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January 6, 2019

Iran's central bank proposes slashing four zeros from it's currency

Iran’s central bank has proposed slashing four zeros from the rial, state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday, after the currency plunged in a year marked by an economic...

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January 6, 2019

Iran and Russia plan naval drills in Caspian Sea

Iran and Russia are preparing to hold joint naval exercises in the Caspian Sea, including rescue and anti-piracy drills, the commander of the Iranian navy was quoted on Sunday...

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January 6, 2019

Egyptian explosives expert killed defusing bomb near church in Cairo

An Egyptian police officer was killed on Saturday while attempting to defuse a bomb found near a church in an eastern Cairo suburb, state television reported, less than two...

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January 6, 2019

Gaza: Hamas arrests 5 suspected of attacking Abbas' TV station

Gaza authorities arrested five Palestinians on Saturday on suspicion of ransacking the offices of President Mahmoud Abbas’s official Palestine Television station, Reuters reports the Hamas interior ministry as saying....

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January 6, 2019

US warns Syria against use of chemical weapons after it's pull-out

US National Security Advisor John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical...

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January 6, 2019

Iran approves anti-money laundering bill to ease foreign trade

A powerful Iranian council approved an anti-money laundering bill on Saturday, Reuters reported, a major step towards reforms that would bring Iran into line with global norms and could...

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January 6, 2019

Pope Francis appeals to EU leaders for safe ports

Pope Francis urged European leaders on Sunday to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two humanitarian rescue ships on the Mediterranean and to give them...

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January 6, 2019

Sadr’s bloc slams presence of US troops in Baghdad

Firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s parliamentary bloc has reiterated rejection of the presence of US troops in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. On Saturday, images of Brig. Gen. Austin Renforth, Director of...

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January 5, 2019

Iraq: Six women prisoners killed in Baghdad prison riot, fire

At least six female inmates were killed yesterday by rioting and fire in a prison in Adhamiyah, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. In a statement to Anadolu Agency,...

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January 5, 2019

Al-Sisi: Egypt army collaborates with Israel in Sinai

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said that Israel has collaborated with Egypt in its Sinai operations, stressing that relations between the two countries have strengthened during his term in...

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