baghdad | Updated at 10:16pm on April 19, 2021

  Saudi Arabia and Iran, major rivals in the Middle East, have held talks in Baghdad in recent weeks, an Iraqi government official and a Western...

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  5 wounded in rocket attack targeting Iraq base hosting US

  Agence France-Presse . Samarra | Updated at 11:50am on April 19, 2021

  Five rockets targeted an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers on Sunday, wounding two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers, in the latest attack coinciding with...

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  Syria to hold presidential vote on May 26

  Agence France-Presse . Damascus | Updated at 11:54pm on April 18, 2021

  Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 likely to keep in power president Bashar al-Assad, in a country devastated by a decade of...

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  5.9-magnitude quake jolts Iran, five injured

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 07:26pm on April 18, 2021

  A 5.9-magnitude earthquake on Sunday hit Iran’s southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage, state...

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  Iran nuclear talks set to resume in Vienna

  Agence France-Presse . Vienna | Updated at 03:41am on April 18, 2021

  Talks on Iran’s nuclear programme aimed at salvaging a 2015 nuclear deal were set to resume Saturday, a day after Tehran said it had started...

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  Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attack

  Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem | Updated at 03:36am on April 18, 2021

  The Israeli military said Saturday it had conducted airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack from the Palestinian enclave, in the...

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  Heavy fighting near Yemen’s Marib leaves 96 dead

  Agence France-Presse . Dubai | Updated at 12:15am on April 17, 2021

  Heavy fighting near the Yemeni city of Marib has killed 96 combatants over the past two days as Huthi rebels press their offensive on the...

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  Production of 60pc enriched uranium under way: Iran

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 12:12am on April 17, 2021

  Iran said Friday it has begun producing uranium at 60 per cent purity, in another breach of its commitments to the international community which is...